Adele Mara

Acting

Adele Mara

Born
Died
(aged 87)
Birthplace
Highland Park, Michigan, USA
Credits
78 titles

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Adele Mara (April 28, 1923 – May 7, 2010), born Adelaide Delgado, was an American actress, singer and dancer who appeared in films during the 1940s and 1950s. During the 1940s, the blond actress was also a popular pinup girl.

One of her early roles was as a receptionist in the Three Stooges film I Can Hardly Wait. Other films include The Vampire's Ghost, Wake of the Red Witch, Angel in Exile, Sands of Iwo Jima, California Passage, and Don Siegel's Count the Hours. In 1961 appeared as a guest star with Cesar Romero on The Red Skelton Show in a sketch titled "Deadeye & The Alamo" - she played Elaine the nurse. Born in Highland Park, Michigan, of Spanish descent, she was married to television writer/producer Roy Huggins and appeared as a dancer in three episodes of his 1957 television series Maverick. Mara died of natural causes on May 7, 2010. Description above from the Wikipedia article Adele Mara, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Signature work

Known For

Acting credits 78

YearTitleRole
1978 Wheels TV Teresa Chapman (5 ep)
1972 Cool Million TV Elena (5 ep)
1962 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour TV Eve Sherston (1 ep)
1960 Thriller TV Lydia Adler (1 ep)
1960 The Tall Man TV (1 ep)
1959 Lock-Up TV (1 ep)
1959 Laramie TV (1 ep)
1959 The Big Circus Film Maria 'Mama' Colino
1958 77 Sunset Strip TV (3 ep)
1958 Bat Masterson TV Maria Costa (1 ep)
1958 Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse TV (1 ep)
1958 Curse of the Faceless Man Film Maria Fiorillo
1957 Maverick TV June Mundy (2 ep)
1956 The Black Whip Film Ruthie Dawson
1956 Back from Eternity Film Maria Alvarez - Stewardess
1955 Cheyenne TV Sarita, Claire Du Pas, Rose Ward (1 ep)
1955 The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp TV (2 ep)
1955 The Millionaire TV Cara Rosselli Volante (1 ep)
1954 The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin TV (1 ep)
1954 Studio 57 TV (1 ep)
1953 Count the Hours! Film Gracie Sager, Max Verne's Girlfriend
1951 The Sea Hornet Film Suntan Radford
1950 California Passage Film Beth Martin
1950 The Avengers Film Maria Moreno
1950 Rock Island Trail Film Constance Strong
1950 Sands of Iwo Jima Film Allison Bromley
1948 Wake of the Red Witch Film Teleia Van Schreeven
1948 Angel in Exile Film Raquel Chavez
1948 Night Time in Nevada Film Joan Andrews
1948 I, Jane Doe Film Marga-Jane Hastings
1948 The Gallant Legion Film Catalina
1948 Campus Honeymoon Film Bessie Ormsbee
1948 The Main Street Kid Film Gloria
1947 Exposed Film Belinda Prentice
1947 Blackmail Film Sylvia Duane
1947 Robin Hood Of Texas Film Julie
1947 The Trespasser Film Dee Dee, newspaper morgue assistant
1947 Web of Danger Film Peg Mallory
1947 Twilight on the Rio Grande Film Elena Del Rio
1946 I've Always Loved You Film Señorita Fortaleza
1946 The Magnificent Rogue Film Sugar Lee
1946 The Invisible Informer Film Marie Ravelle
1946 The Last Crooked Mile Film Bonnie
1946 The Inner Circle Film Geraldine Travis, alias Gerry Smith
1946 Night Train to Memphis Film Constance Stephenson
1946 Traffic in Crime Film Silk Cantrell
1946 Passkey to Danger Film Renee Beauchamps
1946 The Catman of Paris Film Marguerite Duval
1946 A Guy Could Change Film Bernice
1945 Song of Mexico Film Carol Adams
1945 The Tiger Woman Film Sharon Winslow
1945 Girls of the Big House Film Harriet
1945 Bells of Rosarita Film Patty Phillips
1945 Flame of Barbary Coast Film Marie (uncredited)
1945 The Vampire's Ghost Film Lisa
1945 Earl Carroll Vanities Film Chorine
1945 Grissly's Millions Film Maribelle
1944 Thoroughbreds Film Sally Crandall
1944 Faces in the Fog Film Gertrude
1944 Atlantic City Film Adele - Barmaid
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