Actress Mara Corday was an Universal contract player in the 1950s. The studio threw her into a variety of different films and roles, without making much of a splash. She became friends with fellow-player Clint Eastwood, and the  filmmaker uses her in bit parts in his popular movies. In addition to Tarantula, Corday appeared in the genre classics Black Scorpion and the laughable The Giant Claw. In this film, Corday plays the stereotypical lady scientist who the here can&#039;t resist! 