Vitina Marcus
| Vitina Marcus | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Dolores Vitina Marcus March 1, 1937 Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation | Television and Film actress |
| Years active | 1957–1970 |
| Spouse(s) |
Steve Gravers (1958-1960) George Graham (1971-1979) |
| Partner(s) | Rory Calhoun |
| Children |
Athena Marcus Calhoun (b. 1959) Giuliano Graham (b. 1973) |
| Website | www.vitinamarcus.com |
Vitina Marcus (born March 1, 1937 in New York City, New York) is an American actress of Sicilian and Hungarian descent. Her parents were Rose and Frank Marcus, and her Sicilian grandmother was named Vitina.
Career
Marcus was a student of Lee Strasberg. She appeared in numerous television shows throughout the 1950s and 1960s, sometimes billed as Dolores Vitina. She was cast in Irwin Allen's 1960 production of The Lost World, as well as Taras Bulba with Tony Curtis and Yul Brynner. She appeared in two episodes of Lost in Space as "The Green Lady", Dr. Smith's most persistent and verdant admirer. She also appeared in Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, including the second-season episode "Return of the Phantom"; Have Gun – Will Travel as Della White Cloud, an Apache princess, and in episodes 24 and 26 of The Time Tunnel, "Chase Through Time" and "Attack Of The Barbarians". She starred in the TV series, Gunsmoke episodes, "The Squaw" as Natacea (1961) and "Old Comrade" as Missy (1962). In 1962, she portrayed the role of Wahkshum, in the episode "The Peddler", of CBS's Rawhide.
Personal Life
She gave birth to a daughter, Athena, and a son, Giuliano.[1] Marcus left Hollywood in the late 1960s. She now resides in Las Vegas and is involved in real estate.[2] Her daughter with actor Rory Calhoun, Athena "Kiki" Marcus Calhoun, was voted "The World's Most Beautiful Showgirl" in 1987, and received "The Key To The City Of Las Vegas". Athena was also the weekly segment talk show host of Solid POI's Las Vegas Then & Now on radio station KLAV 1230 AM.
References
- ↑ http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/1999/may/22/ex-showgirl-remembers-father-the-late-actor-rory-c/
- ↑ Drive-in Dream Girls: A Galaxy of B-movie Starlets of the Sixties, By Tom Lisanti, Published by McFarland, 2003,ISBN 0-7864-1575-4, ISBN 978-0-7864-1575-5