Mara Lane

{{Infobox person

| image = Uomini ombra (1954) Mara Lane (cropped).png

| caption = Lane in Uomini ombra (1954)

| name = Mara Lane

| birth_name = Dorothy Bolton

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1930|8|1|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Vienna, Austria

| death_date = 2014 (aged 83–84)

| death_place = Marbella, Spain

| othername =

| occupation = Actress

| years active = 1951–1965

| spouse = William Dugger (m. 1961)

| relatives = Jocelyn Lane (sister)

}}

Mara Lane (born Dorothy Bolton;{{cite book |last1=McFarlane |first1=Brian |title=The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition |date=2016 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=9781526111975 |page=434 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lXnXDQAAQBAJ&dq=%22Mara+Lane%22+actress&pg=PA433 |accessdate=5 February 2019 |language=en}} 1 August 1930 – 2014) was an Austrian-British actress.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ji9WAAAAIBAJ&sjid=POYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7179%2C3000352 |work=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington) |agency=(AP photo) |title=Britain's answer to Marilyn|date=November 22, 1953|page=10}}{{cite web |title=Mara Lane |url=https://filmstarpostcards.blogspot.com/search/label/Mara%20Lane |website=European Film Star Postcards |accessdate=5 February 2019 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20190205025744/https://filmstarpostcards.blogspot.com/search/label/Mara%20Lane |archivedate=5 February 2019 |url-status=live }}{{Verify credibility|date=February 2019}} She appeared in more than 30 films from 1951 to 1965.

Life and career

Lane was born in Vienna, Austria.{{cite book|last1=McFarlane|first1=Brian|title=The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition|date=2016|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9781526111975|page=434|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lXnXDQAAQBAJ&dq=%22Dorothy+Bolton%22+actress&pg=PA434|accessdate=9 April 2018|language=en}} She is the eldest daughter of Russian-born pianist mother Olga Mironova and English father Briton John Bolton, who worked for an American oil firm; he later died in a car crash in the U.S.A. Her youngest sister is the actress Jocelyn Lane.{{cite web |title=Mara Lane |url=http://www.glamourgirlsofthesilverscreen.com/show/652/Mara+Lane/index.html |website=Glamour Girls of the Silver Screen |access-date=30 August 2023}}

Lane's high school education came in New York,{{cite news |title=Mara Lane Bars Label Of Monroe |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28044040/mara_lane/ |accessdate=5 February 2019 |work=Press and Sun-Bulletin |date=January 4, 1954 |location=New York, Binghamton |page=3|via = Newspapers.com}} and she attended Marguerite Bourgeois College in Montreal, Canada.{{cite news |title=British Actress Presented with Glengarry |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28043664/mara_lane/ |accessdate=5 February 2019 |work=The Gazette |date=August 17, 1953 |location=Canada, Montreal |page=10|via = Newspapers.com}}

Lane died in Marbella, Spain in 2014.

Selected filmography

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
1964 \|The World Revolves Around You \|Baby Bird \|
rowspan=2\| 1962 \|The Old Testament \|Diotima \|
79 A.D. \|Diomira \|
1961 \|What Is Father Doing in Italy? \|Nadja Lamar \|
rowspan=2\| 1958 \|Ooh... diese Ferien \|Baby 'Boronin' \|
Peter Voss, Thief of Millions \|Monique \|
1957 \|Love from Paris \|Nadine \|
1956 \|The Tour Guide of Lisbon \|Mercedes \|
rowspan=2\| 1955 \|Le avventure di Giacomo Casanova \|Barbara \|
Angela \|Angela Towne \|
1954 \|Susan Slept Here \|Marilyn \|
rowspan=2\| 1953 \|Innocents in Paris \|Gloria Delaney \|
Decameron Nights \|Girl in Villa \|
rowspan=2\| 1952 \|24 Hours of a Woman's Life \|Alice Brown \|
Treasure Hunt \|Yvonne \|
1951 \|Hell Is Sold Out \|Midinette \|

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

1964

|The World Revolves Around You

|Baby Bird

rowspan=2| 1962

|The Old Testament

|Diotima

79 A.D.