Mary Arden

Mary Arden

Mary Dawne Arden (July 30, 1933 – December 13, 2014) was an American actress who worked in both Hollywood and Italy. Arden was born in St. Louis, Missouri, but moved to New York City at the age of 12 to attend an art school. Arden had a successful modeling career in Europe and appeared in numerous Italian movies during the 1960s. This actress is not to be confused with Mary Arden, who worked in Hollywood in the 1930s and 1940s but worked professionally as Mary Arden. Mary Arden's best-known role is that of model Peggy Peyton in Mario Bava's Blood and Black Lace. Aside from acting in the film, Arden was also responsible for writing its English dialogue, as she seemed to the original translated screenplay to be too stilted.[1] She also made an uncredited cameo appearance in Juliet of the Spirits as an on-screen TV personality. In the 1960s, she also worked in the United States as a member of the June Taylor Dancers, on the televised Jackie Gleason show. While in Italy, she also appeared in photo novels including a well-known series of the period, entitled Kriminal. After living and working in Italy for eight years, she returned to the United States in 1979, and performed in only a couple of more roles, before retiring completely from the cinema. She spent nine years in Latin America where she held marketing and managing positions for Helena Rubinstein Cosmetics. When she returned to NYC, she began her own marketing and body language consulting practice, Arden Associates. Arden was also on the faculty of New York University, in the Department of Culture and Communication, where she taught business communication. Arden married A.A. Hansi in Rome in 1965. Arden died in Calvary Hospital in Brooklyn, New York, on December 13, 2014, at the age of 81.

  • Title: Mary Arden
  • Popularity: 4.251
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1933-07-30
  • Place of Birth: St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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Mary Arden Movies

  • 1964
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    Blood and Black Lace

    Blood and Black Lace

    7.3 1964 HD

    Isabella, a young model, is murdered by a mysterious masked figure at a fashion house in Rome. When her diary, which details the house employees'...

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  • 1946
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    The Best Years of Our Lives

    The Best Years of Our Lives

    7.8 1946 HD

    It's the hope that sustains the spirit of every GI: the dream of the day when he will finally return home. For three WWII veterans, the day has...

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  • 1964
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    Two Escape from Sing Sing

    Two Escape from Sing Sing

    5.4 1964 HD

    Two attendants in a public toilet in New York save the life of the Mafia boss Attanasia. Attanasia turns one of them into a successful boxer by...

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  • 1963
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    The Attic

    The Attic

    5 1963 HD

    In the 1960s, Silvana, a beautiful girl from the countryside, decides to spend the night in Rome after missing the last bus home. Without a place to...

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  • 1966
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    I due sanculotti

    I due sanculotti

    5.6 1966 HD

    The brothers Franco and Ciccio La Capra moves to France in the days of the French Revolution, putting themselves in a lot of trouble.

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  • 1967
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    Master Stroke

    Master Stroke

    1 1967 HD

    An actor is approached by a group of men offering him a job posing as an executive at a diamond exchange to help them pull off a robbery.

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  • 1966
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    Kriminal

    Kriminal

    4.8 1966 HD

    A master criminal is pursued by inspector Milton

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  • 1965
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    Juliet of the Spirits

    Juliet of the Spirits

    7.257 1965 HD

    Middle-aged Giulietta grows suspicious of her husband, Giorgio, when his behavior grows increasingly questionable. One night when Giorgio initiates a...

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  • 1971
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    Doctors' Wives

    Doctors' Wives

    5 1971 HD

    The wives of several high-powered doctors feel neglected due to their husbands' focus on their careers, so they embark on a regimen of sex, drugs and...

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  • 1964
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    Oh! Those Most Secret Agents

    Oh! Those Most Secret Agents

    5.3 1964 HD

    Franco and Ciccio are two simple-minded Italian guys whom are mistaken by KGB spies by government agents from their government and other foreign...

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  • 1966
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    A... For Assassin

    A... For Assassin

    5.5 1966 HD

    After a rich mine worker dies in mine accident, his heirs gather in his house to hear the reading of the will.

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  • 1964
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    The Maniacs

    The Maniacs

    5 1964 HD

    An anthology of brief comic sketches based on manias, mainly sexual, featuring several figures of Italian society.

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