Mara Lane

Mara Lane

This glamorous, sultry Anglo-Austrian leading lady and model was born Dorothy Lane Bolton in Vienna to British oil company executive John Bolton and Russian-born pianist Olga Mironova. Mara studied dance with the Viennese ballet before her family took her to America, travelling via Denmark. She had a sister, Jocelyn Lane (aka Jackie), who was eventually to follow in her older sibling's footsteps to become a successful cover model and starlet in her own right. Mara was educated in New York and later attended the Centre de services scolaire Marguerite-Bourgeoys in the Saint Laurent borough of Montreal. While only in her teens, she began working part-time as a model for teenage fashion magazines. Aged 18, she moved to London to study costume design. Talent-scouted in a restaurant, with some modelling experience already under her belt, Mara appeared two years later in her first motion picture, the independently-produced post-war drama Hell Is Sold Out (1951). At this time, she was touted in the press as the 'British Marilyn Monroe', though she might have been more accurately described as an Elizabeth Taylor-lookalike. Mara herself disliked being compared to other actresses, calling it 'a disadvantage'. Nonetheless, she followed the advice of studio bosses to "get around and be seen". As the cameras adored her, celebrity status quickly followed, if not on the silver screen, then on the cover of glossy magazines. Mara had several undemanding supporting roles in British films before being signed by Howard Hughes for a small part in his RKO comedy Susan Slept Here (1954), starring Dick Powell and Debbie Reynolds. Thereafter, having spurned further offers from Hollywood, she forged a minor (but, ultimately, desultory) career as star of European B-grade movies, ranging from spy thrillers (Uomini ombra (1954)) to films noir (cast as a femme fatale in Angela (1954), co-starring opposite Dennis O'Keefe) and from romantic period comedy (Le avventure di Giacomo Casanova (1955)) to peplum (Anno 79: La distruzione di Ercolano (1962)). She made several films in Germany, arguably her best being the melancholic love story Monpti (1957), filmed on location in Paris with Romy Schneider and Horst Buchholz early in their careers. In 1961, Mara married San Antonio oil executive William Lafayette Dugger Jr., but divorced him after just three years. Dugger was later briefly engaged to Hollywood star Lizabeth Scott. He died unexpectedly in 1969. Mara left show business in 1964 and disappeared from the limelight, having always craved privacy in her personal life. She died in relative obscurity in Marbella, Spain, in 2014.

  • Popularity : 2.092
  • Known For : Acting
  • Birthday : 1930-08-01
  • Place of Birth : Wien, Austria
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Mara Lane Movies

  • 1959
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    Schlag auf Schlag

    Schlag auf Schlag

    4 1959 HD

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  • 1954
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    Susan Slept Here

    Susan Slept Here

    6.1 1954 HD

    On Christmas Eve, suffering from a case of writer's block, screenwriter Mark Christopher and his gofer Virgil get an unexpected visit from Sergeant...

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  • 1957
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    Monpti

    Monpti

    6.071 1957 HD

    A poor 22 years old Hungarian man who's recently arrived in Paris meets a seemingly wealthy 17 years old Parisian girl. They fall in love, but...

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  • 1952
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    24 Hours of a Woman's Life

    24 Hours of a Woman's Life

    4.7 1952 HD

    A compulsive gambler stumbles towards losing everything when Merle Oberon decides to save him from himself.

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  • 1962
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    79 A.D.

    79 A.D.

    5.6 1962 HD

    Intrigue at the Roman Emperor's court prior to its destruction by Vesuvius.

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  • 1958
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    Peter Voss, der Millionendieb

    Peter Voss, der Millionendieb

    6.5 1958 HD

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  • 1954
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    Angela

    Angela

    5 1954 HD

    Dennis O'Keefe plays a GI who falls in love with Mara Lane in postwar Rome. Lane kills her boss, forcing her to flee the law. O'Keefe goes along for...

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  • 1958
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    Ooh... diese Ferien

    Ooh... diese Ferien

    6 1958 HD

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  • 1964
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    Jetzt dreht die Welt sich nur um dich

    Jetzt dreht die Welt sich nur um dich

    4 1964 HD

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  • 1959
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    Bobby Dodd intervenes

    Bobby Dodd intervenes

    10 1959 HD

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  • 1956
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    Der Fremdenführer von Lissabon

    Der Fremdenführer von Lissabon

    8 1956 HD

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  • 1959
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    Paradies der Matrosen

    Paradies der Matrosen

    3.5 1959 HD

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  • 1956
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    Pulverschnee nach Übersee

    Pulverschnee nach Übersee

    4 1956 HD

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  • 1961
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    Was macht Papa denn in Italien?

    Was macht Papa denn in Italien?

    1 1961 HD

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  • 1958
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    Der Elefant im Porzellanladen

    Der Elefant im Porzellanladen

    1 1958 HD

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  • 1954
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    Uomini ombra

    Uomini ombra

    1 1954 HD

    Italian naval secret agents acquire a British codebook and the Italian counter-espionage agents start tracking enemy agents working undercover in...

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  • 1958
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    Der Page vom Palast-Hotel

    Der Page vom Palast-Hotel

    4 1958 HD

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  • 1960
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    Mal drunter – mal drüber

    Mal drunter – mal drüber

    1 1960 HD

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  • 1954
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    Sins of Casanova

    Sins of Casanova

    3 1954 HD

    1760 Spain provides the setting for Giacomo Casanova's romantic escapades, every woman he encounters unable to resist his disarming charm, be they...

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  • 1953
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    Innocents in Paris

    Innocents in Paris

    5.1 1953 HD

    Romantic comedy about a group of Britons flying to Paris for the weekend.

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  • 1963
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    The Old Testament

    The Old Testament

    7.7 1963 HD

    The Jews of Jerusalem are driven out by their Syrian rulers. They gather their forces, and return to drive out their oppressors.

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  • 1953
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    Decameron Nights

    Decameron Nights

    5 1953 HD

    Italian poet Boccaccio (Louis Jourdan) hides in the court of Fiammetta (Joan Fontaine) and tells three tales of love and lust.

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  • 1952
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    Treasure Hunt

    Treasure Hunt

    5.4 1952 HD

    Short of money the owners of Ballyroden Hall must attempt to run it as a guest house, but not everyone is happy about the plan.

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  • 1956
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    Good Evening Paris

    Good Evening Paris

    1 1956 HD

    A foreign pianist who comes to visit Paris is ripped off by a young man and his sister. But he soon falls in love with this one.

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  • 1958
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    Historias de la feria

    Historias de la feria

    1 1958 HD

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  • 1955
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    Torna piccina mia!

    Torna piccina mia!

    1 1955 HD

    A family of wanderers adopts a girl who is left alone after getting lost. Meanwhile, his father adopts an orphan. Some time later, as an adult, the...

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  • 1959
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    Ich bin kein Casanova

    Ich bin kein Casanova

    5 1959 HD

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  • 1964
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    Gut gefragt ist halb gewonnen

    Gut gefragt ist halb gewonnen

    1 1964 HD

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