Maria Elena — The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean Character Profile

About Maria Elena

A young woman from a nearby Mexican village who rescues and cares for Bean. She becomes his companion and gives him a daughter, Rose, before dying from complications during childbirth.

Maria Elena — Character Profile

Character Facts

Played by

Victoria Principal

Appears in

The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (2)

• Maria Elena — Family Guardian — Tector Crites (Ned Beatty)

  Crites becomes the legal guardian and father figure to Maria Elena's daughter after her death.

• Maria Elena — Conflict Oppressor — Frank Gass (Roddy McDowall)

  Gass actively undermines Maria Elena's well-being and uses her vulnerability to consolidate political power.

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• Tector Crites (Ned Beatty)
• Nick the Grub (Matt Clark)
• Whorehouse Lucky Jim (Steve Kanaly)
• Frank Gass (Roddy McDowall)
• Lily Langtry (Ava Gardner)
• Outlaw (Dean Smith)
• Outlaw (Richard Farnsworth)
• Grizzly Adams (John Huston)
• Outlaw (Roy Jenson)
• Rose Bean (Jacqueline Bisset)
• Fermel Parlee (Bill McKinney)