{"id":52,"date":"2014-05-12T18:47:27","date_gmt":"2014-05-12T18:47:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bmoviemaniacs.com\/kenttheclaw\/?p=52"},"modified":"2014-05-12T18:47:27","modified_gmt":"2014-05-12T18:47:27","slug":"the-claws-b-movie-actor-of-the-week-mara-corday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bmoviemaniacs.com\/kenttheclaw\/2014\/05\/12\/the-claws-b-movie-actor-of-the-week-mara-corday\/","title":{"rendered":"The Claw’s B-Movie Actor of the Week: Mara Corday"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This week we feature a gal who holds a special place in b-movie history. Although her creature feature resume is rather short, she definitely deserves a mention. And though I’m a giant antimatter space bird, she’s quite dishy for a human female. That’s what Jeff Morrow kept telling me, anyway. She was always charming on the set, and a pleasure to work with. I’m glad I didn’t have to kill her in the movie. I still feel bad enough about Pierre. But that’s another story.<\/p>\n

Mara was born Marilyn Joan Watts in Santa Monica, California. Got her start in a chorus, which led to modeling before she signed a contract with Universal-International. The sign of quality. She appeared in many b-movies during her career, but for our purposes, she only appeared in three. She gave up show biz to be the wife of Richard “Nanny & the Professor” Long for 17 years. She was Playboy playmate of the month for October 1958. Also a good friend of Clint Eastwood, who had a small part as a napalm-firing fighter pilot in her hit film Tarantula.<\/p>\n

Best wishes,
\nGC<\/p>\n

“Strafing fine communities like yours since 1957”<\/p>\n

Mara Corday’s B-Movie Filmography
\nTarantula 1955
\nThe Giant Claw 1957
\nThe Black Scorpion 1957<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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