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{{Short description|American actress (1938–2023)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Stella Stevens
| image = Stella Stevens GE Theater 1961.JPG
| imagesize =
| caption = Stevens in 1961
| birth_name = Estelle Caro Eggleston
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1938|10|1}}
| birth_place = ], U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2023|2|17|1938|10|1}}
| death_place = ], U.S.
| education = ]
| known_for = {{hlist|]|]|]|]}}
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 1958–2010
| spouse = {{marriage|Noble Stephens|1954|1957|reason=divorced}}
| partner = ] (1983–2020; his death)
| children = ]
| website = {{URL|stellastevens.biz}}
}}

'''Stella Stevens''' (born '''Estelle Caro Eggleston'''; October 1, 1938 – February 17, 2023) was an American actress. She was the mother of actor ].

Stevens began her acting career in 1959 in film '']'' and won the ] - for "New Star of the Year".<ref name="gg" /> She appeared in three Playboy Pictorials and was named '']'' for January 1960.
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She starred in films such as '']'' (1962), '']'' (1963), '']'' (1968) and '']'' (1972) and also appeared in several television series. Stevens also worked as film producer, director, and writer.<ref name="razzle">{{Cite book |last=Stevens |first=Stella |url=https://archive.org/details/razzledazzle00stev |title=Razzle Dazzle |last2=Hegner |first2=William |publisher=Forge |year=1999 |isbn=978-0312853792 |location=New York |url-access=registration}}</ref>
'''Stella Stevens''' (born '''Estelle Caro Eggleston''' on ] ] in ]) is an ] ], ] and ] who began her acting career in 1959.


== Biography == ==Early life==
Born Estelle Caro Eggleston on October 1, 1938,<ref name="delta" /><ref name="people" /> in ],<ref name="brightlights">Some sources cite her birthplace as Hot Coffee, Mississippi. Stevens confirms Yazoo City in {{Cite news |last=Macklin |first=Tony |date=July 31, 2004 |title=The Ballad of Stella Stevens: An Interview |url=http://brightlightsfilm.com/the-ballad-of-stella-stevens-an-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230217232130/https://brightlightsfilm.com/the-ballad-of-stella-stevens-an-interview/ |archive-date=February 17, 2023 |access-date=March 28, 2016 |work=] |quote= Yazoo City. Hot Coffee is Meridian — it's on the way to Gulfport and Biloxi. We would stop at this place that had a sign that said 'Hot Coffee', so everybody nicknamed it 'Hot Coffee.'}}</ref> she was the only child of Thomas Ellett Eggleston, an insurance salesman, and his wife, Estelle (née Caro) Eggleston, a nurse who was sometimes called by the nickname "Dovey".<ref name="delta" /><ref name="memphis" />
Stevens was born in ] although some sources mistakenly indicate the hamlet of Hot Coffee, Mississippi as the place of her birth. This was a publicity device.
<ref name="genealogy">{{Cite web |last=Pylant |first=James |title=The Deep Southern Roots of Stella Stevens |url=http://www.genealogymagazine.com/stellastevens.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311075614/http://genealogymagazine.com/stellastevens.html |archive-date=March 11, 2016 |access-date=May 5, 2012 |publisher=GenealogyMagazine.com}}</ref> One of the younger Estelle Eggleston's great-grandfathers was Henry Clay Tyler, an early settler from ] and a jeweler who gave the Yazoo City courthouse ] its clock.<ref name="delta">{{Cite web |last=Nicholas |first=Teresa |title=Stella Stevens: From the Yazoo hills to Beverly Hills |url=http://www.deltamagazine.com/stella-stevens.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100729223545/http://www.deltamagazine.com/stella-stevens.html |archive-date=July 29, 2010 |access-date=May 6, 2012 |website=]}}</ref>


