Elena Verdugo 04.20.1925 (99 years old)

+ 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 but moving part as the orange girl smitten by Cyrano's gallantry in the opening theatre scene of the 1950 José Ferrer version of Cyrano de Bergerac. 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 live television of the early 1950s.