In 1958, Mara played Maria Costa in the Bat Masterson episode "Double Showdown", with Gene Barry and Jean Willes. In 1961, Mara appeared as a nurse with Cesar Romero on CBS's The Red Skelton Show in a Sketch titled "Deadeye and The Alamo". About this time, she guest-starred on the NBC Western series, The Tall Man with Barry Sullivan and Clu Gulager as well as three episodes of Maverick.