When Stella Stevens was four, her parents moved to ]; they lived on Carrington Road, near Highland Street, in the city.<ref name="memphis">{{Cite web |last=Lauderdale |first=Vance |date=December 2011 |title=Stella! |url=http://www.memphismagazine.com/Memphis-Magazine/December-2011/Stella |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121205074650/http://www.memphismagazine.com/Memphis-Magazine/December-2011/Stella |archive-date=December 5, 2012 |access-date=May 5, 2012 |website=Memphis Magazine}}</ref> She attended St. Anne's Catholic School which is on Highland Street and Sacred Heart School on Jefferson Avenue graduating from high school in 1955 at the Memphis Evening School at ].<ref name="memphis" /><ref name="memphis2">{{Cite news |last=Lauderdale |first=Vance |date=January 12, 2012 |title=Meet Stella Stevens Before She Became 'Stella Stevens' |url=http://www.memphismagazine.com/Blogs/Ask-Vance/January-2012/Meet-Stella-Stevens-Before-She-Became-Stella-Stevens |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120121105733/http://www.memphismagazine.com/Blogs/Ask-Vance/January-2012/Meet-Stella-Stevens-Before-She-Became-Stella-Stevens |archive-date=January 21, 2012 |access-date=May 5, 2012 |work=Memphis Magazine}}</ref>
She married electrician Noble Herman Stephens on ] ], probably in ], by whom she had her only child, actor/producer ]. She and Herman Stephens divorced three years later, although she retained a variation of his surname as her own professional name. She was formerly ]'s mother-in-law. She has three grandchildren.


At age 16, she married electrician Noble Herman Stephens, on December 3, 1954, in ]. They moved to Memphis, where their only child, ] (later Andrew Stevens) was born on June 10, 1955. The couple divorced in 1957.
She was first under contract to ], then dropped after six months. After winning the role of "Appassionata Von Climax" in '']'' (1959), she got a contract with ] (1959-1963) and later ] (1964-1968). She shared the 1960 ] for "Most Promising Newcomer - Female" with ], ], and ].
In 1960, she was '']'' magazine's ] for January (and had featured pictorials in 1965 and 1968). She was listed among the 100 sexiest stars of the 20th century (#27). During the 1960s, she was one of the ten most photographed women in the world, along with ], ], ], ] and ].


While studying at ], Stella became interested in acting and modeling. According to her official biography, "Her schooling in Memphis included a couple of years at Memphis State University, where she was noticed in the school play '']''. The '']'' review of that performance in Memphis sparked her career."<ref name="officialbio">{{Cite web |title=Biography |url=http://www.stellastevens.biz/biography.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160126054446/http://stellastevens.biz/biography.html |archive-date=January 26, 2016 |access-date=March 28, 2016 |publisher=Stella Stevens official site}}</ref>
In 1962, she starred opposite ] in '']''. Later that year, she portrayed ]'s love interest in '']''. 1970 saw her featured in ] with ]. In 1972, she appeared in ]'s '']'' as "Linda Rogo" (the former-hooker wife of ]'s character). A year later she starred in a TV movie "Linda" in which her character murders her lover's wealthy wife and then frames her husband for the crime.


==Film career==
Throughout her career, she appeared in dozens of TV shows and was a regular on the 1981-1982 prime-time soap opera '']''. She teamed with the late ] in a touring production of an all-female version of ]'s '']'', playing the messy one.
]'' with ]]]


Stevens was modelling and working for ] department store in Memphis when she signed a contract with ] in 1958 with ] and ] considering her for a film based on the life of ].<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=September 10, 1958 |title=Memphis Dept. Store Model Signed by 20th |url=https://archive.org/details/variety212-1958-09/page/n66/mode/1up?view=theater |access-date=May 21, 2023 |magazine=] |page=1}}</ref> She made her film debut in '']'' (1959), a modest musical produced by and starring ], appearing in the minor role of a chorus girl.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Stella Stevens: Nutty Professor and Poseidon Adventure star dies at 84 |url=https://ca.movies.yahoo.com/stella-stevens-poseidon-adventure-star-220325596.html |access-date=2023-02-18 |website=ca.movies.yahoo.com |language=en-CA}}</ref> Stevens' contract with Fox was dropped after six months.<ref name="topic">{{Cite web |title=Topic: Stella Stevens |url=https://www.upi.com/topic/Stella_Stevens/ |access-date=February 12, 2020 |website=]}}</ref> After winning the role of Appassionata Von Climax in the musical '']'' (1959), she signed a contract with ] (1959-1963).<ref name="topic" /> In 1960, she won the ] for New Star of the Year – Actress for her performance in ''Say One for Me'', sharing the distinction with fellow up-and-comers ], ], and ].<ref name="gg">{{Cite web |title=Stella Stevens profile at |url=http://www.goldenglobes.org/browse/member/30231 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120208144138/http://www.goldenglobes.org/browse/member/30231 |archive-date=February 8, 2012 |access-date=May 5, 2012 |publisher=Golden Globes}}</ref>
She produced and directed two films, ''The Ranch'' (1989) and ''The American Heroine'' (1979).

