Adele

Adele Mara (April 28, 1923 (April 28, 1923 - May 7, 2010, USA) was an American actress and singer. She was a part of films during the 1940s and 1950s[2] and also on television during the 1950s and 1960s. Adele St. Mara became her professional name and she was offered a contract from Columbia Pictures[citation required[citation required]. She was able to work in comedy shorts and feature films for Columbia Pictures "B". It was then changed to Adele Mara. Mara started her professional career as a receptionist in the Three Stooges movie I Can Hardly Wait. Mara Brooks and Leslie Brooks were the sisters of Rita Hayworth in the Fred Astaire film You Were Never Lovelier. She is the character Alias Boston Blackie (1942) as the sister of an innocently accused and freed convict. When her Columbia contract ran out and she was transferred to Republic Pictures, where she became a fixture in their westerns and outdoor adventure. [citation needed] She starred 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-interest, California Passage (leading lady) and Don Siegel's Count the Hours (supporting role).