Adele Mara (April 28, 1923 - - May 7, 2010 American) was an American singer and actress. She was a part of films in the 1940s as well as the 1950s[2] and on television during the 1950s as well as the 1960s. Adele St. Mara was her name professionally. She won an endorsement from Columbia Pictures [citation needed]. She worked on comedy shorts as well as "B" films at the studio. Later, the name was changed to Adele Mara. One of her first roles was as a receptionist on the Three Stooges film I Can Hardly Wait. Mara and Leslie Brooks played the sisters of Rita Hayworth's character in the Fred Astaire film You Were Never Lovelier. Brooks plays the lead female role in Alias Boston Blackie (1942) in which she plays the sister of an wrongly arrested and released convict. She was transferred to Republic Pictures after her Columbia contract was terminated. The studio specialized in Westerns and outdoor adventures. 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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