Adele Mara
Biography
Adele Mara, born Adelaide Delgado, was an American actress, singer, and dancer who appeared in films during the 1940s and 1950s. She was born on April 28, 1923, in Highland Park, Michigan, and died on May 7, 2010, at the age of 87. During the 1940s, she was also a popular pinup girl. Her early roles included playing a receptionist in the Three Stooges film I Can Hardly Wait. Other film credits 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, she appeared as a guest star with Cesar Romero on The Red Skelton Show in a sketch titled Deadeye and The Alamo, playing Elaine the nurse.
Career overview
Adele Mara, born Adelaide Delgado, was an American actress, singer, and dancer. Born in Highland Park, Michigan, on April 28, 1923, she appeared in films during the 1940s and 1950s. During the 1940s, she was also a popular blond pinup girl. Her career included roles in various motion pictures, beginning with early work such as appearing as a receptionist in the Three Stooges film I Can Hardly Wait.
Her subsequent film credits included 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 addition to her film work, she appeared in television during her career. In 1961, she appeared as a guest star alongside Cesar Romero on The Red Skelton Show in a sketch titled Deadeye and The Alamo, where she played the role of Elaine the nurse. Her television work also included appearances in programs such as The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, Thriller, and Markham.
Mara passed away on May 7, 2010, at the age of 87. Throughout her entertainment career, she accumulated numerous acting credits in both film and television productions before her death.
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- Wheels (1978) as Teresa Chapman
- Cool Million (1972) as Elena
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962) as Eve Sherston
- Thriller (1960) as Lydia Adler
- The Tall Man (1960)
- Laramie (1959)
- Lock-Up (1959)
- The Big Circus (1959) as Maria 'Mama' Colino
- Bat Masterson (1958) as Maria Costa
- 77 Sunset Strip (1958)
- Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1958)
- Curse of the Faceless Man (1958) as Maria Fiorillo
- Maverick (1957)
- Maverick (1957) as June Mundy
- Back from Eternity (1956) as Maria Alvarez - Stewardess
- The Black Whip (1956) as Ruthie Dawson
- Cheyenne (1955) as Sarita
- Cheyenne (1955) as Claire Du Pas
- Cheyenne (1955) as Rose Ward
- The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1955)
- The Millionaire (1955) as Cara Rosselli Volante
- Studio 57 (1954)
- The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (1954)
- Count the Hours! (1953) as Gracie Sager, Max Verne's Girlfriend
- The Sea Hornet (1951) as Suntan Radford
- The Avengers (1950) as Maria Moreno
- Sands of Iwo Jima (1950) as Allison Bromley
- Rock Island Trail (1950) as Constance Strong
- California Passage (1950) as Beth Martin
- Wake of the Red Witch (1948) as Teleia Van Schreeven
- I, Jane Doe (1948) as Marga-Jane Hastings
- The Gallant Legion (1948) as Catalina
- Angel in Exile (1948) as Raquel Chavez
- Night Time in Nevada (1948) as Joan Andrews
- The Main Street Kid (1948) as Gloria
- Campus Honeymoon (1948) as Bessie Ormsbee
- Exposed (1947) as Belinda Prentice
- Robin Hood Of Texas (1947) as Julie
- Twilight on the Rio Grande (1947) as Elena Del Rio
- The Trespasser (1947) as Dee Dee, newspaper morgue assistant
- Blackmail (1947) as Sylvia Duane
- Web of Danger (1947) as Peg Mallory
- I've Always Loved You (1946) as Señorita Fortaleza
- The Inner Circle (1946) as Geraldine Travis, alias Gerry Smith
- The Catman of Paris (1946) as Marguerite Duval
- A Guy Could Change (1946) as Bernice
- The Last Crooked Mile (1946) as Bonnie
- The Magnificent Rogue (1946) as Sugar Lee
- Night Train to Memphis (1946) as Constance Stephenson
- The Invisible Informer (1946) as Marie Ravelle
- Traffic in Crime (1946) as Silk Cantrell
- Passkey to Danger (1946) as Renee Beauchamps
- Flame of Barbary Coast (1945) as Marie (uncredited)
- Grissly's Millions (1945) as Maribelle
- Bells of Rosarita (1945) as Patty Phillips
- Earl Carroll Vanities (1945) as Chorine
- The Tiger Woman (1945) as Sharon Winslow
- The Vampire's Ghost (1945) as Lisa
- Girls of the Big House (1945) as Harriet
- Song of Mexico (1945) as Carol Adams
- The Fighting Seabees (1944) as Twinkles Tucker - Jitterbugger (uncredited)
- Atlantic City (1944) as Adele - Barmaid
- Faces in the Fog (1944) as Gertrude
- Call of the South Seas (1944) as Aritana
- Thoroughbreds (1944) as Sally Crandall
- I Can Hardly Wait (1943) as Secretary (uncredited)
- Good Luck, Mr. Yates (1943) as Welder
- Crime Doctor (1943) as Nurse
- Redhead from Manhattan (1943) as Check Girl
- Reveille with Beverly (1943) as Evelyn Ross
- Back from the Front (1943) as Dizzy (uncredited)
- Riders of the Northwest Mounted (1943) as Gabrielle Renaud
- You Were Never Lovelier (1942) as Lita Acuña
- Boston Blackie Goes Hollywood (1942) as Eve Sanders
- Shut My Big Mouth (1942) as Elena Conchita Montoya
- The Great Glover (1942)
- Blondie Goes to College (1942) as Babs Conelly
- Lucky Legs (1942) as Secretary
- Alias Boston Blackie (1942) as Eve Sanders
- Vengeance of the West (1942) as Anita Morell
- Honolulu Lu (1941) as Debutante