In 1961, she starred opposite ] in ]' '']'', and in 1962, she starred opposite ] in ''Girls! Girls! Girls!''.

In 1963 she appeared in two successful comedy films: ''The Nutty Professor'' starring comedian ], where she plays his student and love interest Stella Purdy, and in ]'s '']'', playing the would-be "Miss Montana" beauty queen.

In 1964, she signed a four-year contract with ].<ref name="topic" /> Following appearances in '']'' (1965) and '']'' (1965), Stevens starred as a sexy but clumsy government agent opposite ] in the ] spy spoof '']'' (1966). Her last film for Columbia was '']'' (1968) in which she played a young nun, Sister George, "who understands and sympathizes with the rebellious students" at a girls' Catholic boarding school. <ref>{{Cite web |title=Where Angels Go ... Trouble Follows! |url=http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/95524/where-angels-go-trouble-follows/ |access-date=2023-12-24 |website=www.tcm.com |language=en}}</ref>

In 1970, Stevens starred opposite ] in ]'s '']'', for which she received positive reviews. In his review in '']'', ] wrote, "But it is Stella Stevens, at last in a role good enough for her, who most wonderfully sustains and enlightens the action."<ref name="nytimes">{{Cite news |last=Greenspun |first=Roger |date=May 14, 1970 |title=Sam Peckinpah's 'Ballad of Cable Hogue' |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9900E5DC1439E63BBC4C52DFB366838B669EDE |access-date=May 5, 2012 |work=The New York Times}}</ref> In 1972, she co-starred (and filmed her last nude appearance) with ] in the ] movie ], later in the year costarring in ]'s hugely successful disaster film '']'', starring ], ], ], and ]. Stevens played the role of Linda Rogo, the "refreshingly outspoken" ex-prostitute wife of Borgnine's character.<ref name="nytimes2">{{Cite news |last=Weiler |first=A.H. |date=December 13, 1972 |title='Poseidon Adventure' Arrives |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9B05E3DA1631E63BBC4B52DFB4678389669EDE |access-date=May 5, 2012 |work=The New York Times}}</ref> In 1986, she appeared in '']''.

Although she continued to appear in feature films for the next four decades, Stevens shifted the focus of her career to television series, miniseries, and telemovies.

==Television career==
], ''General Electric Theater'', 1961]]
Stevens appeared in several top television series in the 1960s, including '']'' (1960), '']'' (1960, 1961), and '']'' (1964). One of her earliest television appearances was in a critically acclaimed 1960 episode of '']'', "Silent Thunder"; she played a ].

In the early 1970s, she began working regularly on television series, miniseries, and movies. She appeared in episodes of popular series such as '']'' (1972), '']'' (1973) and '']'' (1975), as well as the pilot films for '']'' (1975), '']'' (1977), and '']'' (1979). In 1979, she appeared along with her son ] in '']'' (1977) episode "Hannah's Girl".

During the 1980s, she continued to work regularly on series including '']'' (1983), '']'' (1983), '']'' (1983), '']'' (1984), '']'' (1984), '']'' (1985), '']'' (1986), and '']'' (1987). Stevens appears in 34 episodes of the primetime soap opera '']'' (1981–82), as Lute-Mae Sanders, the former madam of a ].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-02-17 |title=Stella Stevens, The Nutty Professor Actress Who Starred With Elvis Presley, Dies at 84 |url=https://www.thewrap.com/stella-stevens-poseidon-adventure-actress-obit/ |access-date=2023-02-18 |language=en-US}}</ref> During a 1988 interview she commented on her role as a madam in ''Flamingo Road'', saying that, "The truth of the matter is that I've always been type cast, but I don't mind because hookers are among the few roles that require glamorous wardrobes, feathers and jewelry."<ref name=WaPo/>

From 1989 to 1990, she had a role on '']'' as Phyllis Blake. Her string of appearances on popular television series continued into the 1990s with '']'' (1993), '']'' (1994), '']'' (1995), '']'' (1996), and '']'' (1996, 1999). She also appeared in the critically acclaimed miniseries '']'' (1996).

