Stella Stevens

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Stella Stevens (born October 1, 1938[3] as Estelle Caro Eggleston) is an American film, television and stage actress, who began her acting career in 1959. She is a film producer, director and pin-up girl.

Early life

Stevens was born in Yazoo City, Mississippi, the only child of Dovey Estelle (née Caro) and Thomas Ellett Eggleston.[4] At age 18, she got married to electrician Noble Herman Stephens on December 1, 1954, probably in Memphis, Tennessee, with whom she had her only child, actor/producer Andrew Stevens. She and Herman Stephens divorced three years later, although she and her son would retain a variation of his surname, "Stevens", as their own professional surnames.

Career

Stevens was first under contract to 20th Century Fox, only to be dropped from her contract after just six months. After winning the role of "Appassionata Von Climax" for the musical Li'l Abner (1959), she signed a contract with Paramount Pictures (1959-1963) and later Columbia Pictures (1964-1968). She shared the 1960 Golden Globe Award for "Most Promising Newcomer - Female", with Tuesday Weld, Angie Dickinson and Janet Munro for Say One For Me.[5]

In 1960, Stevens was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for January (and had featured pictorials in 1965 and 1968). Stevens was in the 100 sexiest stars of the 20th Century (#27). During the 1960s, she was one of the ten most photographed women in the world, carving herself a distinctive 'sexy kitten' niche which was quite distinct from the overwhelming sexpot images of Jayne Mansfield and Marilyn Monroe and the numerous Monroe clones of the period.

She co-starred with some of the biggest names in movies such as Bobby Darin in Too Late Blues (1961). In 1962, Stevens starred opposite Elvis Presley in Girls! Girls! Girls!. Later that year, she portrayed Jerry Lewis's love interest in The Nutty Professor. This was followed by other comic turns as the former "Miss Montana" beauty queen in Vincente Minnelli's The Courtship of Eddie's Father opposite Glenn Ford, and opposite Dean Martin in the "Matt Helm" spy spoof The Silencers (1966) plus How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life.

Stevens was featured in Sam Peckinpah's western The Ballad of Cable Hogue in 1970 with Jason Robards. In 1972, she appeared in Irwin Allen's The Poseidon Adventure as "Linda Rogo" (the former-hooker wife of Ernest Borgnine's character).

Stevens appeared in dozens of TV shows. An early appearance was in the Bonanza episode "Silent Thunder" playing a deaf mute (the episode aired in December 1960) a role she played with exceptional charm and success. She was a regular on the 1981-1982 prime-time soap opera Flamingo Road. She teamed with the late Sandy Dennis in a touring production of an all-female version of Neil Simon's The Odd Couple, playing the Oscar Madison character. She had a contract role on NBC's daytime drama Santa Barbara as Phyllis Blake from 1989 to 1990.

Stevens produced and directed two films, The Ranch (1989) and The American Heroine (1979).

Filmography

Films

  • Popstar (2005)
  • Hell to Pay (2005)
  • Glass Trap (2005)
  • Blessed (2004)
  • The Long Ride Home (2003)
  • Size 'Em Up (2001)
  • Invisible Mom (1997) (V)
  • Bikini Hotel (1997)
  • Virtual Combat (1996)
  • Body Chemistry 4: Full Exposure (1995) (V)
  • The Granny (1995)
  • Illicit Dreams (1995)
  • Star Hunter (1995) (V)
  • Molly & Gina (1994)
  • Point of Seduction: Body Chemistry III (1994) (V)
  • Hard Drive (1994)
  • Little Devils: The Birth (1993)
  • Eye of the Stranger (1993)
  • The Nutt House (1992)
  • South Beach (1992)
  • Last Call (1991)
  • Exiled in America (1990)
  • The Terror Within II (1990)
  • Down the Drain (1990)
  • Mom (1990)
  • Exiled in America (1990)
  • Monster in the Closet (1987)
  • The Longshot (1986)
  • A Masterpiece of Murder (1986)
  • Chained Heat (1983)
  • Ladies Night (1983)
  • Wacko (1983)
  • The Manitou (1978)
  • Mister Deathman (1977)
  • Nickelodeon (1976)
  • Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold (1975)
  • Las Vegas Lady (1975)
  • Arnold (1973)
  • Poseidon Adventure (1972), as Linda Rogo
  • Slaughter (1972)
  • Stand Up and Be Counted (1972)
  • A Town Called Hell (1971)
  • The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970)
  • The Mad Room (1969)
  • Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows (1968)
  • Sol Madrid (1968)
  • How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life (1968)
  • Rage (1966)
  • The Silencers (1966)
  • The Secret of My Success (1965)
  • Synanon (1965)
  • Advance to the Rear (1964)
  • The Nutty Professor (1963)
  • The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1963)
  • Girls! Girls! Girls! (1962)
  • Too Late Blues (1961)
  • Man-Trap (1961)
  • Li'l Abner (1959), as Appassionata Von Climax
  • The Blue Angel (1959) (uncredited)
  • Say One for Me (1959)

