Elena Verdugo
Actor
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.
Filmography
Cyrano de Bergerac
as Orange Girl 1950
Blood and Sand
as Specialty Dancer (uncredited) 1941
The Frozen Ghost
as Nina Coudreau 1945
Down Argentine Way
as Argentine Dancer (uncredited) 1940
Little Giant
as Martha Hill 1946
The Moon and Sixpence
as Ata 1942
Shed No Tears
as Marilyn 1948
Belle Starr
as Young Girl (uncredited) 1941
How Sweet It Is!
as Vera Wax 1968
The Lost Volcano
as Nona 1950
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
as Self (archive footage) 1999
Day of the Nightmare
as Miss Devi 1965
The Lost Tribe
as Li Wanna 1949
Thief of Damascus
as Neela 1952
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
as Self 2014
Song of Scheherazade
as Fioretta 1947