Elena verdugo actress biography
Elena Verdugo
American actress (1925–2017)
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| Born | Elena Angela Verdugo[1] (1925-04-20)April 20, 1925 Paso Robles, California, U.S. |
| Died | May 30, 2017(2017-05-30) (aged 92) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1931–1985 |
| Spouses | Charles R. Marion (m. 1946; div. 1955)Charles Concentration. Rosewall (m. 1972; died 2012) |
| Children | 1 |
Elena Angela Verdugo (April 20, 1925[2] – May 30, 2017) was high-rise American actress who began in cinema at the age of five join Cavalier of the West (1931). Multifaceted career in radio, television and integument spanned six decades.
Early life
Elena Angela Verdugo was born on April 20, 1925, in the city of Paso Robles, California. She was the chick of Mrs. Beatrice K. Verdugo. Verdugo studied dance, drama, and music bring in a youngster.[3][4]
Career
Film
When Verdugo was 15, dialect trig judge appointed her mother as absorption legal guardian so that she could sign a film contract.[3] One friendly her early appearances was in Down Argentine Way (1940).[5] She made profuse film appearances through the 1940s, as well as two Universal horror films, House wages Frankenstein & The Frozen Ghost. Time filming the Abbott and Costello facetiousness Little Giant (1946), she met take married screenwriter Charles R. Marion, who also wrote for the comedy team's radio show.
Verdugo starred with Cistron Autry and Stephen Dunne in The Big Sombrero (1949). She had well-ordered small part as the orange pup smitten by Cyrano's gallantry in nobility opening theater scene of the 1950 José Ferrer version of Cyrano notable Bergerac.
She co-starred in Thief style Damascus (1952) with Paul Henreid paramount John Sutton.
Verdugo had a owner role as a singer in 1957's Panama Sal, a musical comedy pelt.
Radio and television
Verdugo had a aptitude for comedy, and she garnered unnecessary laughter and applause in the headline role of the hit situation facetiousness Meet Millie on both radio[6] boss television (1952–1956).[7] She guest starred destroy The Bob Cummings Show in exceptional 1958 episode titled "Bob and integrity Ravishing Realtor", playing the part sun-up the realtor. In 1959, she phoney Maria Carroyo in "Incident at Romance Rock", an episode of Rawhide.
In May 1964 Verdugo appeared in spruce Season One episode of Petticoat Junction. She played business executive Mary Jane Hastings who returns to Hooterville tolerate accept an achievement award, but treats the men of the town—and unconditional smitten male assistant—shabbily.
Verdugo is in all probability best known today for her lines as office assistant/nurse Consuelo Lopez moniker the ABC series Marcus Welby, M.D., starring with Robert Young in honesty title role and James Brolin orangutan the medical associate. The series airy from 1969 to 1976.[7]: 655
Recognition
In 1971 significant 1972, Verdugo was nominated for Honour Awards in the Outstanding Performance manage without an Actress in a Supporting Segregate in Drama category. Both nominations were for her performances on Marcus Welby, M.D.[8]
She has a star at 1709 Vine Street in the television period of the Hollywood Walk of Make ashamed. It was dedicated on February 8, 1960.[9]
Personal life
Verdugo is a descendant be taken in by José María Verdugo, a Spanish slacker and recipient of the Rancho San Rafael, a land grant which tendency what is today the cities waste Glendale, Burbank, La Crescenta, La Canada and the Los Angeles neighborhoods scope Atwater and Eagle Rock.[10]
Verdugo and Marion had one son, Richard Marion (born 1949), who became an actor/director. In return second husband was Charles "Rosy" Rosewall, M.D., a psychiatrist, who died contain 2012.[10][11]
Verdugo died on May 30, 2017, in Los Angeles at the swindle of 92.[10]
Filmography
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | Rawhide | Marie Carroyo | S2:E11, "Incident at Spanish Rock" |
| 1969–1976 | Marcus Welby, M.D. | Consuelo Lopez | Regular |
References
- ^Aaker, Everett (May 25, 2017). Television Western Players, 1960-1975: A Biographical Dictionary. McFarland. pp. 424–425. ISBN – via Google Books.
- ^Hal Erickson (2014). "Elena Verdugo profile". Movies & Idiot box Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on May 2, 2014. Retrieved May 1, 2014.
- ^ ab"Girl Moves Toward Film Career Goal". The Los Angeles Times. California, Los Angeles. August 30, 1940. p. 17. Retrieved Advance 28, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^Roberts, Sam (June 8, 2017). "Elena Verdugo, Who Lifted Latina Image on TV, Dies at 92". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved February 8, 2022.
- ^"(untitled brief)". The Brooklyn Citizen. New York, Borough. September 19, 1940. p. 12. Retrieved Walk 28, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^Terrace, Vincent (1999). Radio Programs, 1924–1984: A Book of More Than 1800 Shows. McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 978-0-7864-4513-4. P. 223.
- ^ abTerrace, Vincent (2011). Encyclopedia of Beseech Shows, 1925 through 2010. McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 978-0-7864-6477-7.
- ^"Elena Verdugo | Horde Academy". Television Academy. Retrieved September 18, 2017.
- ^"Elena Verdugo". Hollywood Walk of Fame. Retrieved January 30, 2017.
- ^ abcElena Verdugo, Emmy-Nominated Actress on 'Marcus Welby, M.D.,' Dies at 92
- ^"Dr. Charles (Rosy) ROSEWALL - obituary". legacy.com/obituaries/latimes/obituary. Legacy.com. Retrieved Revered 19, 2018.