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Adele Mara

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Adele Mara

Born April 28, 1923 in Highland Park, Michigan, USADied May 7, 201062 films

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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.

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You Were Never Lovelier posterFirst watchYou Were Never Lovelier19427.1as Lita AcuñaAn Argentine heiress thinks a penniless American dancer is her secret admirer.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Sands of Iwo Jima poster6.4Sands of Iwo Jima1950The Fighting Seabees poster6.2The Fighting Seabees1944Wake of the Red Witch poster5.8Wake of the Red Witch1948

Filmography

62 films as actor
  1. 1959The Big CircusMaria 'Mama' Colino
  2. 1958Curse of the Faceless ManMaria Fiorillo
  3. 1956The Black WhipRuthie Dawson
  4. 1956Back from EternityMaria Alvarez - Stewardess
  5. 1953Count the Hours!Gracie Sager, Max Verne's Girlfriend
  6. 1951The Sea HornetSuntan Radford
  7. 1950California PassageBeth Martin
  8. 1950The AvengersMaria Moreno
  9. 1950Rock Island TrailConstance Strong
  10. 1950Sands of Iwo JimaAllison Bromley
  11. 1948Wake of the Red WitchTeleia Van Schreeven
  12. 1948Angel in ExileRaquel Chavez
  13. 1948Night Time in NevadaJoan Andrews
  14. 1948I, Jane DoeMarga-Jane Hastings
  15. 1948The Gallant LegionCatalina
  16. 1948Campus HoneymoonBessie Ormsbee
  17. 1948The Main Street KidGloria
  18. 1947ExposedBelinda Prentice
  19. 1947BlackmailSylvia Duane
  20. 1947Robin Hood Of TexasJulie
  21. 1947The TrespasserDee Dee, newspaper morgue assistant
  22. 1947Web of DangerPeg Mallory
  23. 1947Twilight on the Rio GrandeElena Del Rio
  24. 1946I've Always Loved YouSeñorita Fortaleza
  25. 1946The Magnificent RogueSugar Lee
  26. 1946The Invisible InformerMarie Ravelle
  27. 1946The Last Crooked MileBonnie
  28. 1946The Inner CircleGeraldine Travis, alias Gerry Smith
  29. 1946Night Train to MemphisConstance Stephenson
  30. 1946Traffic in CrimeSilk Cantrell
  31. 1946Passkey to DangerRenee Beauchamps
  32. 1946The Catman of ParisMarguerite Duval
  33. 1946A Guy Could ChangeBernice
  34. 1945Song of MexicoCarol Adams
  35. 1945The Tiger WomanSharon Winslow
  36. 1945Girls of the Big HouseHarriet
  37. 1945Bells of RosaritaPatty Phillips
  38. 1945Flame of Barbary CoastMarie (uncredited)
  39. 1945The Vampire's GhostLisa
  40. 1945Earl Carroll VanitiesChorine
  41. 1945Grissly's MillionsMaribelle
  42. 1944ThoroughbredsSally Crandall
  43. 1944Faces in the FogGertrude
  44. 1944Atlantic CityAdele - Barmaid
  45. 1944Call of the South SeasAritana
  46. 1944The Fighting SeabeesTwinkles Tucker - Jitterbugger (uncredited)
  47. 1943I Can Hardly WaitSecretary (uncredited)
  48. 1943Good Luck, Mr. YatesWelder
  49. 1943Crime DoctorNurse
  50. 1943Back from the FrontDizzy (uncredited)
  51. 1943Redhead from ManhattanCheck Girl
  52. 1943Riders of the Northwest MountedGabrielle Renaud
  53. 1943Reveille with BeverlyEvelyn Ross
  54. 1942The Great Glover
  55. 1942You Were Never LovelierLita Acuña
  56. 1942Boston Blackie Goes HollywoodEve Sanders
  57. 1942Lucky LegsSecretary
  58. 1942Vengeance of the WestAnita Morell
  59. 1942Alias Boston BlackieEve Sanders
  60. 1942Shut My Big MouthElena Conchita Montoya
  61. 1942Blondie Goes to CollegeBabs Conelly
  62. 1941Honolulu LuDebutante