Mara Corday is a showgirl, model, actress, Playboy Playmate and a 1950s cult figure. Her roles were small until 1955 when she was cast opposite John Agar in Tarantula, a Sci-Fi B-movie that proved a modest success. She had another successful co-starring role in that genre (The Black Scorpion) as well as in a number of Western films. Mara Corday appeared as a pinup girl in numerous men's magazines during the 1950s.