Elena Verdugo

Actor Apr 20 (died age 92) Paso Robles, California, USA 1931–2014 (83 year career)

6.2 avg rating

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.

Known For

Film

House of Frankenstein

Ilonka

Film

Cyrano de Bergerac

Orange Girl

Film

Blood and Sand

Specialty Dancer (uncredited)

Film

The Frozen Ghost

Nina Coudreau

Film

Down Argentine Way

Argentine Dancer (uncredited)

Film

Marcus Welby, M.D.

Consuelo Lopez

Film

How Sweet It Is!

Vera Wax

Film

The Moon and Sixpence

Ata

Filmography

Acting (65)

Movies (38)

Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film

2014

as Self

7.5

The One, the Only, the Real Tarzan

2004

as Self

7.2

Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'

1999

as Self (archive footage)

6.9

Lon Chaney: Son of a Thousand Faces

1995

as Self

9.0

Dracula in the Movies

1992

10.0

Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook

1991

as IIonka (archive footage)

10.0

The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D.

1984

as Consuelo Lopez

The Boss' Son

1978

as Betty

The Alpha Caper

as Hilda

Angel in My Pocket

as Lila

How Sweet It Is!

as Vera Wax

Day of the Nightmare

as Miss Devi

Panama Sal

as Sal Regan

The Marksman

1953

as Jane Warren

The Pathfinder

as Lokawa

Thief of Damascus

as Neela

Jet Job

as Elena Verdugo

Gene Autry and the Mounties

as Marie Duval

Cyrano de Bergerac

as Orange Girl

Snow Dog

as Andrée Blanchard

The Lost Volcano

as Nona

Sky Dragon

as Connie Jackson

Tuna Clipper

as Bianca Pereira

The Lost Tribe

as Li Wanna

The Big Sombrero

as Estrellita Estrada

5.0

El Dorado Pass

1948

as Dolores

Shed No Tears

as Marilyn

Song of Scheherazade

as Fioretta

Little Giant

as Martha Hill

Strange Voyage

as Carmelita Lopez

The Frozen Ghost

as Nina Coudreau

House of Frankenstein

as Ilonka

Rainbow Island

as Moana

The Moon and Sixpence

1942

as Ata

6.1

Blood and Sand

1941

as Specialty Dancer (uncredited)

6.5

Belle Starr

1941

as Young Girl (uncredited)

5.7

Down Argentine Way

1940

as Argentine Dancer (uncredited)

6.2

Cavalier of the West

1931

as Little Girl

4.8

Television (27)

Scarecrow and Mrs. King

as Mrs. Coleman

Dinah!

as Self

Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law

as Consuelo Lopez

Love, American Style

as Wanda

Marcus Welby, M.D.

as Consuelo Lopez

Ironside

as Liz Cervantes

Mannix

as Eva Brock

Mona McCluskey

as Alice Henderson

Daniel Boone

as Violet Morton

Petticoat Junction

as Mary Jane Hastings

5.7

The New Phil Silvers Show

as Audrey

Redigo

as Gerry

The Merv Griffin Show

1962

as Self

6.2

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self

Route 66

as Elena

Rawhide

as Maria Carroyo

Law of the Plainsman

as Connie Drake

77 Sunset Strip

as Karen Keddy

Steve Canyon

as Captain Maggie Gallagher

7.5

The Gale Storm Show

1956

as Jennifer Smith

5.5

The Rosemary Clooney Show

1956

as Self

The Bob Cummings Show

1955

as Janice Tuttle

6.1

General Electric Theater

Cavalcade of America

Dangerous Assignment

as Ketti

The Red Skelton Show

as Self

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

1951

7.2