Elena Verdugo

Acting · Born 1925-04-20 · Paso Robles, California, USA

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

• Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film (2014)
• The One, the Only, the Real Tarzan (2004)
• Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man' (1999)
• Lon Chaney: Son of a Thousand Faces (1995)
• Dracula in the Movies (1992)
• Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook (1991)
• The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D. (1984)
• The Boss' Son (1978)
• The Alpha Caper (1973)
• Angel in My Pocket (1969)
• How Sweet It Is! (1968)
• Day of the Nightmare (1965)
• Panama Sal (1957)
• The Marksman (1953)
• Thief of Damascus (1952)
• The Pathfinder (1952)
• Jet Job (1952)
• Gene Autry and the Mounties (1951)
• Cyrano de Bergerac (1950)
• The Lost Volcano (1950)
• Snow Dog (1950)
• The Big Sombrero (1949)
• The Lost Tribe (1949)
• Tuna Clipper (1949)