Actress Eugenia Paul was featured in a handful of films and television productions in the 1950s. She co-starred with scream queen Allison Hayes in the 1957 voodoo horror film The Disembodied as native girl Mara.
She was born Eugenia Popoff in Dearborn, Michigan in 1935. She trained as a dancer before settling in Hollywood in the early 1950s. Paul appeared in small roles in a handful of films in the 1950s, including Lost in Alaska (1952) with Abbott and Costello, The Adventures of Hajji Baba (1954), The Ten Commandments (1956), and Gunfighters of Abilene (1960). Paul was better known for her work in television, starring as Senorita Elena Torres opposite Guy Williams in early episodes of Disney’s Zorro in 1957. Her other television credits include episodes of Sky King, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Lone Ranger, and The Thin Man. She retired from the screen in the late 1950s after her marriage to Robert Strauss, the heir...
She was born Eugenia Popoff in Dearborn, Michigan in 1935. She trained as a dancer before settling in Hollywood in the early 1950s. Paul appeared in small roles in a handful of films in the 1950s, including Lost in Alaska (1952) with Abbott and Costello, The Adventures of Hajji Baba (1954), The Ten Commandments (1956), and Gunfighters of Abilene (1960). Paul was better known for her work in television, starring as Senorita Elena Torres opposite Guy Williams in early episodes of Disney’s Zorro in 1957. Her other television credits include episodes of Sky King, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Lone Ranger, and The Thin Man. She retired from the screen in the late 1950s after her marriage to Robert Strauss, the heir...
- 6/22/2010
- by Harris Lentz
- FamousMonsters of Filmland
Zorro Star Paul Dies At 75
Zorro star Eugenia Paul has died at the age of 75.
The actress passed away last week (beg24May10) at the Good Samaritan Medical Centre in West Palm Beach, Florida. No further details about her death were available.
Paul began her career as a ballerina, moving to Los Angeles at the age of 16 to follow her dream of stardom on the stage, and she was later signed up as a dancer for movie studio Warner Bros.
She went on to step in front of the camera as an actress, appearing in 1950s TV show Zorro as the crusader's love interest Elena, and opposite another masked hero in The Lone Ranger.
Paul also enjoyed roles in films such as 1956's The Ten Commandments, The Disembodied in 1957, and Gunfighters of Abilene in 1960 - her last credited appearance onscreen.
She was later known as Eugenia Strauss after her marriage to husband Robert, who survives her along with their two daughters and a son, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The actress passed away last week (beg24May10) at the Good Samaritan Medical Centre in West Palm Beach, Florida. No further details about her death were available.
Paul began her career as a ballerina, moving to Los Angeles at the age of 16 to follow her dream of stardom on the stage, and she was later signed up as a dancer for movie studio Warner Bros.
She went on to step in front of the camera as an actress, appearing in 1950s TV show Zorro as the crusader's love interest Elena, and opposite another masked hero in The Lone Ranger.
Paul also enjoyed roles in films such as 1956's The Ten Commandments, The Disembodied in 1957, and Gunfighters of Abilene in 1960 - her last credited appearance onscreen.
She was later known as Eugenia Strauss after her marriage to husband Robert, who survives her along with their two daughters and a son, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
- 6/1/2010
- WENN
Eugenia Paul, a dancer turned actress who appeared on "Zorro" and many other TV shows of the 1950s, died May 24 at Good Samaritan Medical Center in West Palm Beach, Fla. She was 75.
Paul also appeared in such TV westerns as "The Adventures of Jim Bowie," "The Lone Ranger" and "Death Valley Days" and had small roles in such films as "The Ten Commandments" (1956), "The Disembodied" (1957) and "Gunfighters of Abilene" (1960), her last credited appearance.
A native of Dearborn, Mich., Paul moved to Los Angeles at age 16 while on tour with the predecessor of the American Ballet Theatre. She was discovered by Warner Bros. and signed as a dancer. Later, Paul signed with Fox.
At a party at the Hollywood Bowl in the mid-'50s, Paul met Robert Strauss, heir to the Pep Boys auto stores chain. She married him, moved to Florida and became an active philanthropist and ardent supporter of the arts and animal welfare.
Paul also appeared in such TV westerns as "The Adventures of Jim Bowie," "The Lone Ranger" and "Death Valley Days" and had small roles in such films as "The Ten Commandments" (1956), "The Disembodied" (1957) and "Gunfighters of Abilene" (1960), her last credited appearance.
A native of Dearborn, Mich., Paul moved to Los Angeles at age 16 while on tour with the predecessor of the American Ballet Theatre. She was discovered by Warner Bros. and signed as a dancer. Later, Paul signed with Fox.
At a party at the Hollywood Bowl in the mid-'50s, Paul met Robert Strauss, heir to the Pep Boys auto stores chain. She married him, moved to Florida and became an active philanthropist and ardent supporter of the arts and animal welfare.
- 5/28/2010
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Paul Burke was a leading actor from the 1950s and the star of the 1957 horror film The Disembodied. He starred as Tom Maxwell, an author and adventurer who runs afoul of voodoo queen Allison Hayes when he becomes part of a romantic triangle with the queen and her older husband while on an expedition in the deep jungles of Africa.
Burke was born in New Orleans, Louisiana on July 21, 1926, and was the son of boxer Martin Burke. He went to Hollywood in the mid-1940s and studied acting as the Pasadena Playhouse. He began his film career in the early 1950s with small roles in several films including the talking-mule fantasies Francis Goes to West Point (1952) and Francis in the Navy (1955). He moved up to larger roles later in the decade with the voodoo horror film The Disembodied (1957).
He also became a familiar face on television from the 1950s, with...
Burke was born in New Orleans, Louisiana on July 21, 1926, and was the son of boxer Martin Burke. He went to Hollywood in the mid-1940s and studied acting as the Pasadena Playhouse. He began his film career in the early 1950s with small roles in several films including the talking-mule fantasies Francis Goes to West Point (1952) and Francis in the Navy (1955). He moved up to larger roles later in the decade with the voodoo horror film The Disembodied (1957).
He also became a familiar face on television from the 1950s, with...
- 11/6/2009
- by Harris Lentz
- FamousMonsters of Filmland
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