Mara Corday
Actress

Mara Corday Net Worth

Mara Corday was born Marilyn Watts in Santa Monica, California in 1930. She began her career in show business by dancing in the chorus of Earl Carroll's Revue. Her modeling career led to TV roles and bit parts in low-budget movies. As a Universal-International contract player, she was in many B pictures. She gave up acting in the early '60s to focus on marriage and motherhood, and since the death of her husband Richard Long in 1974, she has appeared in supporting roles in her friend Clint Eastwood's movies.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Who is it? Actress
Birth Day January 03, 1930
Birth Place  Santa Monica, California, United States
Age 93 YEARS OLD
Birth Sign Aquarius
Preceded by Teri Hope
Succeeded by Joan Staley
Measurements Bust: 35 in (89 cm) Waist: 24 in (61 cm) Hips: 35 in (89 cm)
Height 5 ft 5 in (165 cm)
Weight 118 lb (54 kg)

💰 Net worth: $1.2 Million (2024)

Mara Corday, a well-known actress in the United States, has built a successful career in the entertainment industry. In 2024, her estimated net worth stands at an impressive $1.2 million. Throughout her acting journey, Corday has showcased her talent and versatility, leaving a lasting impact on both the silver screen and television. Her dedication and hard work have certainly paid off, reflecting in her significant financial success. As a respected figure in the industry, Corday's net worth stands as a testament to her achievements and enduring popularity.

Biography/Timeline

1950

Corday appeared as a pinup girl in numerous men's magazines during the 1950s and was the Playmate of the October 1958 issue of Playboy, along with famous model and showgirl Pat Sheehan.

1951

Corday was born in Santa Monica, California. Wanting a career in films, she 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.

1954

Corday signed on as a Universal International Pictures (UI) contract player. 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.

1955

Following the 1955 death of Suzan Ball, the first wife of actor Richard Long, Corday began dating Long, and they married in 1957. Through Long's sister Barbara, Corday was a sister-in-law of actor Marshall Thompson. In the early 1960s, Corday gave up her career to devote herself to raising a family. Widowed in 1974, she and Long had three children during their 17-year marriage: Valerie, Carey, and Gregory. Corday has also been a lifelong friend of actor Clint Eastwood, whom she met while working for Universal Pictures.

1956

In 1956, Corday 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.

1974

A few years after her husband's death in 1974, Corday's friend Eastwood offered her a chance to return to filmmaking with a role in his 1977 film The Gauntlet. She had a brief-but-significant role in Sudden Impact (1983), where she played the waitress dumping sugar into Harry Callahan's coffee in that movie's iconic "Go ahead, make my day" sequence. And she acted with Eastwood again in Pink Cadillac (1989) as well as in her last film, 1990's The Rookie.

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