Mara Corday is a showgirl, model, actress, Playboy Playmate and a 1950s cult figure.
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 photographers model that led to a bit part as a showgirl in the 1951 film Two Tickets to Broadway.
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