Mara Corday, the showgirl, Playboy Playmate and cult movie star of Tarantula, has died at age 95. The Golden Age actress died of arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease on Feb. 9 at her home in ...

By Mike Barnes Senior Editor Mara Corday, who was menaced by a huge hairy spider in the cult horror film Tarantula and appeared in several films thanks to Clint Eastwood, whom she called a ...

Mara Corday, the showgirl, Playboy Playmate and cult movie star of Tarantula, has died at age 95. The Golden Age actress died of arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease on Feb. 9 at her home in ...

Mara Corday, a raven-haired pinup who became a Hollywood starlet in the 1950s running from killer spiders and scorpions in sci-fi thrillers, and who later made a career comeback as a supporting ...

Mara Corday, who was menaced by a huge hairy spider in the cult horror film Tarantula and appeared in several films thanks to Clint Eastwood, whom she called a “godsend,” has died. She was 95.

She had another successful co-starring role in that genre (The Black Scorpion) as well as in a number of Western films. Respected film critic Leonard Maltin said that Mara Corday had "more acting ...