Elsa Cárdenas Rentería (born 3 August 1932)[1] is a Mexican actress. Since 1954 she has appeared in more than 100 films and television shows. She starred in the film Happiness, which was entered into the 7th Berlin International Film Festival.[2] She acted alongside many stars, including Elvis Presley in Fun in Acapulco and James Dean in Giant.[3] She claimed to have had a love affair with Elvis Presley during the filming of Fun in Acapulco (1963).[3] She later married Guy Patton.[4] She is a star from classic films from the Golden Age of Mexican cinema and from Classical Hollywood cinema.

Elsa Cárdenas
Cárdenas in 1964
Born	Elsa Cárdenas Renteria (1932-08-03) 3 August 1932 (age 90)[1] Tijuana, Mexico
Nationality	Mexican
Other names	Elsa Cardenas, Elsie Cardenas
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1954–present
Spouses	Budd Boetticher (1962–1964) (disputed) Guy Patton (1956–1961) (divorced)

Selected filmography

• Giant (1956)
• The Brave One (1956)
• Happiness (1957)
• Have Gun-Will Travel (1959) as “Lahri”
• Fun in Acapulco (1963)
• Of Love and Desire (1963)
• Casa de Mujeres (1966)
• La señora Muerte (1969)
• The Wild Bunch (1969)
• La Pachanga (1981)

Telenovelas

• Mar de amor (2009) – Luciana de Irazabal

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Elsa Cárdenas.

• Elsa Cárdenas at IMDb

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