==Additional work==
In January 1960, she was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month and was also featured in ''Playboy'' pictorials in 1965 and 1968.<ref name=WaPo/> She was included in ''Playboy''{{'}}s 100 Sexiest Stars of the 20th Century, appearing at number 27. During the 1960s, she was one of the most photographed women in the world.<ref name="delta" />

In 1974, she sued ''Playboy'' and ] for $7 million, claiming that they had published pictures of her for 15 years without her consent, some of which depicted her "in a highly degrading and humiliating manner" and that she had lost numerous film roles due to the image portrayed of her by ''Playboy''.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=]|page=4|title=Stella Stevens Sues Playboy For $7 Mil}}</ref>

Speaking about her Playboy features, Stevens told ], "If you've got ten million people seeing you in a layout like that ... and half of them remember the name 'Stella Stevens', they'll buy tickets for your movies."<ref name=WaPo/>

Stevens appeared in several stage productions, including a touring production of an all-female version of ]'s '']'' opposite ]. Stevens played the Oscar Madison character. She directed feature film ''The Ranch'' (1989) and produced and directed ''The American Heroine'' (1979). In 1999, she co-wrote a novel, ''Razzle Dazzle'', about a Memphis-born singer named Johnny Gault.<ref name="razzle" />
]

==Personal life==
Stevens was married to Noble Herman Stephens from 1954, when she was 16, until their divorce in 1957. Their son ] was born in 1955.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dagan |first=Carmel |date=2023-02-17 |title=Stella Stevens, Who Starred in 'The Nutty Professor,' 'The Poseidon Adventure,' Dies at 84 |url=https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/stella-stevens-dead-nutty-professor-poseidon-adventure-1235526977/ |access-date=2023-02-20 |publisher=Variety}}</ref> Following her divorce she changed the spelling of her last name to 'Stevens' and left her son in the custody of her parents while she sought out a successful acting career. In the years following, she and her former husband engaged in a custody battle for their son, with each party accusing the other of kidnapping, before Stevens finally won full custody.<ref name=WaPo/> Her son's professional name is Andrew Stevens.

In late 1976, Stevens purchased a ranch in ] near ], on the eastern edge of the ].<ref name="spokane">{{Cite news |date=May 9, 1978 |title=Twisp Looks Good After Beverly Hills |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=bFZOAAAAIBAJ&pg=6911,2453878 |access-date=May 5, 2012 |work=Spokane Daily Chronicle |quote=...says the 39-year-old actress. |agency=]}}</ref> She also opened an art gallery and bakery in the nearby small town of ].<ref name="spokane" />

In 1983, Stevens began a long-term relationship with rock guitarist ]. A little over a year later, he moved into Stevens' ] home.<ref name="people">{{Cite news |last=Sanz |first=Cynthia |date=October 22, 1990 |title='Ear Ye, 'Ear Ye: Ribald Sex Bomb Stella Stevens, 52, and Wry, Bald Rocker Bob Kulick, 37, Find True Love |url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20113378,00.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303222551/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20113378,00.html |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |access-date=May 6, 2012 |work=] |volume=34 |issue=16 |quote=...a 52-year-old onetime ''Playboy'' centerfold...}}</ref> In March 2016, Kulick and Stevens sold her longtime Beverly Hills home, and she moved to a long-term ] care facility in ]. Kulick often visited her there until his death on May 28, 2020.<ref>{{Cite news |date=November 17, 2016 |title=Film Beauty Stella Stevens is Sadly Fighting Alzheimer's/ Dementia |url=https://thelifeandtimesofhollywood.com/film-beauty-stella-stevens-is-sadly-fighting-alzheimers-dementia/ |work=The Life and Times of Hollywood}}</ref>
]
]

