Elena Verdugo
Birthday
1925/04/20
Day of death
2017/05/30 (92 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Paso Robles, California, USA
Also know as
Elena Angela Verdugo
Biography
Elena Angela Verdugo was an American actress who began in films at the age of five in Cavalier of the West. Her career in radio, television and film spanned six decades. In her film career she was often typecast in roles as gypsies, harem dancers, peasant girls, Indian maidens and senoritas over the years before TV instigated the second stretch of her career.
Acting
(1944) House of Frankenstein
as Ilonka
(1950) Cyrano de Bergerac
as Orange Girl
(1946) Little Giant
as Martha Hill
(1942) The Moon and Sixpence
as Ata
(1965) Day of the Nightmare
as Miss Devi
(1950) The Lost Volcano
as Nona
(1949) The Big Sombrero
as Estrellita Estrada
(1991) Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
as IIonka (archive footage)
(1952) Thief of Damascus
as Neela
(1949) The Lost Tribe
as Li Wanna
(1952) The Pathfinder
as Lokawa
(1949) Tuna Clipper
as Bianca Pereira
(1968) How Sweet It Is!
as Vera Wax
(2014) Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
as Self
(1973) The Alpha Caper
as Hilda
(1944) Rainbow Island
as Moana
(1947) Song of Scheherazade
as Fioretta
(1952) Jet Job
as Elena Verdugo
(1978) The Boss' Son
as Betty
(1948) Shed No Tears
as Marilyn
(1941) Blood and Sand
as Specialty Dancer (uncredited)
(1931) Cavalier of the West
as Little Girl
(1946) Strange Voyage
as Carmelita Lopez
(1951) Gene Autry and the Mounties
as Marie Duval
(1957) Panama Sal
as Sal Regan
(1953) The Marksman
as Jane Warren
(1940) Down Argentine Way
as Argentine Dancer (uncredited)
(1949) Sky Dragon
as Connie Jackson
(1950) Snow Dog
as Andrée Blanchard
(1948) El Dorado Pass
as Dolores
(1945) The Frozen Ghost
as Nina Coudreau
(1941) Belle Starr
as Young Girl (uncredited)
(1969) Angel in My Pocket
as Lila
(2004) The One, the Only, the Real Tarzan
as Self
(1995) Lon Chaney: Son of a Thousand Faces
as Self
(1999) Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
as Self (archive footage)
(1984) The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D.
as Consuelo Lopez
(1960) Route 66
as Elena
(1963) Petticoat Junction
as Mary Jane Hastings
(1965) Mona McCluskey
as Alice Henderson
(1964) Daniel Boone
as Violet Morton
(1963) Redigo
as Gerry
(1983) Scarecrow and Mrs. King
as Mrs. Coleman
(1959) Rawhide
as Marie Carroyo
(1952) Cavalcade of America
as ---
(1958) 77 Sunset Strip
as Karen Keddy
(1967) Ironside
as Liz Cervantes
(1969) Marcus Welby, M.D.
as Consuelo Lopez
(1963) The New Phil Silvers Show
as Audrey
(1967) Mannix
as Eva Brock
(1959) Law of the Plainsman
as Connie Drake
(1956) The Rosemary Clooney Show
as Self
(1971) Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
as Consuelo Lopez
(1969) Love, American Style
as Wanda
(1952) Dangerous Assignment
as Lana
(1952) Dangerous Assignment
as Ketti
(1952) Dangerous Assignment
as Karen
(1974) Dinah!
as Self
(1969) Love, American Style
as Marilyn
(1962) The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
(1961) The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
(1959) Rawhide
as Maria Carroyo
(1958) Steve Canyon
as Captain Maggie Gallagher
(1956) The Gale Storm Show
as Jennifer Smith
(1955) The Bob Cummings Show
as Janice Tuttle
(1955) The Bob Cummings Show
as Rosita
(1953) General Electric Theater
as ---
(1951) The Red Skelton Show
as Self
(1951) Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as ---