María Elena Arpón

María Elena Arpón is a Spanish actress, hailing from in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, she emerged as a notable figure in Spanish cinema during the early 1970s horror film boom. Arpón gained recognition for her work in The House That Screamed (1969), which marked her entry into the Spanish film industry. She played Virginia in the Spanish horror film La noche del terror ciego (Tombs of the Blind Dead) (1972), directed by Amando de Ossorio, a film that helped kickstart the Spanish horror film boom of the early 1970s. Throughout the 1970s, she appeared in various productions including Las tres perfectas casadas (1973) and The Fish with the Eyes of Gold (1974). Her filmography includes appearances in Hunchback of the Morgue (1973) and the television series Los paladines (1972), often working under the stage name Helen Harp for international releases. Arpón's contributions to Spanish cinema coincided with a significant period of growth in the country's horror film genre, establishing her as part of a generation of performers who helped define Spanish terror cinema of the 1970s.