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Giftos with Mike Farrell, 1970.
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Born |
Elaine Giftos January 24, 1945 Pittsfield, Massachusetts United States |
Occupation | Actress/Dancer |
Years active | 1969-2001 |
Spouse(s) | Herbert Wright |
Elaine Giftos (born January 24, 1945, in Pittsfield, Massachusetts) is an American actress.
Trained by George Balanchine as a member of the New York City Ballet, Giftos performed on the Broadway stage before moving to California to pursue a career in movies and television.
Her first television appearance was in an episode of I Dream of Jeannie ("Jeannie the Matchmaker") as a dating service clerk named Laverne Sadelko who sets herself up with Roger Healy. Other shows she appeared in were Bonanza, The Interns, Ironside, Adam-12, The Streets of San Francisco, Love, American Style, The Partridge Family (in a recurring role), Kolchak: The Night Stalker, The Bob Newhart Show, The Six Million Dollar Man, Otherworld (TV series), Barney Miller, Three's Company, Hawaii Five-O, Quincy, M.E., Knight Rider, Magnum, P.I., Murder, She Wrote, Tales of the Unexpected, the cult classic War of the Worlds, Ally McBeal, Mars and Beyond, and Family Law.