---
name: "Elena Karam"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/elena-karam"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "27 February 1909"
died: "30 March 2001"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-20T04:14:17.850235+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."
---

# Elena Karam

Actor. Born 27 February 1909. Died 30 March 2001.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 27 February 1909
- **Died:** 30 March 2001
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110733166, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0438833/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/151133

## Biography

Elena Karam (1909–2001) was an American actress. Born on 27 February 1909, she appeared in films and on television from the 1960s onwards, as well as in several Broadway productions.

Her film roles include Vasso Topouzoglou in *America America* (1963), The Woman in *Love with the Proper Stranger* (1963), Nurse Frances Eagen in *Up the Down Staircase* (1967), Mrs. Zarinkas in *F.I.S.T.* (1978), and Aunt Angeline in an episode of the television series *Kojak* (1977). She also performed on Broadway in plays including *Men in White* (1933), *Haiti* (1938) and *Sweet Bird of Youth* (1975–1976).

Karam was married to John Wiley Hill from 1948 until his death in 1977. She died on 30 March 2001 in San Francisco, California.

*Sources: imdb.com, ibdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *America America* (1963), Fi1m 84, as Vasso Topouzoglou — [page](https://film.one/film/america-america.md)

## Complete filmography (7)

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

- *F.I.S.T.* (1978), as Mrs. Zarinkas
- *Kojak* (1973), series, as Aunt Angeline — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/kojak.md)
- *Desperate Characters* (1971), as Saleslady
- *Up the Down Staircase* (1967), as School Nurse
- *Love with the Proper Stranger* (1963), as The Woman
- *Ladybug Ladybug* (1963), as Don & Trudy's Mother
- *America America* (1963), as Vasso Topouzoglou — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/america-america.md)

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