Mara Corday Autographs
Marilyn Joan Long (née Watts; January 3, 1930 – February 9, 2025), known professionally as Mara Corday, was an American actress, showgirl, model and Playboy Playmate who was a 1950s cult figure during the Golden Age of Hollywood.
Marilyn Joan Watts was born in Santa Monica, California on January 3, 1930. Wanting a career in films, she came to Hollywood while still in her teens and found work as a showgirl at the Earl Carroll Theatre on Sunset Boulevard. Her physical beauty brought jobs as a photographer's model that led to a bit part as a showgirl in the 1951 film Two Tickets to Broadway.
One of Corday's first professional jobs was as a dancer in the Earl Carroll Revue in Hollywood. Accompanied by her mother, Corday auditioned when she was 15 years old. During the 2½ years that she was in the show, she advanced "from showgirl to actress in the sketches". This was also when she adopted the stage name Mara Corday, because it made her seem more exotic. The name Mara came from a bongo player who called her Marita when Corday was working as an usher at the Mayan Theater; the name Corday was lifted from a bottle of perfume.
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Traded items with a signature of Mara Corday
The most expensive item with a signature of Mara Corday (Mara Corday w/ COA Playboy Playmate 3x Signed Centerfold October 1958) was sold in May 2025 for $308.99 while the cheapest item (Mara Corday signed 8-1/2x 11 Picture Playboy Model SALE!!) found a new owner for $2.95 in July 2019. The month with the most items sold (5) was September 2021 with an average selling price of $115.00 for an autographed item of Mara Corday. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in September 2021 with $115.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $2.95 was July 2019. In average, an autographed item from Mara Corday is worth $30.00.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Mara Corday were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | John Agar & Mara Corday Autographed Tarantula 8x10 Photo w/COA WWE52-119 | $89.99 |  |
| John Agar & Mara Corday Autographed Tarantula 8x10 Photo w/COA WWE52-119 | $89.99 | |
| MARA CORDAY / 8 X 10 AUTOGRAPHED COLOR PIN-UP PHOTO | $135.00 | |
| MARA CORDAY / 8 X 10 AUTOGRAPHED COLOR PIN-UP PHOTO | $135.00 | |
| MARA CORDAY / LEGGY 8 X 10 COLOR AUTOGRAPHED PHOTO | $115.00 | |
| Mara Corday autographed 8x10 photo of this sexy & beautiful actress | $29.50 | |
| Mara Corday autographed 8x10 photo of this sexy & beautiful actress | $29.50 | |
| Mara Corday PSA/DNA Autographed Signed Cut Slab | $38.80 | |
| Mara Corday PSA/DNA Autographed Signed Cut Slab | $38.80 | |
| Mara Corday Signed 4x6 Card with Unsigned 8x10 Photo | $58.00 | |
| Mara Corday Signed 4x6 Card with Unsigned 8x10 Photo | $58.00 | |
 | Mara Corday Signed 8x10 Photo Actress Model Autograph | $59.99 | |
| Mara Corday Signed 8x10 Photo Actress Model Autograph | $59.99 | |
| MARA CORDAY--8X10 AUTOGRAPHED PICTURE-- ACTRESS AND PLAYBOY PLAYMATE | $58.50 | |
| MARA CORDAY--8X10 AUTOGRAPHED PICTURE-- ACTRESS AND PLAYBOY PLAYMATE | $58.50 | |
