Mary Ellen Bromfield

Mary Ellen Bromfield (born Mary Ellen Tillotson on March 13, 1928) is an American actress, dancer, and author. As a dancer she performed under the stage names Kalantan and Aleene Dupree and later appeared in the 3D adventure film Son of Sinbad (1953).^[1]

Mary Bromfield was born in Fresno County, California, to Frank and Edna Tillotson. She attended the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California, earning a Bachelor of Arts in music.

Bromfield began performing as a dancer in the late 1940s, headlining in venues in Las Vegas, New Orleans, and Mexico City. She adopted the stage name Kalantan during her engagements in Mexico.^[2] As Kalantan, she made her first screen appearance in Howard Hughes’s 1953 3D production Son of Sinbad.^[3]

After marrying actor John Bromfield in 1962, Bromfield retired from performing and later worked in sales for a technology company. She subsequently turned to writing and has published several novels, including Gulls Haven (2011), as well as her autobiography, Kalantan: Behind the Curtain (2016).^[4]

Bromfield first married hair stylist Adolfo Martinez in Mexico City; the couple later divorced. She married John Bromfield in 1962 and remained with him until his death in 2005.

• Midnight Frolics (1946)
• Son of Sinbad (1953)^[5]

• Gulls Haven (2011)
• Kalantan: Behind the Curtain (2016)^[6]
• Stories of Crime (2016)
• The Murder of Ellena (2016)
• The Ghosts of Blue Manor (2017)
• Moss (2017)
• Tired (2018)
• I'm Laughing (2018)
• It Happens (2018)
• The Specter (2018)
• Listen to the Quiet (2018)
• Wouldn't You Know (2019)
• The House on the Hill (2019)
• Asa Crow (2019)
• Fear (2020)
• No Time to Lose (2020)
• Sam: I Am Woman (2021)

• Kalantan at IMDb