
Adele Mara April 28, 1923 - May 7, 2010) was an American actress, singer and dancer who appeared in films during the 1940s and 1950s[2] as well as on television during the 1950s and 1960s. Adele St. Mara became her official name, and she was offered a contract with Columbia Pictures[citation required]. Additionally, she had the opportunity to work with the studio's comedy shorts and B-films. Then, she was changed to Adele Mara. Mara started her professional career as a receptionist for the Three Stooges movie I Can Hardly Wait. Mara Brooks and Leslie Brooks were the sisters of Rita Hayworth in the Fred Astaire movie You Were Never Lovelier. In Alias Boston Blackie (1942), she plays the leading female role as the daughter of an escapee and wrongfully found guilty prisoner. When her Columbia contract was up, she moved to Republic Pictures where she was a regular in outdoor adventures and westerns. The actress appeared in The Vampire's Ghost, Wake of the Red Witch starring John Wayne, Angels in Exile (leading ladies), Sands of Iwo Jima (John Wayne's love attraction), California Passage (leading ladies) and Don Siegel's Count the Hours(supporting role).
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