
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
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So This Is Paris
1954 · Movie
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Sweethearts on Parade
1953 · Movie
The George Gobel Show
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The George Gobel Show
1954 · Series
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Dawn at Socorro
1954 · Movie
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Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958 · Series
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Toughest Man in Arizona
1952 · Movie
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The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950 · Series
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Sudden Impact
1983 · Movie
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The Gauntlet
1977 · Movie
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Foxfire
1955 · Movie
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The Quiet Gun
1957 · Movie
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Peter Gunn
1958 · Series
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Man Without a Star
1955 · Movie
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Tarantula
1955 · Movie
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Sea Tiger
1952 · Movie
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Naked Gun
1956 · Movie
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Surfside 6
1960 · Series
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Raw Edge
1956 · Movie
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The Rookie
1990 · Movie
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Girls on the Loose
1958 · Movie
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Adventures in Paradise
1959 · Series
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Francis Joins the WACS
1954 · Movie
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The Adventures of Kit Carson
1951 · Series
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A Day of Fury
1956 · Movie
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The Man from Bitter Ridge
1955 · Movie
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Pink Cadillac
1989 · Movie
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Drums Across the River
1954 · Movie
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Son of Ali Baba
1952 · Movie
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The Black Scorpion
1957 · Movie
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Tarzan and the She-Devil
1953 · Movie
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Mr. & Mrs. North
1952 · Series
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The Giant Claw
1957 · Movie
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Allen in Movieland
1955 · Movie
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Problem Girls
1953 · Movie
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Playgirl
1954 · Movie
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Undersea Girl
1957 · Movie
Tall, Dark and Dead
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Tall, Dark and Dead
1952 · Movie