Mary Dawne Arden was credited as Mery Arden in the Sadistik photo novels and besides hanging out with the King of Crime, she also appeared in the first film based on his precedent, Kriminal.
She was a popular fashion model in Europe and her first film was the Walter Chiari comedy L’Attico, followed by the Mario Bava horror masterpiece Sei donne per l'assassino. The American 2 disc DVD release, called Blood and Black Lace, has a recent interview with her recounting the film.
Some posters from the films of Mary Arden. She was featured prominently in promotion and video covers for Mario Bava's Blood and Black Lace.
Trailer from Blood & Black Lace.
Since her short film career spanned the 1960s she also appeared in the
requisite spy spoofs and sword and sandal epics of the era.
Since then she has lived all over the world and now heads an image
consultant group in New York where she coaches executives in leadership
skills preparing them for public speaking, business presentations,
media interviews, road shows, and crisis management. In Japan, she
developed business-training programs to help Japanese executives and
G-7 translators bridge cultural and communication differences with the
western world.
Color photos are from Umberto Lenzi's Kriminal film with Mary Arden and the black and white pin-ups were originally printed in Killing/Satanik
No. 12. The copy with those photos reads: "Mery Arden poses for our
photographer in the charming Canary islands while she rested from the
toils of the set. Blond, tall and seductive Mery Arden, when she does
not work in film and television is sought as a fashion model for the
greater fashion designers of the world."
Mary Dawne Arden, far from the victim of the Diabolikal Super-Kriminal,
is now a successful business executive with an incredible roster of
international clients and who’s work has appeared in Us Weekly, the New
York Post, Forbes.com and NBC’s Today show.
Opening credits for Blood and Black Lace with Mary Arden.
MARY ARDEN FILMOGRAPHY
courtesy imdb.com
(Note: imdb.com posts credits from an earlier actress also named Mary Arden)
Sei donne per l'assassino (1964) .... Peggy Peyton
... aka Atelier de la peur, L' (France)
... aka Blood and Black Lace (USA)
... aka Blutige Seide (West Germany)
... aka Fashion House of Death
... aka Six Women for the Murderer (International: English title: literal title)
... aka Six femmes pour l'assassin (France)
Attico, L' (1962) .... Gunilla
... aka The Attic (International: English title)
... aka The Penthouse (France)
