Adele Mara

Adele Mara

Actor

Highland Park, Michigan, USA
April 28, 1923

Biography

 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.

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Representative Works

Sands of Iwo Jima
Sands of Iwo Jima
6.3
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The Avengers
The Avengers
8.5
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Exposed
Exposed
6.2
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Count the Hours!
Count the Hours!
5.3
/ English
The Inner Circle
The Inner Circle
5.7
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The Big Circus
The Big Circus
6.6
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Back from Eternity
Back from Eternity
6.7
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Awards and Honors

Critical Favorites

Sands of Iwo Jima
1950Nominee

Best Performance

Sands of Iwo Jima

You Were Never Lovelier
1942Nominee

Best Performance

You Were Never Lovelier

The Avengers
1950Winner

Best Performance

The Avengers

Career Highlights

The Fighting Seabees
1944Highlight

Best Performance

The Fighting Seabees

Flame of Barbary Coast
1945Highlight

Best Performance

Flame of Barbary Coast