Mara Lane

Acting

Mara Lane

Born — Died

1930-08-01 — 2014-08-01

Place of birth

Wien, Austria

Known for

Acting

Credits

30 titles

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 magazin…

Known for

Film credits

1950s · 24 titles

Susan Slept Here poster
6.1

On Christmas Eve, suffering from a case of writer's block, screenwriter Mark Christopher and his gofer Virgil get an unexpected visit from Sergeant Maizel. Knowing Christopher is working on a juvenile delinquent script, the sergeant brings by delinquent Susan thinking she will inspire Christopher while providing a place for her to spend the holidays outside of juvenile hall.

Susan Slept Here

1954

Decameron Nights poster
5.0

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

Decameron Nights

1953

Monpti poster
5.9

A poor Hungarian artist falls in love with a wealthy mysterious Parisian girl.

Monpti

1957

Sins of Casanova poster
4.0

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

Sins of Casanova

1954

Innocents in Paris poster
5.2

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

Innocents in Paris

1953

Something Money Can't Buy poster
5.7

A British Army Officer returning to civilian life after WWII, starts a catering company with some of his ex-army pals.

Something Money Can't Buy

1952

Angela poster
5.8

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 the ride so that he won't be knocked off by Lane's husband. Just when it looks as though O'Keefe is willing to go to any lengths to protect the woman he loves, he discovers that she frankly isn't worth it.

Angela

1954

24 Hours of a Woman's Life poster
5.8

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

24 Hours of a Woman's Life

1952

Hell Is Sold Out poster
6.0

A supposedly dead writer suddenly turns up to confront the young woman who is using his penname.

Hell Is Sold Out

1951

Good Evening Paris poster
10.0

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.

Good Evening Paris

1956

Torna piccina mia! poster
10.0

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 girl becomes the main attraction of the Luna Park where the wanderers work, and falls in love with the adopted son of the missing father. This arouses envy and spite from a barker from the Luna Park, secretly in love with the girl, who begins to spread slander on their behalf.

Torna piccina mia!

1955

Der Page vom Palast-Hotel poster
5.7

No synopsis available yet.

Der Page vom Palast-Hotel

1958

Uomini ombra poster
10.0

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

Uomini ombra

1954

Bobby Dodd intervenes poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Bobby Dodd intervenes

1959

Ich bin kein Casanova poster
6.0

Peter Keller is hired as a butler by the wealthy Pirkner couple to teach them good manners, which leads to all sorts of complications.

Ich bin kein Casanova

1959

Der Fremdenführer von Lissabon poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Der Fremdenführer von Lissabon

1956

Treasure Hunt poster
5.7

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.

Treasure Hunt

1952

Peter Voss, der Millionendieb poster
7.3

Writer Peter Voss is faking a bank robbery, to find the robber of a rare jewelery.

Peter Voss, der Millionendieb

1958

No artwork available
4.7

No synopsis available yet.

Paradies der Matrosen

1959

No artwork available
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Der Elefant im Porzellanladen

1958

Ooh... diese Ferien poster
6.0

The Petermann family decides to take a family vacation to the sunny south. The Petermanns are grandfather, father Max, mother Biggi, children Stupsi, son Andy, and pretty Monika, Max Petermann's sister. They rent a speedy sled because Max Petermann has just gotten his driver's license. Not only are there various starting difficulties due to a lack of driving experience, but there is also a special case with the car: hidden deep in the upholstery are secret documents that a trio of gangsters are trying to smuggle abroad. A mix-up of the license plates causes some turbulence. Willi Polz is assigned by the trio to keep an eye on the Petermanns in order to secure the documents at the right opportunity. Of course, something always gets in the way on the trip to Bella Italia. The fact that Willi falls in love with the blonde Monika is the least surprising thing. But the grandfather's actions are the real sensation.

Ooh... diese Ferien

1958

Historias de la feria poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Historias de la feria

1958

Schlag auf Schlag poster
6.5

No synopsis available yet.

Schlag auf Schlag

1959

Pulverschnee nach Übersee poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Pulverschnee nach Übersee

1956

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