Adele St. Mara was her official name. She was awarded an agreement with Columbia Pictures [citation needed.She also was able to work with the company's comedy shorts as well as "B" films. Then, she was changed to Adele Mara. Mara was a receptionist in Three Stooges' film I Can Hardly Wait. Mara Brooks and Leslie Brooks were the sisters of Rita Hayworth in the Fred Astaire film You Were Never Lovelier. Brooks plays Alias Boston Blackie (1942) as the sister of an innocently accused and freed prisoner. When her Columbia contract ended and she was transferred to Republic Pictures where she was frequent in the studio's westerns and outdoor adventures. She was a part of in The Vampire's Ghost, Wake of the Red Witch which starred John Wayne, Angel In Exile (leading woman), Sands of Iwo Jima where John Agar was John's love interest is played by her, California Passage as well as Don Siegel's Count the Hours as a support part.
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