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Vitina Marcus

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Vitina Marcus
Born
Dolores Vitina Marcus

(1937-03-01) March 1, 1937 (age 89)
New York City, New York, U.S.
Other nameVitina Graham
OccupationsTelevision and film actress
Years active1957–1970
Spouses
Steve Gravers
(m. 1958; div. 1960)
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George Graham
(m. 1971; div. 1979)
Children2
Websitevitinamarcus.com[dead link]

Vitina Marcus (born March 1, 1937)[2][3] is a retired American actress.

Career

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Marcus was a student of Lee Strasberg's.[citation needed] She appeared in numerous television shows throughout the 1950s and '60s. She was sometimes billed as Dolores Vitina, as in the 1958 film Never Love a Stranger, starring John Drew Barrymore and Steve McQueen. She was 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" (in which producer Irwin Allen reused some of her footage from The Lost World) and the second-season episode "Return of the Phantom".

She appeared in two episodes of Lost in Space as the Green Lady (Athena), an admirer of stowaway Dr. Zachary Smith's, who endangers the Jupiter II; 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 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

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Marcus gave birth to a daughter and a son, the daughter with Rory Calhoun.[4][5] She left Hollywood in the late 1960s,[6] 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.[7][8]

Filmography

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

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1957Kraft Television Theatreunknown (as Dolores Vitina)"The Other Wise Man"
1958Have Gun Will TravelDella White Cloud (as Dolores Vitina)"Lady on the Stagecoach"
1959Mike HammerMaureena Zabreski (as Dolores Vitina)"Doll Trouble"
1959Death Valley DaysCohantis (as Dolores Vitina)"The Grand Duke"
1959Wagon Train Veranique (as Dolores Vitina)"The Vittorio Bottecelli Story"
1960Shotgun SladeUnnamed"The Lady and the Piano"
1961Sea HuntTali"Mercy Ship"
1962 Rawhide Wahkshum S4E15 "The Peddler"
1961 and 1962GunsmokeNatacea“The Squaw” and “Old Comrade”
1964The Travels of Jaimie McPheetersIrina"The Day of the Wizard"
1964The VirginianRaven Wing Squaw (uncredited)"A Bride for Lars"
1964 Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Native Girl"Turn Back the Clock"
1966Voyage to the Bottom of the SeaLani"The Return of the Phantom"
1966The Man from UNCLEGirl"The My Friend The Gorilla Affair"
1966Lost in SpaceLorelei"Wild Adventure"
1967Lost in SpaceAthena"The Girl from the Green Dimension"
1967The Time TunnelZ24A19 (Zee)"Chase Through Time"
1967The Time TunnelSarit"Attack of the Barbarians"
1970The F.B.I.Linda"Conspiracy of Corruption"
1970To Rome with Love Signora Cardozza"Birds, Bees, and Romans"
1970To Rome with LoveProfessor Venturi"The Pretty Little Girl"

References

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  1. "Vitina Marcus - the Private Life and Times of Vitina Marcus. Vitina Marcus Pictures".
  2. "Vitina Marcus Actor March 1, 1937". watch.plex.tv. Plex. Retrieved 11 May 2026.
  3. "Vitina MarcusMovies | Birthday March 1st, 1937". moviefone.com. Moviefone. Retrieved 11 May 2026.
  4. "Ex-showgirl remembers father, the late actor Rory Calhoun". The Las Vegas Sun. May 22, 1999. Retrieved January 21, 2017.
  5. "Wife Lists 79 Calhoun 'Affairs,' Seeks Divorce". The Fresno Bee. June 16, 1969.
  6. Lisanti, Tom (2003). Drive-in Dream Girls: A Galaxy of B-movie Starlets of the Sixties. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-1575-5.
  7. "Still 'Space'-y after all these years". The Las Vegas Sun. April 10, 1998. Retrieved January 21, 2017.
  8. "Vitina Graham". Agent Lighthouse: US Real Estate Agent directory. Archived from the original on February 2, 2017. Retrieved January 21, 2017.
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