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Mara Corday

Mara Corday

Known for ActingBorn 1930-01-03Died 2025-02-09Santa Monica, California, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Mara Corday, born Marilyn Joan Watts (January 3, 1930 — February 9, 2025) was an American showgirl, model, actress, Playboy Playmate and a 1950s cult figure. Wanting a career in films, 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 wed 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 Corday had "more acting ability than she was permitted to exhibit." Corday appeared as a pin-up 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 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 The Gauntlet (1977). She acted with him again in Sudden Impact (1983), Pink Cadillac (1989), and in her last film, The Rookie (1990). Description above from the Wikipedia article Mara Corday,licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.Read more

Movies & web series

So This Is Paris9.0
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So This Is Paris

1954 · Movie

Sweethearts on Parade8.0
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Sweethearts on Parade

1953 · Movie

The George Gobel Show
7.8
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The George Gobel Show

1954 · Series

Dawn at Socorro7.2
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Dawn at Socorro

1954 · Movie

Wanted: Dead or Alive7.0
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Wanted: Dead or Alive

1958 · Series

Toughest Man in Arizona7.0
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Toughest Man in Arizona

1952 · Movie

The Colgate Comedy Hour6.9
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The Colgate Comedy Hour

1950 · Series

Sudden Impact6.5
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Sudden Impact

1983 · Movie

The Gauntlet6.5
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The Gauntlet

1977 · Movie

Foxfire6.7
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Foxfire

1955 · Movie

The Quiet Gun6.6
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The Quiet Gun

1957 · Movie

Peter Gunn6.6
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Peter Gunn

1958 · Series

Man Without a Star6.5
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Man Without a Star

1955 · Movie

Tarantula6.5
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Tarantula

1955 · Movie

Sea Tiger6.5
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Sea Tiger

1952 · Movie

Naked Gun6.4
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Naked Gun

1956 · Movie

Surfside 66.3
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Surfside 6

1960 · Series

Raw Edge6.3
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Raw Edge

1956 · Movie

The Rookie5.9
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The Rookie

1990 · Movie

Girls on the Loose6.2
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Girls on the Loose

1958 · Movie

Adventures in Paradise6.1
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Adventures in Paradise

1959 · Series

Francis Joins the WACS6.1
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Francis Joins the WACS

1954 · Movie

The Adventures of Kit Carson6.0
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The Adventures of Kit Carson

1951 · Series

A Day of Fury5.9
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A Day of Fury

1956 · Movie

The Man from Bitter Ridge5.9
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The Man from Bitter Ridge

1955 · Movie

Pink Cadillac5.5
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Pink Cadillac

1989 · Movie

Drums Across the River5.8
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Drums Across the River

1954 · Movie

Son of Ali Baba5.6
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Son of Ali Baba

1952 · Movie

The Black Scorpion5.2
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The Black Scorpion

1957 · Movie

Tarzan and the She-Devil5.2
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Tarzan and the She-Devil

1953 · Movie

Mr. & Mrs. North5.0
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Mr. & Mrs. North

1952 · Series

The Giant Claw4.8
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The Giant Claw

1957 · Movie

Allen in Movieland4.5
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Allen in Movieland

1955 · Movie

Problem Girls4.5
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Problem Girls

1953 · Movie

Playgirl4.3
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Playgirl

1954 · Movie

Undersea Girl4.2
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Undersea Girl

1957 · Movie

Tall, Dark and Dead
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Tall, Dark and Dead

1952 · Movie