Born 1923 (age 87) · Highland Park, Michigan, USA
Appears in 78 titles

 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.

Filmography

Sands of Iwo Jima
6.4
Sands of Iwo Jima
1950
as Allison Bromley
You Were Never Lovelier
7.1
You Were Never Lovelier
1942
as Lita Acuña
The Fighting Seabees
6.3
The Fighting Seabees
1944
as Twinkles Tucker - Jitterbugger (uncredited)
Wake of the Red Witch
5.7
Wake of the Red Witch
1948
as Teleia Van Schreeven
Back from Eternity
6.7
Back from Eternity
1956
as Maria Alvarez - Stewardess
Curse of the Faceless Man
5.6
Curse of the Faceless Man
1958
as Maria Fiorillo
Flame of Barbary Coast
5.5
Flame of Barbary Coast
1945
as Marie (uncredited)
The Big Circus
6.6
The Big Circus
1959
as Maria 'Mama' Colino
The Vampire's Ghost
5.5
The Vampire's Ghost
1945
as Lisa
Count the Hours!
5.5
Count the Hours!
1953
as Gracie Sager, Max Verne's Girlfriend
The Last Crooked Mile
5.5
The Last Crooked Mile
1946
as Bonnie
Crime Doctor
6.4
Crime Doctor
1943
as Nurse
Blackmail
4.2
Blackmail
1947
as Sylvia Duane
The Inner Circle
5.6
The Inner Circle
1946
as Geraldine Travis, alias Gerry Smith
The Catman of Paris
5.6
The Catman of Paris
1946
as Marguerite Duval
Back from the Front
7.3
Back from the Front
1943
as Dizzy (uncredited)
Alias Boston Blackie
5.6
Alias Boston Blackie
1942
as Eve Sanders
I Can Hardly Wait
6.8
I Can Hardly Wait
1943
as Secretary (uncredited)
Blondie Goes to College
6.6
Blondie Goes to College
1942
as Babs Conelly
I, Jane Doe
6.4
I, Jane Doe
1948
as Marga-Jane Hastings