The Elissa Pages
The Elissa Pages

THE ELISSA PAGES


Elissa Dulce, also known as Elissa Dulce Hoopai, appeared in nine episodes of the original Hawaii Five-O and eight episodes of the original Magnum, P.I.. She also appeared in one episode each of the reboots of these two shows which began in 2010 and 2018 respectively and several other TV productions, most of them Hawaii-based.

The pages below give brief summaries of her roles as well as some screen shots from each of those episodes. Some of the pages also have video clips.

HAWAII FIVE-O

Banzai Pipeline

Nightmare in Blue

We Hang Our Own

Death's Name is Sam

Honor is an Unmarked Grave

Man in a Steel Frame

The Ninth Step

A Death in the Family

A Distant Thunder


1997 Hawaii Five-O Pilot


HAWAII FIVE-0 (Reboot, 2010-2020)


Ke Koa Lokomaika'i (The Good Soldier)


MAGNUM, P.I.

All Roads Lead to Floyd

I Witness

Echoes of the Mind: Part 1

The Man from Marseilles

Blood and Honor

Find Me a Rainbow

The Great Hawaiian Adventure Company

Resolutions


MAGNUM P.I. (Reboot, 2018-2023)

I, the Deceased


OTHER SHOWS:

BARNABY JONES

Nightmare in Hawaii, Part 1

BAYWATCH HAWAII

Dangerous Games

The Ex-Files

Father Faust

Rescue Me

THE BOLD ONES: THE LAWYERS

A Game of Chance

CODE NAME DIAMOND HEAD

1977 TV Pilot

GOODBYE PARADISE

1991 Theatrical Movie

M STATION HAWAII

1980 TV Pilot

PARTS OF THE SAME CIRCLE

2011 Movie

THE ROCKFORD FILES

The Hawaiian Headache

SANFORD AND SON

The Hawaiian Connection: Part 1

VEGA$

Aloha, You're Dead, Part 1


MORE SHOWS FEATURING ELISSA

(no screen shots/videos available)

The Brian Keith Show
(a.k.a. The Little People in first season)
S02E05 (Oct. 19, 1973)
Inflation
Estelle Anderson
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S02E16 (Jan. 25, 1974)
Make Room for Sean
Zodiac Girl

The MacKenzies of Paradise Cove
S01E04 (Apr. 27, 1979)
The Little People
Irene

Revealing Evidence:
Stalking the Honolulu Strangler

TV Movie (1990)
Waitress

Jake and the Fatman
S03E17 (Feb. 14, 1990)
My Buddy
Mrs. Malama
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S04E7 (Nov. 7, 1990)
More Than You Know
Lulu

The Byrds of Paradise
S01E08 (Apr. 21, 1994)
The Bottle Show
Emmy Aikau


ELISSA TRIVIA:

Elissa appears in two Five-O shows where her husband (two different characters) is played by Jerry Waialae.
As well, she appears in two shows where one of the featured actors is James Olson.

On Baywatch Hawaii she had a recurring role as Stacy Kamano's mom. Pat Morita played her husband.

In early 2010, Elissa performed as AnMei Hsu, one of the mothers in The Joy Luck Club at the Diamond Head Theatre.
Over ten years before she did the play in a smaller venue, the Kumu Kahua Theatre in downtown Honolulu.
In that production, she played another mother, Lindo Jong.


Read Jerry Pickard's 2006 interview with Elissa from Central Dispatch, the Five-O newsletter.