
Adele Mara (April 28, 1923 to May 7 2010, 2010) was an American actor, singer and dancer who was featured in films during the 1940s and 1950s and in television during the 1950s, 1960s and then later. Adele St. Mara became her professional name when she was offered a contract by Columbia Pictures[citation required[citation required]. She had experience in comedy shorts as well as features for the studio's "B". This title was quickly changed to Adele Mara. Mara was a receptionist in Three Stooges' film I Can Hardly Wait. Mara Brooks and Leslie Brooks were the sisters of Rita Hayworth in the Fred Astaire film You Were Never Lovelier. In Alias Boston Blackie (1942) she is the lead female role, as the sister of an escapee and wrongfully accused prisoner. When her Columbia contract expired after which she moved to Republic Pictures where she was an regular on outdoor adventures and westerns. [citation needed] She appeared in The Vampire's Ghost, Wake of the Red Witch starring John Wayne, Angel in Exile (leading lady), Sands of Iwo Jima with John Wayne in which she was John Agar's love interests, California Passage (leading lady) and Don Siegel's Count the Hours (supporting role).
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