Stage and dancing In 1958, Cordova and her husband
Clark Allen opened for a show starring Jean Arnold at the
Cabaret Concert Theatre in Los Angeles.
Variety described the couple as "Spanish dance exponents who take the trouble to explain what they're doing during their 30-minute stint. Education has not always been at home in a
nitery, but it's a pleasure here [...] the team divides its work with the male member flicking the Spanish guitar and singing..." In 1960, Cordova and Allen had a 30-minute show in New York.
Variety wrote: "Although likeable (sic) in their current New York debut at
Julius Monk's Downstairs at the Upstairs, they're not particularly outstanding. It could be that Allen's folksong selection lacks a powerhouse item". In 1962, Cordova and Allen opened and operated El Cid, a
flamenco nightclub on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles. Cordova and Allen performed traditional Spanish and Mexican song and dance at other venues in the Los Angeles area, including
Sportsmen's Lodge in Studio City and at the
Ebell of Los Angeles Theater. and Cordova in
One-Eyed Jacks (1961)
Television Cordova has made numerous guest appearances on several television series from the 1960s, including
The Twilight Zone episode "
A Thing About Machines" and a 1960 episode of
Peter Gunn entitled "Cry Love, Cry Murder". Her other television credits include
Playhouse 90,
The Chevy Mystery Show,
Cheyenne,
The Lloyd Bridges Show, ''
The Farmer's Daughter, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., The Flying Nun, The Big Valley, Gunsmoke, The Virginian (TV series), Mission: Impossible, The Mod Squad, Marcus Welby, M.D., Lou Grant, Police Story, T.J. Hooker and Dallas''. Cordova had a contract role on
NBC's short-living soap opera
Sunset Beach as
Carmen Torres from 1997 to 1999, receiving
ALMA Award nomination for Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Soap Opera in 1999. She also played
Rosa Andrade on
Santa Barbara from 1984 to 1987, and from 1991 to 1993. In 2000s, she made guest appearances on
Strong Medicine and
Criminal Minds.
Film Cordova appeared in
One-Eyed Jacks (1961) as a flamenco dancer. She also had bit parts in
Pay or Die! (1960),
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1962) and
Guns of Diablo (1965). == Personal life ==