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Adele Mara

Born 1923-04-28

 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.

Known for

Sands of Iwo Jima 1950 · 7.0 You Were Never Lovelier 1942 · 7.2 Wake of the Red Witch 1948 · 6.5 The Vampire's Ghost 1945 · 5.9 I've Always Loved You 1946 · 6.3 The Catman of Paris 1946 · 5.4 The Last Crooked Mile 1946 · 6.1 I, Jane Doe 1948 · 7.0