After winning the beauty queen title of "Miss Bensonhurst" at her high school, she later began her acting career in 1957 at age 20 as Dolores Vitina.
Began her professional acting career at age 20 in 1957 as Dolores Vitina.
Has been a vegetarian for most of her life, and is an animal lover and activist for animal rights.
She is now a real estate broker.
She was known for playing sci-fi roles, most notably as "The Green Lady" in the television series "Lost in Space" (1965). She was also known for playing Native-American roles for years on television due to her interesting facial features and black hair, but in real life she is Italian-Sicilian-American.
Vitina and Rory Calhoun had a daughter, Athena Marcus Calhoun, who was named "The World's Most Beautiful Showgirl" and awarded "The Key to the City of Las Vegas" in 1987.