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Mariana's first brush with
Elvis came in 1964 with a bit part in
Roustabout. In the credits, she's listed as "Viola", and I'm
thinkin' she's gotta be the brunette in the "outside shower" scene, (I don't
know for sure, but it looks like her). In Paradise, Hawaiian Style,
she plays Lani, the girl who throws the helicopter keys away, so she can
spend more time with Elvis (Is this an Elvis-movie or what!). She also had
the dubious honor of performing a duet with Elvis on "Scratch My Back (and
I'll Scratch Yours)".
Mariana's acting talent was
better than this kind of material, however (and so was Elvis' for that
matter), and she went on to coach acting at the prestigious Lee Strasberg
studio in London until it closed in 1996. Elvis, on the other hand, went on
to make Spinout.
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