Television

* - TV movie

  • Twenty Good Years (1 episode, 2006)
  • Strip Mall (2001)
  • By Dawn's Early Light * (2000)
  • Viper - "The Getaway" (1998)
  • The Christmas List * (1997)
  • Nash Bridges - "Deliverance" (1997)
  • The Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion! * (1997)
  • General Hospital (1996, 1999)
  • In Cold Blood (1996) (miniseries)
  • Silk Stalkings - "When She Was Bad" (1996)
  • Arli$$ - "What About the Fans?" (1996)
  • Renegade - "Love Hurts" (1996)
  • Subliminal Seduction * (1996)
  • Dave's World - "The Mommies" (1995)
  • Highlander: The Series - "Vendetta" (1995)
  • Attack of the 5 Ft. 2 Women * (1994)
  • Burke's Law - "Who Killed the Romance?" (1994)
  • The Commish - "Eastbridge Boulevard" (1993)
  • Dangerous Curves]] - "In the Name of Love" (1992)
  • In the Heat of the Night - "A Woman Much Admired" (1991)
  • Dream On - "Over Your Dead Body" (1990)
  • Santa Barbara (1989-1990)
  • Jake Spanner, Private Eye * (1989)
  • Alfred Hitchcock Presents - "Twist" (1988), "Craig's Will" (1960)
  • Man Against the Mob* * (1988)
  • Father Dowling Mysteries - "Fatal Confession" (1987)
  • A Fatal Confession: A Father Dowling Mystery * (1987)
  • Tales from the Hollywood Hills: A Table at Ciro's * (1987)
  • Adventures Beyond Belief * (1987)
  • Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson * (1987)
  • Magnum, P.I. - "Find Me a Rainbow" (1986)
  • A Masterpiece of Murder * (1986)
  • The History of White People in America: Volume II * (1986)
  • Murder, She Wrote - "Funeral at Fifty-Mile" (1985)
  • Night Court - "Harry and the Madam" (1984)
  • Highway to Heaven - "Help Wanted: Angel" (1984)
  • Hotel - "Flesh and Blood" (1984)
  • No Man's Land * (1984)
  • Amazons * (1984)
  • Fantasy Island (2 episodes, 1983)
  • Newhart (2 episodes, 1983)
  • Women of San Quentin * (1983)
  • The Love Boat (2 episodes, 1983)
  • Matt Houston - "Whose Party Is It Anyway?" (1983)
  • Flamingo Road (34 episodes, 1981-1982), as Lute-Mae Sanders
  • Twirl * (1981)
  • Children of Divorce * (1980)
  • Flamingo Road * (1980), pilot for the TV series
  • Make Me an Offer * (1980)
  • Friendships, Secrets and Lies * (1979)
  • The French Atlantic Affair (1979) (miniseries)
  • Hart to Hart * (1979), series pilot of Hart to Hart
  • Express to Terror * (1979)
  • The Jordan Chance * (1978)
  • Cruise Into Terror * (1978)
  • The Oregon Trail - "Hannah's Girl", appearing with son Andrew Stevens (1977)
  • The Night They Took Miss Beautiful * (1977)
  • Murder in Peyton Place * (1977)
  • Charlie Cobb: Nice Night for a Hanging * (1977)
  • The New Love Boat * (1977), pilot for The Love Boat
  • Wanted: The Sundance Woman * (1976)
  • Kiss Me, Kill Me * (1976)
  • Wonder Woman - "The New Original Wonder Woman" (1975)
  • Police Story - "The Losing Game" (1975)
  • Honky Tonk * (1974)
  • The Day the Earth Moved * (1974)
  • Banacek - "Ten Thousand Dollars a Page" (1973)
  • Linda * (1973)
  • Climb an Angry Mountain * (1972)
  • Hec Ramsey - "Hangman's Wages" (1972)
  • Ghost Story - "The Dead We Leave Behind" (1972)
  • In Broad Daylight * (1971)
  • Ben Casey (2 episodes, 1964)
  • Frontier Circus - "The Balloon Girl" (1962)
  • Follow the Sun - "Conspiracy of Silence" (1961)
  • General Electric Theater - "The Great Alberti" (1961), "The Graduation Dress" (1960)
  • Riverboat - "Zigzag" (1960)
  • Bonanza - "Silent Thunder" (1960)
  • Hawaiian Eye - "Kakua Woman" (1960)
  • Johnny Ringo - "Uncertain Vengeance" (1960)

As director

  • The American Heroine (1979)
  • The Ranch (1989)

Stella Stevens died from Alzheimer's disease in Los Angeles, California on February 17, 2023, at the age of 84.

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References

  1. Jay Croft & Melissa Alonso (February 18, 2023). Actress Stella Stevens of ‘Nutty Professor’ and ‘Poseidon Adventure’ dies at 84. CNN.
  2. BodySize.org Profile
  3. Some sources indicate 1936
  4. Pylant, James. The Deep Southern Roots of Stella Stevens The Deep Southern Roots of Stella Stevens. genealogymagazine.com.
  5. Golden Globes official site, retrieved February 7, 2008.



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