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Stella Stevens

Acting

Born October 1, 1938 · Yazoo City, Mississippi, USA

Died February 17, 2023

Also known as Estelle Caro Eggleston · استلا استیونز

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]

Awards & recognition

  • Golden Globe Awards · 1960
  • Playboy Playmate of the Month · 1960

Filmography50+ titles

Banacek

1972as Jill Hammond

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955as Judy

Murder, She Wrote

1984as Sally Mestin

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962as Self

Bonanza

1959as Ann 'Annie' Croft

Highlander: The Series

1992as Margaret Lang

Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson

1987as Mimi Carter

Highway to Heaven

1984as Stella

Night Court

1984as Irene Danbury

Magnum, P.I.

1980as Lolly van der Post

The Commish

1991as Donna DeVries

The Poseidon Adventure

1972as Linda Rogo

Dream On

1990as Lyla Murphy

Wonder Woman

1975as Marcia

The Ballad of Cable Hogue

1970as Hildy

Arli$$

1996as Flora Lansing

Nash Bridges

1996as Suzie Dupree

The Nutty Professor

1963as Stella Purdy

Too Late Blues

1961as Jess Polanski

The Love Boat

1977as Toni Cooper

The Mad Room

1969as Ellen Hardy

Nickelodeon

1976as Marty Reeves

Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows

1968as Sister George

In Cold Blood

as Hotel Keeper

By Dawn's Early Light

2001as Eli

The Silencers

1966as Gail Hendricks

The Courtship of Eddie's Father

1963as Dollye Daly

Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold

1975as Dragon Lady

Man-Trap

1961as Nina Jameson

The Night They Took Miss Beautiful

1977as Kate Malloy

Slaughter

1972as Ann

Exiled in America

1992as Sonny Moore

Girls! Girls! Girls!

1962as Robin Gantner

Marker

Mom

1990as Beverly Hills

The Manitou

1978as Amelia Crusoe

The Longshot

1986as Nicki Dixon

Arnold

1973as Karen

Advance to the Rear

1964as Martha Lou Williams

Attack of the 5 Ft. 2 Women

1994as Lawanda

Invisible Mom

1996as Mrs. Pringle

A Town Called Bastard

1971as Alvira

Virtual Combat

1995as Mary

Eye of the Stranger

1993as Doc

Monster in the Closet

1986as Margo Crane

Star Hunter

1996as Mrs. March

Last Call

1991as Betty

The Long Ride Home

2003as Fiona Champyon

The Terror Within II

1991as Kara

Megaconda

2010as Mary Jane