==Death==
Stevens died of complications from Alzheimer's disease in Los Angeles on February 17, 2023, at the age of 84.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rice |first=Lynette |date=2023-02-17 |title=Stella Stevens Dies; 'Poseidon Adventure' Actress & Elvis Presley, Jerry Lewis Co-Star Was 84 |url=https://deadline.com/2023/02/stella-stevens-dead-poseidon-adventure-elvis-presley-nutty-professor-1235263438/ |access-date=2023-02-20 |publisher=]}}</ref><ref name="WaPo">{{Cite news |last=Schudel |first=Matt |date=2023-02-17 |title=Stella Stevens, who brought glamour and comic touch to films, dies at 84 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2023/02/17/stella-stevens-actress-dead/ |access-date=2023-02-20 |work=The Washington Post}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Risen |first=Clay |date=2023-02-17 |title=Stella Stevens, Hollywood Bombshell Who Yearned for More, Dies at 84 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/17/movies/stella-stevens-dead.html |access-date=2023-02-20 |publisher=The New York Times Company |agency=The New York Times}}</ref>


==Filmography== ==Filmography==


===Films=== ===Films===
* '']'' (1959) as Chorine
* ''''(2007) (pre-production) (attached) .... Mrs. Kramer
* '']'' (1959) as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
* '''' (2005) .... Henrietta
* '']'' (1959) as Appassionata Von Climax
* '''' (2005) .... Mary Potter
* '''' (2005) .... Joan Highsmith * '']'' (1961) as Nina Jameson
* '']'' (1961) as Jess Polanski
* '''' (2004) .... Betty
* '']'' (1962) as Robin Gantner
* '''' (2003) .... Fiona Champyon
* '']'' (1963) as Dollye Daly
* '''' (2001) .... Stella
* '']'' (1963) as Stella Purdy
* '''' (1997) (V) .... Mrs. Herbert Pringle
* '']'' (1964) as Martha Lou Williams
* '''' (1997) .... Gail Regent
* '']'' (1965) as Joaney Adamic
* '''' (1996) .... Mary
* '']'' (1966) as Violet Lawson
* '''' (1995) .... Fran Sibley
* '']'' (1966) as Gail Hendricks
* '''' (1995) .... Granny
* '']'' (1966) as Perla
* '''' (1995) .... Cicily
* '']'' (1968) as Carol Corman
* '''' (1995) .... Mrs. March
* '']'' (1968) as Stacey Woodward
* '''' (1994) (TV movie) .... Lawanda
* '']'' (1968) as Sister George
* '''' (1994) .... Mrs. Sweeny
* '']'' (1969) as Ellen Hardy
* '''' (1994) (V) .... Frannie Sibley
* '']'' (1970) as Hildy
* '''' (1994) .... Susan
* '']'' (1971) as Alvira
* '''' (1993) .... Mrs. Clara Madison
* '']'' (1972) as Yvonne Kellerman
* '''' (1993) .... Doc
* '']'' (1972) as Ann
* '''' (1992) .... Mrs. Robinson
* '']'' (1972) as Linda Rogo
* '''' (1992) .... Nancy
* '']'' (1973) as Karen
