Mary Dawne Arden is a former American

United States

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 actress, who worked in both Hollywood and Italy

Italy

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. She was born in St. Louis, Missouri

St. Louis, Missouri

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, but moved to NYC at the age of 12 to attend an art school.

She had a successful modeling career in Europe and appeared in numerous Italian movies during 1960s. This actress is not to be confused with Mary Arden, who worked in Hollywood in the 1930s and 1940s. Mary Dawne Arden's best known role is Peggy Peyton in Blood and Black Lace, directed by Mario Bava

Mario Bava

Mario Bava was an Italian director, screenwriter, and cinematographer remembered as one of the greatest names from the "golden age" of Italian horror films.-Biography:Mario Bava was born in San Remo, Liguria, Italy...

. She also appeared as an uncredited cameo in Juliet of the Spirits

Juliet of the Spirits

Juliet of the Spirits is a 1965 Italian film directed by Federico Fellini that uses "caricatural types and dream situations to represent a psychic landscape"...

. While in Italy she also appeared in photo novels including Sadistik. After living and working in Italy for 8 years, she returned to the United States in 1979 and played a couple of roles before quitting the cinema. She spent 9 years in Latin America where she held marketing and managing positions for Helena Rubinstein Cosmetics. When she returned to NYC, she began her own marketing and body language consulting practice.

Filmography

• The Attic (1962)
• Blood and Black Lace
  Blood and Black Lace
  Blood and Black Lace is a 1964 Italian thriller film directed by Mario Bava. Bava cowrote the screenplay with Giuseppe Barilla and Marcello Fondato. The film stars Cameron Mitchell and Eva Bartok...
  
   (1964)
• Two Escape from Sing Sing (1964)
• 00-2 Most Secret Agents (1964)
• The Revenge of Spartacus (1965)
• Juliet of the Spirits
  Juliet of the Spirits
  Juliet of the Spirits is a 1965 Italian film directed by Federico Fellini that uses "caricatural types and dream situations to represent a psychic landscape"...
  
   (1965)
• I due sanculotti (1966)
• A... come assassino (1966)
• Kriminal
  Kriminal
  Kriminal is an Italian comics series featuring an eponymous fictional character, created in 1964 by Magnus and Max Bunker, the authors of Alan Ford, Maxmagnus and Satanik.-Characters:...
  
   (1966)
• Master Stroke
  Master Stroke
  Master Stroke is a 1967 Italian crime film directed by Michele Lupo and starring Richard Harrison.-Cast:* Richard Harrison - Arthur Lang* Adolfo Celi - Mr. Bernard* Margaret Lee - Evelyn* Gérard Tichy - Max* Antonio Casas - Col. Jenkins...
  
   (1967)
• Doctors' Wives
  Doctors' Wives (1971 film)
  Doctors' Wives is a 1971 American drama film directed by George Schaefer and starring Dyan Cannon, Gene Hackman, Carroll O'Connor, Richard Crenna, Janice Rule, John Colicos, and Rachel Roberts. It was based on a novel by Frank G. Slaughter.-Plot:...
  
   (1971)
• They Call Him Marcado (1971)

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