Elena Verdugo
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Verdugo in 1955
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| Born |
Elena Angela Verdugo April 20, 1925 Paso Robles, California |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1931-1985 |
| Spouse(s) | Charles R. Marion (1946-1955; divorced); 1 child Charles R. Rosewall (1972-2012; his death) |
| Children | Richard Marion (1949-1999) |
Elena Angela Verdugo (born April 20, 1925) is an American actress who began in films at the age of five in Cavalier of the West (1931). Her career in radio, television, and film spanned six decades.
Verdugo made numerous film appearances through the 1940s, including several Universal horror films. While filming the Abbott and Costello comedy Little Giant (1946), she met and married screenwriter Charles R. Marion, who also wrote for the comedy team's radio show.
Verdugo starred with Gene Autry and Stephen Dunne in the movie The Big Sombrero (1949). She had a small part as the orange girl smitten by Cyrano's gallantry in the opening theater scene of the 1950 José Ferrer version of Cyrano de Bergerac.
She co-starred in Thief of Damascus (1952) with Paul Henreid and John Sutton.
Verdugo had a flair for comedy, and she garnered much laughter and applause in the title role of the hit situation comedy Meet Millie on both radio and television (1952-1956). She guest starred on The Bob Cummings Show in a 1958 episode entitled "Bob and the Ravishing Realtor", playing the part of the realtor. In 1963, she played Gerry in the short-lived NBC half-hour Western dramatic series Redigo, actually the second season of Egan's earlier hour-long Empire, in which she also played Gerry. Verdugo appeared as herself in 1963 on the NBC game show Your First Impression.
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