* '''' (1991) .... Betty
* '']'' (1975) as Lucky
* '''' (1990) .... Sophie
* '']'' (1975) as Bianca Javin / Dragon Lady
* '''' (1990) .... Kara
* '']'' (1976) as Screen Queen<ref>{{Cite news |last=Williams |first=Ken |date=24 December 1976 |title='Nickelodeon' simply fails as 'slapstick drama' |work=The Journal News |location=Hamilton, Ohio |page=12}}</ref>
* '''' (1990) .... Beverly Hills
* '']'' (1978) as Amelia Crusoe
* '''' (1990) .... Sonny Moore
* '']'' (1982) as Mrs. Doctor Graves
* '''' (1987) .... Margo
* ''Mister Deathman'' (1983) as Liz
* '''' (1986) .... Nicki Dixon
* ''Ladies Night'' (1983) as Shelly
* '''' (1983) .... Captain Taylor
* '']'' (1983) as Captain Taylor
* '''' (1983)
* '']'' (1986) as Nicki Dixon
* '''' (1983) .... Mrs. Doctor Graves
* '']'' (1986) as Margo
* '''' (1978) .... Amelia Crusoe
* '']'' (1990) as Sophia
* '''' (1977) .... Liz
* ''Mom'' (1990) as Beverly Hills
* '''' (1976) .... Marty Reeves
* '']'' (1991) as Kara
* '''' (1975) .... Bianca Javin/Dragon Lady
* '']'' (1991) as Betty
* '''' (1975) .... Lucky
* '']'' (1992) as Mrs. Robinson
* '''' (1973) .... Karen Llewelyn
* ''Exiled in America'' (1992) as Sonny Moore
* '']'' (1972) .... Linda Rogo
* ''South Beach'' (1992) as Nancy
* '''' (1972) .... Ann
* ''Little Devils: The Birth'' (1993) as Mrs. Clara Madison
* '''' (1972) .... Yvonne Kellerman
* ''Eye of the Stranger'' (1993) as Doc
* '''' (1971) .... Alvira
* ''Hard Drive'' (1994) as Susan
* '''' (1970) .... Hildy
* '']'' (1994, Video) as Frannie Sibley
* '''' (1969) .... Ellen Hardy
* '']'' (1994) as Mrs. Sweeny
* '''' (1968) .... Sister George
* '']'' (1995) as Cicily
* '''' (1968) .... Stacey Woodward
* '']'' (1995, Video) as Granny
* '''' (1968) .... Carol Corman
* ''Body Chemistry 4: Full Exposure'' (1995, Video) as Fran Sibley
* '''' (1966) .... Perla
* '']'' (1995, Video) as Mrs. March
* '''' (1966) .... Gail
* ''Virtual Combat'' (1996, Video) as Mary
* '''' (1965) .... Violet Lawson
* '']'' (1996, Video) as Mrs. Herbert Pringle
* '''' (1965) .... Joaney
* '']'' (1997) as Gail Regent
* '''' (1964) .... Martha Lou Williams
* '']'' (1963) .... Stella Purdy * ''Size 'Em Up'' (2001)
* '']'' (1963) .... Dollye Daly * '']'' (2003) as Fiona Champyon
* '']'' (1962) .... Robin Gantner * '']'' (2004) as Betty
* '']'' (2005) as Joan Highsmith
* '''' (1961) .... Jess Polanski
* ''Hell to Pay'' (2005) as Mary Potter
* '''' (1961) .... Nina Jameson
* '']'' (1959) .... Appassionata Von Climax * '']'' (2005) as Henrietta
* ''Megaconda'' (2010) as Mary Jane, (final film role)
* '''' (1959) (uncredited) .... Chorus Girl
* '''' (1959) .... Chorine


