Background
Mara was born in Highland Park, Michigan, to Spanish parents.
Mara was born in Highland Park, Michigan, to Spanish parents.
During the 1940s, the blonde 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.
Adele Mara and Leslie Brooks played the sisters of Rita Hayworth"s character in the Fred Astaire film You Were Never Lovelier.
In 1958, she played Maria Costa in the Bat Masterson episode "Double Showdown," with Gene Barry and Jean Willes. In 1961, Mara appeared as a nurse with Cesar Romero on Columbia Broadcasting System"s The Red Skelton Show in a sketch titled "Deadeye and The Alamo." About this time she guest starred on the National Broadcasting Company western series, The Tall Manitoba
Mara died of natural causes on May 7, 2010. Mara was married to television writer/producer Roy Huggins and appeared as the leading lady in three episodes of his 1957 television series Maverick, including "Seed of Deception" with James Garner and Jack Kelly in the first season, "The Spanish Dancer" with Kelly and Efrem Zimbalist, Junior. in the second season, and "The Marquessa" with Kelly in the third season.
