Her first series-regular role was starring in CBS radio-transferred comedy Meet Millie in 1952. The show wasn’t a big hit but lasted four seasons and established Verdugo as a small-screen presence.

Elena Verdugo, a descendant of early-day Los Angeles settlers, ... She achieved broader fame in the television version of the CBS radio comedy “Meet Millie” in 1952, ...

Verdugo replaced Audrey Totter as the star of the CBS Radio comedy Meet Millie and continued to play the wisecracking Brooklyn secretary Millie Bronson on the CBS television version — one of the ...

Elena Verdugo, who portrayed one of the first Latina professionals in a television series in the United States and in doing so was credited with inspiring Hispanic women to strive for greater self ...

California native Elena Verdugo began her acting career when she was only a child, appearing in numerous studio films before her 20th birthday. As Conseulo Lopez in “Marcus Welby, M.D ...

Lon Chaney Jr. and Elena Verdugo in "House of Frankenstein" (1944). Universal Pictures, via Everett Collection; thumbnail, ABC, via Photofest. Elena Verdugo Died on May 30, 2017 at age 92.

Elena Verdugo, who had a prolific film career before focusing on TV and eventually earning two Emmy noms for her work on Marcus Welby, M.D. , died Tuesday in Los Angeles. Her longtime friend, actress ...

A California native, Verdugo landed her first film acting role at age 5 in 1931. By her mid-teens, she was appearing in multiple movies a year, including four in 1949 and a half-dozen three years ...