---
name: "Beulah Archuletta"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/beulah-archuletta"
fi1m_id: "beulah-archuletta"
imdb_id: "nm0033815"
tmdb_id: 30556
roles: []
born: "24 August 1909"
died: "28 October 1969"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 72
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-25T07:29:44.619598+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Beulah Archuletta

## Identity

Beulah Archuletta

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/beulah-archuletta
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** beulah-archuletta
- **IMDb ID:** nm0033815
- **TMDB ID:** 30556
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0033815/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/30556

Actor. Born 24 August 1909 in Phoenix, Arizona, USA. Died 28 October 1969.

## Details

- **Born:** 24 August 1909, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
- **Died:** 28 October 1969
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 1 acting, 2 other
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1950s 78 (2), 1960s 62 (1)
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Western 3, Adventure 1, Drama 1, Romance 1
- **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $0m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0033815/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/30556

## Biography

Beulah Archuletta was an American actress who appeared in numerous Western films, often in uncredited roles as Native American women. Born Beulah Donahue on 24 August 1909 in Phoenix, Arizona, she was a member of the Gila River Indian Community and of Maricopa (Pee-Posh) heritage. She attended the Phoenix Indian School, graduating in 1929.

Archuletta began her screen career in the late 1940s and worked steadily through the early 1960s. She is best known for her role as Look in *The Searchers* (1956). Other credits include *Key Largo* (1948), *The Gunfighter* (1950), *The Big Sky* (1952) as Blackfoot Dancer, *Calamity Jane* (1953), *The Man from Laramie* (1955), *The Bravados* (1958) and *How the West Was Won* (1962). She also appeared in episodes of the television series *Wagon Train*.

She died in Los Angeles on 28 October 1969.

*Sources: imdb.com, allmovie.com, findagrave.com, gricnews.org.*

## On Fi1m (3)

### Performed in (1)

- *The Big Sky* (1952), Fi1m 73, as Blackfoot Dancer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-big-sky.md)

### Also credited (2) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *How the West Was Won* (1962), Fi1m 62, as Arapaho Woman (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/how-the-west-was-won.md)
- *The Man from Laramie* (1955), Fi1m 82, as Woman at Indian Wedding (Uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-man-from-laramie.md)

## Complete filmography (15)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *How the West Was Won* (1962), as Arapaho Woman (uncredited) — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/how-the-west-was-won.md)
- *Wanted: Dead or Alive* (1958), series, as Indian (uncredited)
- *The Bravados* (1958), Actor
- *Ride Out for Revenge* (1957), as Squaw (uncredited)
- *The Hired Gun* (1957), as Indian Squaw
- *The Searchers* (1956), as Look
- *The Man from Laramie* (1955), as Woman at Indian Wedding (Uncredited) — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-man-from-laramie.md)
- *Foxfire* (1955), as Indian Woman (uncredited)
- *Captain John Smith and Pocahontas* (1953), as Powhatan Woman (uncredited)
- *Calamity Jane* (1953), as Indian Woman on Saloon Balcony (uncredited)
- *The Big Sky* (1952), as Blackfoot Dancer — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/the-big-sky.md)
- *The Half-Breed* (1952), as Apache Mourner (uncredited)
- *The Gunfighter* (1950), as Indian woman (uncredited)
- *Key Largo* (1948), as Passenger on Bus (uncredited)
- *Unconquered* (1947), as Seneca Woman (uncredited)

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