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Mara Corday

Mara Corday

Actor

Born January 3, 1930 in Santa Monica, California, USA

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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.

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Girls On The Loose trailer 1958 Film Noir Heist movie

The Black Scorpion (1957) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD 1080p]

Joe Dante on THE BLACK SCORPION

The Black Scorpion (1957) - Movie Trailer

The Giant Claw (1957) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD 1080p]

Joe Dante on THE GIANT CLAW

A DAY OF FURY (1956) *RARE* Theatrical Trailer

1956 - Raw Edge - La Proie des Hommes

Joe Dante on TARANTULA

Tarantula (1955) - Movie Trailer

Filmography

Actor

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Type

Year

The Rookie Poster

The Rookie Feature Film1990Interrogator #2

Pink Cadillac Poster

Pink Cadillac Feature Film1989Stick Lady

Sudden Impact Poster

Sudden Impact Feature Film1983Loretta - Coffee Shop Waitress

Coming Soon Poster

Coming Soon Documentary1982edited from 'Tarantula'

The Gauntlet Poster

The Gauntlet Feature Film1977Jail Matron

It Takes Two TV Series1968Self

I'll Bet TV Series1965Self

Cabana 54 TV Movie1961

Here's Hollywood Poster

Here's Hollywood TV Series1960Self

Surfside 6 Poster

Surfside 6 TV Series1960Bonnie Scott

Adventures in Paradise Poster

Adventures in Paradise TV Series1959Angel

Laramie TV Series1959Rose

The Man from Blackhawk Poster

The Man from Blackhawk TV Series1959Annabel

Girls on the Loose Poster

Girls on the Loose Feature Film1958Vera Parkinson

Peter Gunn Poster

Peter Gunn TV Series1958Emily - Blackmailer

Wanted: Dead or Alive Poster

Wanted: Dead or Alive TV Series1958Lucinda Lorenz

Tales of Wells Fargo Poster

Tales of Wells Fargo TV Series1957Ruby

The Black Scorpion Poster

The Black Scorpion Feature Film1957Teresa Alvarez

The Giant Claw Poster

The Giant Claw Feature Film1957Sally Caldwell

The Quiet Gun Poster

The Quiet Gun Feature Film1957Irene

The Restless Gun Poster

The Restless Gun TV Series1957Della

Undersea Girl Poster

Undersea Girl Feature Film1957Valerie Hudson

A Day of Fury Poster

A Day of Fury Feature Film1956Sharman Fulton

Combat Sergeant TV Series1956Nono

Naked Gun Poster

Naked Gun Feature Film1956Louisa Jackson

Raw Edge Poster

Raw Edge Feature Film1956Paca

Allen in Movieland Poster

Allen in Movieland TV Movie1955Self

Foxfire Feature Film1955Maria - Hugh's Nurse

Man Without a Star Poster

Man Without a Star Feature Film1955Moccasin Mary

Matinee Theatre Poster

Matinee Theatre TV Series19551 episode, 1955

Tarantula Poster

Tarantula Feature Film1955Stephanie 'Steve' Clayton

The Man from Bitter Ridge Poster

The Man from Bitter Ridge Feature Film1955Holly Kenton

Dawn at Socorro Poster

Dawn at Socorro Feature Film1954Letty Diamond

Drums Across the River Poster

Drums Across the River Feature Film1954Sue

Francis Joins the WACS Poster

Francis Joins the WACS Feature Film1954Kate

Playgirl Poster

Playgirl Feature Film1954Pam

So This Is Paris Poster

So This Is Paris Feature Film1954Yvonne

The George Gobel Show Poster

The George Gobel Show TV Series1954Self

Yankee Pasha Poster

Yankee Pasha Feature Film1954Harem Girl

Money from Home Poster

Money from Home Feature Film1953Waitress

Problem Girls Poster

Problem Girls Feature Film1953Dorothy Childers

Sweethearts on Parade Poster

Sweethearts on Parade Feature Film1953Belle

Tarzan and the She-Devil Poster

Tarzan and the She-Devil Feature Film1953Locopo Woman

The Lady Wants Mink Poster

The Lady Wants Mink Feature Film1953Model

Craig Kennedy, Criminologist Poster

Craig Kennedy, Criminologist TV Series1952Greta Varden

Mr. & Mrs. North Poster

Mr. & Mrs. North TV Series1952Cynthia Stone

Sea Tiger Poster

Sea Tiger Feature Film1952Lola - Hotel Proprietress

Son of Ali Baba Poster

Son of Ali Baba Feature Film1952Girl on Balcony

The Bob Hope Show Poster

The Bob Hope Show TV Series1952Self - Hollywood Deb Star

Toughest Man in Arizona Poster

Toughest Man in Arizona Feature Film1952Bit Role

The Adventures of Kit Carson Poster

The Adventures of Kit Carson TV Series1951Janet Cronin

Two Tickets to Broadway Poster

Two Tickets to Broadway Feature Film1951Showgirl

The Colgate Comedy Hour Poster

The Colgate Comedy Hour TV Series1950Self - Actress

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