Adele St. Mara was her professional name. She was awarded a contract with Columbia Pictures [citation needed]. She was able to work on comedy shorts as well as "B" feature films in the studio. The name was later changed to Adele Mara. Mara was receptionist in Three Stooges' film I Can Hardly Wait. Mara as well as Leslie Brooks played the sisters of Rita Hayworth's character the Fred Astaire film You Were Never Lovelier. In Alias Boston Blackie (1942), she plays the leading female character, playing the sister of an escaped and falsely accused convict. When her Columbia contract was up the actress moved to Republic Pictures where she was a regular in the studio's westerns and outdoor adventures. [citation needed] She was a part in The Vampire's Ghost, Wake of the Red Witch with John Wayne, Angel in Exile (leading lady), Sands of Iwo Jima with John Wayne in which she played John Agar's love interest, California Passage (leading lady), and Don Siegel's Count the Hours (supporting role)
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