Mara Corday

Mara Corday

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Mara Corday (born Marilyn Joan Watts on January 3, 1930 in Santa Monica, California) is a showgirl, model, actress, Playboy Playmate and a 1950s cult figure. Wanting a career in films, Mara Corday came to Hollywood while still in her teens and found work as a showgirl at the Earl Carroll Theatre on Sunset Boulevard. Her physical beauty brought jobs as a photographer's model that led to a bit part as a showgirl in the 1951 film Two Tickets to Broadway. She signed on as a Universal International Pictures (UI) contract player where she met actor Clint Eastwood with whom she would remain lifelong friends. With UI, Corday was given small roles in various B-movies and television series. In 1954 on the set of Playgirl she met actor Richard Long. Following the death of Long's wife, the two began dating and married in 1957. Her roles were small until 1955 when she was cast opposite John Agar in Tarantula, a Sci-Fi B-movie that proved a modest success. She had another successful co-starring role in that genre (The Black Scorpion) as well as in a number of Western films. Respected film critic Leonard Maltin said that Mara Corday had "more acting ability than she was permitted to exhibit." Mara Corday appeared as a pinup girl in numerous men's magazines during the 1950s and was the Playmate of the October 1958 issue of Playboy, together with famous model and showgirl Pat Sheehan. In 1956, she had a recurring role in the ABC television series Combat Sergeant. From 1959 to early 1961, Corday worked exclusively doing guest spots on various television series. She then gave up her career to devote her time to raising a family. During her seventeen-year marriage to Richard Long she had three children. A few years after her husband's passing in 1974, Corday's friend Clint Eastwood offered her a chance to return to filmmaking with a role in his 1977 film The Gauntlet. She acted with him again in Sudden Impact (1983), Pink Cadillac (1989), and in her last film, 1990s The Rookie. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mara Corday,licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

  • Tiotal: Mara Corday
  • Popularity: 4.808
  • Aithnichte airson: Acting
  • Co-là-breith: 1930-01-03
  • Àite breith: Santa Monica, California, USA
  • Duilleag-dhachaigh: http://www.maracorday.com/
  • Cuideachd aithnichte mar: Marilyn Joan Watts
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  • 1955
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    Foxfire

    Foxfire

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  • 1953
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    Tarzan and the She-Devil

    Tarzan and the She-Devil

    4.8 1953 HD

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  • 1955
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    Allen in Movieland

    Allen in Movieland

    5 1955 HD

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  • 1955
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    Tarantula

    Tarantula

    6.495 1955 HD

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  • 1957
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    The Giant Claw

    The Giant Claw

    4.8 1957 HD

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  • 1957
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    The Black Scorpion

    The Black Scorpion

    5.2 1957 HD

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  • 1952
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    Toughest Man in Arizona

    Toughest Man in Arizona

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  • 1958
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    Girls on the Loose

    Girls on the Loose

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  • 1954
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    Drums Across the River

    Drums Across the River

    5.4 1954 HD

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  • 1956
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    Raw Edge

    Raw Edge

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  • 1956
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    A Day of Fury

    A Day of Fury

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  • 1954
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    Dawn at Socorro

    Dawn at Socorro

    7.2 1954 HD

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  • 1956
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    Naked Gun

    Naked Gun

    6.8 1956 HD

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  • 1955
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    The Man from Bitter Ridge

    The Man from Bitter Ridge

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  • 1957
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    The Quiet Gun

    The Quiet Gun

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  • 1954
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    Francis Joins the WACS

    Francis Joins the WACS

    5.8 1954 HD

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  • 1957
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    Undersea Girl

    Undersea Girl

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  • 1954
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    Playgirl

    Playgirl

    4.3 1954 HD

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  • 1952
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    Tall, Dark and Dead

    Tall, Dark and Dead

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  • 1977
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    The Gauntlet

    The Gauntlet

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  • 1989
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    Pink Cadillac

    Pink Cadillac

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  • 1990
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    The Rookie

    The Rookie

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  • 1983
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    Sudden Impact

    Sudden Impact

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  • 1953
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    Problem Girls

    Problem Girls

    3.3 1953 HD

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  • 1955
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    Man Without a Star

    Man Without a Star

    6.4 1955 HD

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  • 1954
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    So This Is Paris

    So This Is Paris

    8.5 1954 HD

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  • 1952
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    Sea Tiger

    Sea Tiger

    5 1952 HD

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  • 1953
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    Sweethearts on Parade

    Sweethearts on Parade

    1 1953 HD

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  • 1950
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    The Colgate Comedy Hour

    The Colgate Comedy Hour

    7 1950 HD

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  • 1960
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    Surfside 6

    Surfside 6

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  • 1958
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    Peter Gunn

    Peter Gunn

    6.5 1958 HD

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  • 1959
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    Adventures in Paradise

    Adventures in Paradise

    5.7 1959 HD

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  • 1958
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    Wanted: Dead or Alive

    Wanted: Dead or Alive

    6.9 1958 HD

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  • 1951
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    The Adventures of Kit Carson

    The Adventures of Kit Carson

    5.3 1951 HD

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  • 1952
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    Mr. & Mrs. North

    Mr. & Mrs. North

    4.8 1952 HD

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  • 1954
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    The George Gobel Show

    The George Gobel Show

    6 1954 HD

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