Mala Powers
Acting Born Dec 20, 1931 Died Jul 11, 2007 San Francisco, California, USA 69 credits
Biography
Mary Ellen Mala Powers was an American film actress born in San Francisco, California, on December 20, 1931. In 1940, her family relocated to Los Angeles, where her father worked as an executive for United Press. During that summer, she attended the Max Reinhardt Junior Workshop and performed in her first stage play. She continued her drama training and secured a role in the 1942 Dead End Kids film Tough as They Come. At age 16, Powers began a career in radio drama. She transitioned to film acting in 1950, appearing in her first roles that year in Outrage and Edge of Doom. Powers passed away on June 11, 2007.
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Career timeline
Early Directors on Directing
HittersFrom Russia to Hollywood: The 100-Year Odyssey of Chekhov and Shdanoff
Calling the Shots
Murder, She Wrote
Six Tickets to Hell
Charlie's Angels
Switch
Doomsday Machine
Daddy's Gone A-Hunting
Rogue's Gallery
Ironside
Mission: ImpossibleJericho
BewitchedDaniel BooneThe Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Kraft Suspense TheatreArrest and Trial
The Gallant Men
Dr. KildareEvergladesDaniel Boone: The Wilderness RoadFear No MoreDaniel Boone: The Promised Land
ThrillerSurfside 6Daniel Boone: And Chase the BuffaloDaniel Boone: The Warrior's Path
RawhideThe RebelHawaiian EyeLock-UpBourbon Street Beat
Wanted: Dead or Alive77 Sunset StripBroncoThe Further Adventures of Ellery QueenThe Colossus of New York
Perry MasonPerry MasonPerry MasonPerry MasonPerry Mason
Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreThe Last Stop
Matinee TheaterCheyenneRage at DawnBengazi
The Yellow Mountain
GeraldineGeneral Electric TheaterCity Beneath the SeaCity That Never Sleeps
Rose of Cimarron
OutrageCyrano de BergeracEdge of Doom
Tough as They Come
Full filmography
- Early Directors on Directing (2009) as Self
- Hitters (2002) as Mama Theresa
- From Russia to Hollywood: The 100-Year Odyssey of Chekhov and Shdanoff (2002) as Self / Narrator (voice)
- Calling the Shots (1988) as Self
- Murder, She Wrote (1984) as Dorothy Folkes
- Six Tickets to Hell (1981)
- Charlie's Angels (1976) as Martha
- Switch (1975) as Sally Odden
- Doomsday Machine (1972) as Maj. Georgianna Bronski
- Daddy's Gone A-Hunting (1969) as Meg Stone
- Rogue's Gallery (1968) as Maggie
- Ironside (1967)
- Mission: Impossible (1966) as Dr. Karen Cherlotov
- Jericho (1966)
- Bewitched (1964)
- Daniel Boone (1964) as Polly Cooper
- The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964) as Albert Dubois
- Kraft Suspense Theatre (1963) as Ellen Ramsey
- Arrest and Trial (1963)
- The Gallant Men (1962)
- Dr. Kildare (1961) as Julie Michaels
- Everglades (1961)
- Daniel Boone: The Wilderness Road (1961) as Rebecca Boone
- Fear No More (1961) as Sharon Carlin
- Daniel Boone: The Promised Land (1961) as Rebecca Boone
- Flight of the Lost Balloon (1961) as Ellen Burton
- Thriller (1960) as Consuelo De La Varra
- Surfside 6 (1960)
- Daniel Boone: And Chase the Buffalo (1960) as Rebecca Boone
- Daniel Boone: The Warrior's Path (1960) as Rebecca Boone
- Rawhide (1959) as Loretta Opel
- The Rebel (1959) as Cassie
- Hawaiian Eye (1959)
- Lock-Up (1959)
- Bourbon Street Beat (1959)
- Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958) as Stacy Torrance
- 77 Sunset Strip (1958) as Margo Latimer
- Bronco (1958)
- The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen (1958)
- The Colossus of New York (1958) as Anne Spensser
- Sierra Baron (1958) as Sue Russell
- Perry Mason (1957) as Claire Allison
- Perry Mason (1957) as June Sinclair
- Perry Mason (1957) as Janet Brent
- Perry Mason (1957) as Helen Bradshaw
- Perry Mason (1957) as Elaine Bayler
- Maverick (1957)
- Sugarfoot (1957) as Roberta Shipman
- Tammy and the Bachelor (1957) as Barbara
- Death in Small Doses (1957) as Valerie 'Val' Owens
- The Unknown Terror (1957) as Gina Matthews
- The Storm Rider (1957) as Tay Rorick
- Man on the Prowl (1957) as Marlan Wood
- Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1956) as Barbara Anderson
- The Last Stop (1956) as Miriam
- Matinee Theater (1955)
- Cheyenne (1955)
- Rage at Dawn (1955) as Laura Reno
- Bengazi (1955) as Aileen Donovan
- The Yellow Mountain (1954) as Nevada Wray
- Geraldine (1953) as Janey Edwards
- General Electric Theater (1953) as Martha Benton
- City Beneath the Sea (1953) as Terry McBride
- City That Never Sleeps (1953) as Sally 'Angel Face' Connors
- Rose of Cimarron (1952) as Rose of Cimarron
- Outrage (1950) as Ann Walton
- Cyrano de Bergerac (1950) as Roxane
- Edge of Doom (1950) as Julie
- Tough as They Come (1942) as Esther Clark