Eugenia Paul (born Eugenia Popoff, March 3, 1935 – May 24, 2010) was an American actress and
dancer best known for her role as Elena Torres in the
television series ''
Zorro'', which aired on the American
television network
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ABC.
Biography
Paul was born Eugenia Popoff in
Dearborn, Michigan, of
Russian heritage.
[Biography]
/ref> She signed as a dancer with Warner Bros
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. (commonly known as Warner Bros. or abbreviated as WB) is an American Film studio, film and entertainment studio headquartered at the Warner Bros. Studios, Burbank, Warner Bros. Studios complex in Burbank, Califo ...
. when she was just 17 years old, while participating on a tour with the American Ballet Theatre and the ''Ballet Sketchbook'' television show.[
Paul danced in lead roles on screen. She also studied ]ballet
Ballet () is a type of performance dance that originated during the Italian Renaissance in the fifteenth century and later developed into a concert dance form in France and Russia. It has since become a widespread and highly technical form ...
with Bronislava Nijinska
Bronislava Nijinska (; pl, Bronisława Niżyńska ; russian: Бронисла́ва Фоми́нична Нижи́нская, Bronisláva Fomínična Nižínskaja; be, Браніслава Ніжынская, Branislava Nižynskaja; – Febr ...
and drama and acting under Michael Chekhov
Mikhail Aleksandrovich Chekhov (russian: Михаил Александрович Чехов; 29 August 1891 – 30 September 1955), known as Michael Chekhov, was an American actor, director, author and theatre practitioner. He was a nephew ...
.[ Paul departed Warner Bros. and signed with ]20th Century Fox
20th Century Studios, Inc. (previously known as 20th Century Fox) is an American film production company headquartered at the Fox Studio Lot in the Century City area of Los Angeles. As of 2019, it serves as a film production arm of Walt Disn ...
as an actor in 1955.[
Her other television credits included '']Alfred Hitchcock Presents
''Alfred Hitchcock Presents'' is an American television anthology series created, hosted and produced by Alfred Hitchcock, aired on CBS and NBC between 1955 and 1965. It features dramas, thrillers and mysteries. Between 1962 and 1965 it was r ...
'', '' Medic'', '' The Lone Ranger'', '' Death Valley Days'', '' The Adventures of Jim Bowie'' and the '' Playhouse 90'' adaptation of '' The Great Gatsby'' and ''Sky King).''[
Paul's film credits including '']Lost in Alaska
''Lost in Alaska'' is a 1952 film starring the comedy team of Abbott and Costello.
Plot
The time is the 1890s, and the place is San Francisco. George Ball and Tom Watson are firemen who rescue 'Nugget' Joe McDermott from committing suicide by dr ...
'', '' Man on the Prowl'', ''Apache Warrior
''Apache Warrior'' is a 1957 American Western film directed by Elmo Williams and written by Carroll Young, Kurt Neumann and Eric Norden. The film stars Keith Larsen, Jim Davis, Rodolfo Acosta, John Miljan, Damian O'Flynn and George Keymas. Th ...
'' and ''The Ten Commandments
The Ten Commandments (Biblical Hebrew עשרת הדברים \ עֲשֶׂרֶת הַדְּבָרִים, ''aséret ha-dvarím'', lit. The Decalogue, The Ten Words, cf. Mishnaic Hebrew עשרת הדיברות \ עֲשֶׂרֶת הַדִּבְ ...
''.[ Her last feature film role was in the western '']Gunfighters of Abilene
''Gunfighters of Abilene'' is a 1960 American Western film directed by Edward L. Cahn and starring Buster Crabbe, Barton MacLane and Judith Ames. '' in 1960.[
]
Private life
Paul met her husband, Pep Boys heir Robert Strauss, at a Hollywood Bowl party.The couple married and Paul quit professional show business soon after her marriage. They remained married for 52 years, until her death in 2010.[
]
Death
Paul died of complications of edemaWest Palm Beach, Florida
West Palm Beach is a city in and the county seat of Palm Beach County, Florida, United States. It is located immediately to the west of the adjacent Palm Beach, which is situated on a barrier island across the Lake Worth Lagoon. The populati ...
, at the age of 75.[
]
Filmography
References
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1935 births
2010 deaths
American female dancers
Dancers from Michigan
American film actresses
American people of Russian descent
American television actresses
People from Dearborn, Michigan
21st-century American women