Elena Verdugo Biography

Fast Facts

• In 1960, she was given a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Television
• Began dancing in kindergarten and made her movie debut when she was 6 years old
• Quote: "(On her character in "Marcus Welby, M․D․") "She was as American as apple pie․ But she had this Mexican - a little bit of a fire - underneath it all․""
• Her television career saw her as the main character in the comedy "Meet Millie" and eventually as her best-remembered role, the altruistic nurse Consuelo Lopez in "Marcus Welby, M․D․"
• As a teenager, she often played ethnic roles in adventure tales and horror flicks, portraying many Mexican girls, gypsies, harem dancers, peasants, Indian maidens and others
• Sand with Xavier Cugat's band for a short time in the early 1940s
• The Spanish to English translation of her last name is "executioner․"