Born Adelaide Delgado in 1925, Spanish-American Adele Mara was a singer/dancer with 'Xavier Cugat' . She would appear as a guest in a number of them. The couple had three sons. Huggins died in 2002.
Children with Roy Huggins : sons John Huggins , Thomas Huggins , and James Patrick Huggins.
Older sister of actor Luis Delgado.
In Wake of the Red Witch , she portrayed the niece of Gail Russell , even though she was actually almost a year and a half older.
Buried in the San Fernando Mission Cemtery in Mission Hills, California.
Stepmother of Katherine Crawford.
Mother-in-law of Penelope Ann Miller.
Was voted pinup girl of the year in a poll held by "Yank" magazine.
She was spotted by a Columbia talent agent at age 18.
Taught John Wayne to Jitterbug for The Fighting Seabees .
In 1929, when she was six, she won a movie-theater door prize--dance lessons. By age eight she was dancing regularly.
She was spotted by Xavier Cugat when she was 12 and was singing and dancing with his band in Detroit at age 15.
