Vitina Marcus

Vitina Marcus (born March 1, 1937) is a retired American actress of Sicilian and Hungarian descent. Her parents were Rose and Frank Marcus, and her Sicilian grandmother was named Vitina. She now works in real estate.

Vitina Marcus
Born
Dolores Vitina Marcus

(1937-03-01) March 1, 1937
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
OccupationTelevision and film actress
Years active1957–1970
Spouse(s)
Steve Gravers
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(m. 1958⁠–⁠1960)​

George Graham
​
(m. 1971⁠–⁠1979)​
Partner(s)Rory Calhoun
Children2
Websitewww.vitinamarcus.com

Career

Born in New York City, Marcus was a student of Lee Strasberg. She appeared in numerous television shows throughout the 1950s and '60s and was sometimes billed as Dolores Vitina, under which she appeared in the 1958 film Never Love a Stranger, starring John Drew Barrymore and Steve McQueen. She was cast in Irwin Allen's 1960 production of The Lost World, as well as Taras Bulba (1962) with Tony Curtis and Yul Brynner.

On television, she appeared in Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, including the first-season episode "Turn Back the Clock" (which, in classic Irwin Allen-style, reused some of her footage from The Lost World and the second-season episode "Return of the Phantom".

She appeared in two light-hearted episodes of Lost in Space as 'The Green Lady' (aka 'Athena'), stowaway Dr. Zachary Smith's most persistent and verdant admirer, while Smith was completely under her spell, to the complete peril of the Jupiter II, as usual; 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". Marcus' most humorous role during this period was in an episode of The Man from U.N.C.L.E., "My Friend: The Gorilla Affair", in 1966. She guest-starred in the TV series Gunsmoke's episodes "The Squaw" as Natacea (1961) and "Old Comrade" as Missy (1962). In 1962, she portrayed "Wahkshum" in the episode "The Peddler" on CBS' Rawhide.

Personal life

Marcus gave birth to a daughter, Athena, and a son, Giuliano.[1] She left Hollywood in the late 1960s,[2] and has resided in Las Vegas since the mid-1970s, earning her real estate license in 1986. She has been in real estate since then as Vitina Graham.[3][4]

Children

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".[1] Athena was also the weekly segment talk show host of Solid POI's Las Vegas Then & Now on radio station KLAV 1230 AM.[5][6]

Filmography
Year Title Role Notes
1958Never Love a StrangerFrances Kane
1960The Lost WorldNative Girl
1962Taras BulbaGypsy Princess
1964Bedtime StoryPretty GirlUncredited

Television
Year Title Role Notes
1958Have Gun Will TravelDella
1961Sea HuntTali
1961GunsmokeNataceaS7E7 “The Squaw”
1964Voyage to the Bottom of the SeaNative Girl"Turn Back the Clock"
1966Lost in SpaceLoreleiS2E2 "Wild Adventure"
1967The Time Tunnel"Chase Through Time"Z24A19

References
  1. "Ex-showgirl remembers father, the late actor Rory Calhoun". The Las Vegas Sun. May 22, 1999. Retrieved January 21, 2017.
  2. Lisanti, Tom (2003). Drive-in Dream Girls: A Galaxy of B-movie Starlets of the Sixties. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-1575-5.
  3. "Still 'Space'-y after all these years". The Las Vegas Sun. April 10, 1998. Retrieved January 21, 2017.
  4. "Vitina Graham". Agent Lighthouse: US Real Estate Agent directory. Retrieved January 21, 2017.
  5. "Vitina Marcus - The Private Life and Times of Vitina Marcus. Vitina Marcus Pictures". Glamourgirlsofthesilverscreen.com. Retrieved 2017-07-07.
  6. "Las Vegas Then and Now". Cast And Crew Reunions. Retrieved January 21, 2017.


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