- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- January 3, 1930
- Place of Birth
- Santa Monica, California, USA
- Died
- February 9, 2025
Mara Corday
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 sh…
Filmography
movieThe Rookie
1990 · Interrogator #2
moviePink Cadillac
1989 · Stick Lady
movieSudden Impact
1983 · Loretta - Coffee Shop Waitress
movieThe Gauntlet
1977 · Jail Matron
tvSurfside 6
1960
tvAdventures in Paradise
1959 · Angel
tvPeter Gunn
1958
tvWanted: Dead or Alive
1958 · Lucinda Lorenz
movieGirls on the Loose
1958 · Vera Parkinson
movieUndersea Girl
1957 · Valerie Hudson
movieThe Black Scorpion
1957 · Teresa Alvarez
movieThe Quiet Gun
1957 · Irene
movieThe Giant Claw
1957 · Sally Caldwell
movieNaked Gun
1956 · Louisa Jackson / Morales
movieA Day of Fury
1956 · Sharman Fulton
movieRaw Edge
1956 · Paca
movieTarantula
1955 · Stephanie 'Steve' Clayton
movieFoxfire
1955 · Maria
movieAllen in Movieland
1955 · Self
movieThe Man from Bitter Ridge
1955 · Holly Kenton
movieMan Without a Star
1955 · Moccasin Mary
movieSo This Is Paris
1954 · Yvonne
The George Gobel Show
tvThe George Gobel Show
1954 · Self
movieDawn at Socorro
1954 · Letty Diamond
movieFrancis Joins the WACS
1954 · Kate
movieDrums Across the River
1954 · Sue Randolph
moviePlaygirl
1954 · Pam
movieSweethearts on Parade
1953 · Belle
movieTarzan and the She-Devil
1953 · Locopo Woman
movieProblem Girls
1953 · Dorothy Childers
movieToughest Man in Arizona
1952
tvMr. & Mrs. North
1952
movieSon of Ali Baba
1952 · Girl on Balcony (uncredited)
movieSea Tiger
1952 · Lola, Hotel Proprietress
Tall, Dark and Dead
movieTall, Dark and Dead
1952 · Greta Varden
tvThe Adventures of Kit Carson
1951
tvThe Colgate Comedy Hour
1950 · Self