===Television=== ===Television===
{{Div col}}
* "Strip Mall" (2000) .... Doreen Krudup (2001)
* '']'' (1960) (Season 5 Episode 23: "Craig's Will") as Judy
* ''By Dawn's Early Light'' (2000) (TV movie) .... Eli
* '']'' (1960, Episode: "Uncertain Vengeance") as Suzanne Crale
* "Viper" - "The Getaway" (1998) .... Lorraine
* '']'' (1960, Episode: "Kakua Woman") as Carol Judd
* ''The Christmas List'' (1997) (TV movie) .... Natalie Parris
* '']'' (1960, Episode: "Silent Thunder") as Ann 'Annie' Croft
* "Nash Bridges" - "Deliverance" (1997) .... Suzie Dupree
* '']'' (1960, Episode: "Zigzag") as Lisa Walters
* ''The Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion!'' (1997) (TV movie) .... Josephine 'Mama Jo' Max
* "]" (1963) .... Jake (1996, 1999) * '']'' (1960, Episode: "The Graduation Dress") as Laura Jericho
* '']'' (1961, Episode: "The Great Alberti") as May Alberti
* "]" (1996) (miniseries) .... Hotel Keeper
* '']'' (1961, Episode: "Conspiracy of Silence") as Linda Laurence
* "]" - "When She Was Bad" (1996) TV Episode .... Mrs. Morton
* '']'' (1962, Episode: "The Balloon Girl") as Katy Cogswell
* "]" - "What About the Fans?" (1996)
* '']'' (1964, 2 episodes) as Jane Hancock
* "]" - "Love Hurts" (1996) .... Amanda Sixkiller
* '']'' (1971, TV Movie) as Elizabeth Chappel
* ''Subliminal Seduction'' (1996) (TV movie) .... Mrs. Beecham
* '']'' (1972, Episode: "The Dead We Leave Behind") as Joanna Brent
* "]" - "The Mommies" (1995) .... Dave's Mother
* '']'' (1972, Episode: "Hangman's Wages") as Ivy Turnwright
* "]" - "Vendetta" (1995) .... Margaret Lang
* ''Climb an Angry Mountain'' (1972, TV Movie) as Sheila Chilko
* "]" - "Who Killed the Romance?" (1994)
* '']'' (1973, Episode: "Ten Thousand Dollars a Page") as Jill Hammond
* "]" - "Eastbridge Boulevard" (1993) .... Donna DeVries
* '']'' (1973, TV Movie) as Linda Reston
* "]" - "In the Name of Love" (1992) .... Muffy Fuller
* ''Honky Tonk'' (1974, TV Movie) as Gold Dust
* "]" - "A Woman Much Admired" (1991) .... Georgia Farren
* ''The Day the Earth Moved'' (1974, TV Movie) as Kate Barker
* "Dream On" - "Over Your Dead Body" .... Lyla Murphy
* "]" (1984) .... Phyllis Blake (1989-1990) * '']'' (1975, Episode: "The Losing Game") as Margaret Case
* '']'' (1975, TV pilot '']'' as Marcia
* ''Jake Spanner, Private Eye'' (1989) (TV movie)
* '']'' (1976, TV Movie) as Stella Stafford
* "]" - "Twist" (1988) .... Georgia Brooks
* ''Man Against the Mob'' (1988) (TV movie) .... Joey Day * '']'' (1976, TV Movie) as Lola Wilkins
* '']'' (1977, TV movie, pilot)
* "]" - "Fatal Confession" (1987) .... Katherine 'Kate' St. Urban
* ''Tales from the Hollywood Hills: A Table at Ciro's'' (1987) (TV movie) .... Mimi Carteret * ''Charlie Cobb: Nice Night for a Hanging'' (1977, TV Movie) as Martha McVea
* ''Adventures Beyond Belief'' (1987) (TV movie) .... Mrs. Kimble * '']'' (1977, TV Movie) as Stella Chernak
* ''Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson'' (1987) (TV movie) .... Mimi Carteret * '']'' (1977, TV Movie) as Kate Malloy
* '']'' (1977, Episode: "Hannah's Girl", appears with her son, Andrew Stevens) as Hannah Morgan
* "]" - "Find Me a Rainbow" (1986) .... Loretta 'Lolly' Zachary van der Post
* '']'' (1978, Pilot: "Nightmare at Pendragon Castle") as Gwynneth Nukem
* ''A Masterpiece of Murder'' (1986) (TV movie) .... Della Vance/Deb Potts
* ''The Jordan Chance'' (1978, TV Movie) as Verna Stewart
* ''The History of White People in America: Volume II'' (1986) (TV movie)
* ] (1978, TV Movie) as Marilyn Magnesun
* "]" - "Funeral at Fifty-Mile" (1985) .... Sally Mestin
* ''Friendships, Secrets and Lies'' (1979, TV Movie) as Edyth
