Stella Stevens
Acting
- Born:
- 1938-10-01
- Died:
- 2023-02-17
- Place of birth:
- Yazoo City, Mississippi, USA
Biography
Stella Stevens (born Estelle Eggleston; October 1, 1938 – February 17, 2023) was an American actress, model, film producer, director, and writer. She began her acting career in 1959 and starred in popular films such as Girls! Girls! Girls! (1962), The Nutty Professor (1963), The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1963), The Silencers (1966), Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows (1968), The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970), and The Poseidon Adventure (1972). Stevens also appeared in numerous television series, miniseries, and movies including Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1960, 1988), Bonanza (1960), The Love Boat (1977, 1983), Hart to Hart (1979), Newhart (1983), Murder, She Wrote (1985), Magnum, P.I. (1986), Highlander: The Series (1995), and Twenty Good Years (2006). In 1960, she won a Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress. She appeared in three Playboy pictorials, and was Playmate of the Month for January 1960. Stevens died from Alzheimer's disease in Los Angeles at the age of 84. [Biography, excerpted, from Wikipedia]
Known For
Filmography
Stella Stevens: The Last Starlet
Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age
Megaconda
Western Legenden - Made in Hollywood
Elvis: #1 Hit Performances
Elvis: The King of Rock 'n' Roll
Twenty Good Years
Jerry Lewis - König der Komödianten
Popstar
Hell to Pay
Glass Trap
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
Blessed
Cult Culture: The Poseidon Adventure
The Long Ride Home
Jim Brown: All-American
Size 'Em Up
By Dawn's Early Light
Death on the Oregon Trail
The Christmas List
The Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion!
Bikini Hotel
In Cold Blood
Arli$$
Nash Bridges
Invisible Mom
Subliminal Seduction
Star Hunter
Body Chemistry 4: Full Exposure
Virtual Combat
The Granny
Marker
Attack of the 5 Ft. 2 Women
Molly and Gina
Point of Seduction: Body Chemistry III
Illicit Dreams
Burke's Law
Hard Drive
Viper
Dave's World
Little Devils: The Birth
South Beach
Eye of the Stranger
Exiled in America
Highlander: The Series
The Nutt House
Playboy's Playmates: The Early Years
The Commish
Last Call
The Terror Within II
Dream On
Mom
Hoodwinked
The Ranch
Adventures Beyond Belief
Man Against the Mob
Fatal Confession: A Father Dowling Mystery
Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson
Monster in the Closet
A Masterpiece of Murder