Actor
Adele Mara
April 28, 1923 · Highland Park, Michigan, USA
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.
Often works with
John Wayne
4 titles together
Sands of Iwo Jima, The Fighting Seabees, Wake of the Red Witch
Myron Healey
3 titles together
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, Cheyenne, The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Grant Withers
3 titles together
The Fighting Seabees, Wake of the Red Witch, The Vampire's Ghost
Paul Fix
3 titles together
The Fighting Seabees, Wake of the Red Witch, Flame of Barbary Coast
Roy Barcroft
3 titles together
The Fighting Seabees, The Last Crooked Mile, The Vampire's Ghost
Richard Reeves
3 titles together
Maverick, Cheyenne, Thriller
Full filmography · 78
The Big Circus
as Maria 'Mama' Colino
1959
Curse of the Faceless Man
as Maria Fiorillo
19585.7
The Black Whip
as Ruthie Dawson
1956
Back from Eternity
as Maria Alvarez - Stewardess
19566.7
Count the Hours!
as Gracie Sager, Max Verne's Girlfriend
1953
The Sea Hornet
as Suntan Radford
1951
California Passage
as Beth Martin
1950The Avengers
as Maria Moreno
1950
Rock Island Trail
as Constance Strong
1950
Sands of Iwo Jima
as Allison Bromley
19506.4
Wake of the Red Witch
as Teleia Van Schreeven
19485.8
Angel in Exile
as Raquel Chavez
1948