Adele Mara

Acting

Personal Info

gender

Female

birthday

April 28, 1923

died

May 7, 2010

place of birth

Highland Park, Michigan, USA

also known as

Adelaida Delgado

total credits

50 movies

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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Known For

Filmography

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Riders of the Northwest Mounted
7.5

Riders of the Northwest Mounted

1943as Gabrielle Renaud
The Fighting Seabees
6.3

The Fighting Seabees

1944as Twinkles Tucker - Jitterbugger (uncredited)
Count the Hours!
5.5

Count the Hours!

1953as Gracie Sager, Max Verne's Girlfriend
Sands of Iwo Jima
6.4

Sands of Iwo Jima

1950as Allison Bromley
You Were Never Lovelier
7.1

You Were Never Lovelier

1942as Lita Acuña
Wake of the Red Witch
5.7

Wake of the Red Witch

1948as Teleia Van Schreeven
California Passage
6.0

California Passage

1950as Beth Martin
Curse of the Faceless Man
5.7

Curse of the Faceless Man

1958as Maria Fiorillo
Flame of Barbary Coast
5.5

Flame of Barbary Coast

1945as Marie (uncredited)
Crime Doctor
6.4

Crime Doctor

1943as Nurse
Back from Eternity
6.7

Back from Eternity

1956as Maria Alvarez - Stewardess
The Gallant Legion
7.3

The Gallant Legion

1948as Catalina
The Big Circus
6.6

The Big Circus

1959as Maria 'Mama' Colino
The Trespasser
5.0

The Trespasser

1947as Dee Dee, newspaper morgue assistant
The Sea Hornet
6.0

The Sea Hornet

1951as Suntan Radford
Rock Island Trail
6.3

Rock Island Trail

1950as Constance Strong
Robin Hood Of Texas
7.0

Robin Hood Of Texas

1947as Julie
Blackmail
4.2

Blackmail

1947as Sylvia Duane
Reveille with Beverly
7.5

Reveille with Beverly

1943as Evelyn Ross
Atlantic City
6.3

Atlantic City

1944as Adele - Barmaid
Shut My Big Mouth
8.3

Shut My Big Mouth

1942as Elena Conchita Montoya
I, Jane Doe
6.4

I, Jane Doe

1948as Marga-Jane Hastings
Honolulu Lu
5.8

Honolulu Lu

1941as Debutante
The Last Crooked Mile
5.5

The Last Crooked Mile

1946as Bonnie
Faces in the Fog
4.3

Faces in the Fog

1944as Gertrude
Passkey to Danger
8.0

Passkey to Danger

1946as Renee Beauchamps
Redhead from Manhattan
5.3

Redhead from Manhattan

1943as Check Girl
Lucky Legs
9.0

Lucky Legs

1942as Secretary
I've Always Loved You
6.5

I've Always Loved You

1946as Señorita Fortaleza
Night Time in Nevada
6.8

Night Time in Nevada

1948as Joan Andrews
The Black Whip
10.0

The Black Whip

1956as Ruthie Dawson
Vengeance of the West
7.0

Vengeance of the West

1942as Anita Morell
Angel in Exile
5.5

Angel in Exile

1948as Raquel Chavez
The Tiger Woman
5.8

The Tiger Woman

1945as Sharon Winslow
Boston Blackie Goes Hollywood
5.5

Boston Blackie Goes Hollywood

1942as Eve Sanders
Good Luck, Mr. Yates
6.5

Good Luck, Mr. Yates

1943as Welder
Blondie Goes to College
6.6

Blondie Goes to College

1942as Babs Conelly
The Magnificent Rogue
6.5

The Magnificent Rogue

1946as Sugar Lee
Alias Boston Blackie
5.6

Alias Boston Blackie

1942as Eve Sanders
Earl Carroll Vanities
5.4

Earl Carroll Vanities

1945as Chorine
Song of Mexico
10.0

Song of Mexico

1945as Carol Adams
The Catman of Paris
5.6

The Catman of Paris

1946as Marguerite Duval
I Can Hardly Wait
6.8

I Can Hardly Wait

1943as Secretary (uncredited)
Exposed
6.2

Exposed

1947as Belinda Prentice
Night Train to Memphis
9.0

Night Train to Memphis

1946as Constance Stephenson
Grissly's Millions
6.5

Grissly's Millions

1945as Maribelle
Girls of the Big House
7.5

Girls of the Big House

1945as Harriet
Back from the Front
7.3

Back from the Front

1943as Dizzy (uncredited)
Traffic in Crime
6.7

Traffic in Crime

1946as Silk Cantrell
Call of the South Seas
7.0

Call of the South Seas

1944as Aritana