Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1/3/1930
Place of Birth
Santa Monica, California, USA
Also Known As
Marilyn Joan Watts
Mara Corday
Biography
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 w...
Known For
Sudden Impact
as Loretta - Coffee Shop Waitress
Tarantula
as Stephanie 'Steve' Clayton
The Gauntlet
as Jail Matron
Pink Cadillac
as Stick Lady
Undersea Girl
as Valerie Hudson
Sea Tiger
as Lola, Hotel Proprietress
The Rookie
as Interrogator #2
Naked Gun
as Louisa Jackson / Morales
Francis Joins the WACS
as Kate
Raw Edge
as Paca
The Giant Claw
as Sally Caldwell
Dawn at Socorro
as Letty Diamond
Foxfire
as Maria
The Man from Bitter Ridge
as Holly Kenton
Drums Across the River
as Sue Randolph
Problem Girls
as Dorothy Childers
Man Without a Star
as Moccasin Mary
The Black Scorpion
as Teresa Alvarez
Allen in Movieland
as Self
Son of Ali Baba
as Girl on Balcony (uncredited)