Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: Adelaida Delgado
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Highland Park, Michigan, USA
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Movie Involvements: 50
TV Involvements: 6
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
(1962) Eve SherstonCheyenne
(1955) SaritaThe Millionaire
(1955) Cara Rosselli VolanteThriller
(1960) Lydia AdlerBat Masterson
(1958) Maria CostaWheels
(1978) Teresa ChapmanThe Fighting Seabees
(1944) Twinkles Tucker - Jitterbugger (uncredited)Wake of the Red Witch
(1948) Teleia Van SchreevenActing
Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
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1978 | Teresa Chapman | |
1972 | N/A | |
1962 | Eve Sherston | |
1960 | Lydia Adler | |
N/A | ||
1959 | N/A | |
N/A | ||
Maria 'Mama' Colino | ||
1958 | N/A | |
Maria Costa | ||
N/A | ||
Maria Fiorillo | ||
1957 | Estrellita | |
N/A | ||
June Mundy | ||
1956 | Ruthie Dawson | |
Maria Alvarez - Stewardess | ||
1955 | Sarita | |
N/A | ||
Cara Rosselli Volante | ||
1954 | N/A | |
N/A | ||
N/A | ||
1953 | Gracie Sager, Max Verne's Girlfriend | |
1951 | Suntan Radford | |
1950 | Beth Martin | |
Maria Moreno | ||
Constance Strong | ||
Allison Bromley | ||
1948 | Teleia Van Schreeven | |
Raquel Chavez | ||
Joan Andrews | ||
Marga-Jane Hastings | ||
Catalina | ||
Bessie Ormsbee | ||
Gloria | ||
1947 | Belinda Prentice | |
Sylvia Duane | ||
Julie | ||
Dee Dee, newspaper morgue assistant | ||
Peg Mallory | ||
Elena Del Rio | ||
1946 | Señorita Fortaleza | |
Sugar Lee | ||
Marie Ravelle | ||
Bonnie | ||
Geraldine Travis, alias Gerry Smith | ||
Constance Stephenson | ||
Silk Cantrell | ||
Renee Beauchamps | ||
Marguerite Duval | ||
Bernice | ||
1945 | Carol Adams | |
Sharon Winslow | ||
Harriet | ||
Patty Phillips | ||
Marie (uncredited) | ||
Lisa | ||
Chorine | ||
Maribelle | ||
1944 | Sally Crandall | |
Gertrude | ||
Adele - Barmaid | ||
Aritana | ||
Twinkles Tucker - Jitterbugger (uncredited) | ||
1943 | Secretary (uncredited) | |
Welder | ||
Nurse | ||
Dizzy (uncredited) | ||
Check Girl | ||
Gabrielle Renaud | ||
Evelyn Ross | ||
1942 | N/A | |
Lita Acuña | ||
Eve Sanders | ||
Secretary | ||
Anita Morell | ||
Eve Sanders | ||
Elena Conchita Montoya | ||
Babs Conelly | ||
1941 | Debutante | |
Year | Character | Movie/Tv |