
Adele Mara (April 28, 1923 to May 7 2010, 2010) was an American actress in the fields of dance, singing and dancing who was featured in films during the 1940s, 1950s and in television during the 1950s, 1960s and later on. With the professional name Adele St. Mara, she was signed to Columbia Pictures[citation neededand gained experience working in the studio's "B" features as well as comedy shorts. This was later shortened to Adele Mara. One of her first roles was as a receptionist in the Three Stooges film I Can Hardly Wait. Mara Brooks and Leslie Brooks portrayed the sisters as characters played by Rita Hayworth in Fred Astaire's film You Were Never Lovelier. She is the lead female part in Alias Boston Blackie (1942), playing the sister of a wrongly arrested and released prisoner. When her Columbia contract expired and she was transferred to Republic Pictures, where she was a frequent guest in the studio's westerns as well as outdoor adventures. [citation needed] She appeared in The Vampire's Ghost, Wake of the Red Witch which starred John Wayne, Angel in Exile (leading lady), Sands of Iwo Jima with John Wayne in which she was John Agar's love interest, California Passage (leading lady) as well as Don Siegel's Count the Hours (supporting role).
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