* "]" - "Harry and the Madam" (1984) .... Irene Danbury
* "]" - "Help Wanted: Angel" (1984) .... Stella * '']'' (1979, Episode: "Express to Terror") as Dr. Fleming
* '']'' (1979), miniseries
* "]" - "Flesh and Blood" (1984) .... Rita DeLaine
* ''No Man's Land'' (1984) (TV movie) .... Nellie Wilder * ''Make Me an Offer'' (1980, TV Movie) as Deidre Price
* '']'' (1980–1982, 34 episodes) as Lute-Mae Sanders
* ''Amazons'' (1984) (TV movie) .... Kathryn Lundquist
* ''Children of Divorce'' (1980, TV Movie) as Sherry Malik
* "]"
* ''Twirl'' (1981, TV Movie) as Carolyn Moore
** "Saturday's Child/The Fantasy Island Girl" (1983) .... Marion Sommers
* '']'' (1983, Episode: "Whose Party Is It Anyway?") as Clover McKenna
** "Eternal Flame/A Date with Burt" (1983) .... Maatira
* '']'' (1983, 3 episodes) as Toni Cooper / Kathy Costello / Leonara Klopman
* "]"
* '']'' (1983, TV Movie) as Lieutenant Janet Alexander
** "It Happened One Afternoon: Part 2" (1983) .... Erica Chase
** "It Happened One Afternoon: Part 1" (1983) .... Erica Chase * '']'' (1983, 2 episodes) as Erica Chase
* ''Women of San Quentin'' (1983) (TV movie) .... Lt. Janet Alexander * '']'' (1983, 2 episodes) as Marion Sommers / Maatira
* '']'' (1984, TV Movie) as Kathryn Lundquist
* "]"
* '']'' (1984, TV Movie) as Nellie Wilder
** "Rhino of the Year/One Last Time/For Love or Money" (1983)
* '']'' (1984, Episode: "Flesh and Blood") as Rita DeLaine
** "Captain's Crush, The/Off-Course Romance/Out of My Hair" (1983)
* '']'' (1984, Episode: "Help Wanted: Angel") as Stella
* "]" - "Whose Party Is It Anyway?" (1983) .... Clover McKenna
* '']'' (1984, Episode: "Harry and the Madam") as Irene Danbury
* "]" .... Lute-Mae Sanders (34 episodes, 1981-1982)
* '']'' (1985, Episode: "Funeral at Fifty-Mile") as Sally Mestin
** "Murder They Said" (1982)
* '']'' (1986, TV Movie) as Della Vance / Deb Potts
** "The Harder They Fall" (1982)
* '']'' (1986, Episode: "Find Me a Rainbow") as Loretta "Lolly" Zachary van der Post
** "An Eye for an Eye" (1982)
* ''The History of White People in America: Volume II'' (1986, TV Movie)
** "The Bad and the Beautiful" (1982)
* ''Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson'' (1987, TV Movie) as Mimi Carteret
** The High and the Mighty (1982)
* ''Twirl'' (1981) (TV movie) .... Carolyn Moore * ''Adventures Beyond Belief'' (1987, TV Movie) as Mrs. Loretta Kemble
* ''Tales from the Hollywood Hills: A Table at Ciro's'' (1987, TV Movie) as Mimi Carteret
* ''Children of Divorce'' (1980) (TV movie) .... Sherry Malik
* '']'' (1987, "Fatal Confession") as Katherine 'Kate' St. Urban
* '']'' (1980) (TV movie) .... Lute-Mae Sanders
* ''Make Me an Offer'' (1980) (TV movie) .... Deidre Price * '']'' (1988, TV Movie) as Joey Day
* '']'' (1988, Episode: "Twist") as Georgia Brooks
* ''Friendships, Secrets and Lies'' (1979) (TV movie) .... Edyth
* '']'' (1989, TV Movie) as Sandra Summers
* "The French Atlantic Affair" (1979) (miniseries) .... Louise Crawford
* '']'' (1979) (TV movie) .... Dr. Fleming * '']'' (1989–1990, 66 episodes) as Phyllis Blake
* '']'' (1990, Episode: "Over Your Dead Body") as Lyla Murphy
* ''Express to Terror'' (1979) (TV movie) .... Lucy
* '']'' (1991, Episode: "A Woman Much Admired") as Georgia Farren
* ''The Jordan Chance'' (1978) (TV movie) .... Verna Stewart
* '']'' (1992, Episode: "In the Name of Love") as Muffy Fuller
* ''Cruise Into Terror'' (1978) (TV movie) .... Marilyn Magnesun
* '']'' (1993, Episode: "Eastbridge Boulevard") as Donna DeVries
* "The Oregon Trail" - "Hannah's Girl" (1977) TV Episode .... Hannah Morgan
* '']'' (1994, Episode: "Who Killed the Romance?") as Candice Collier
* ''The Night They Took Miss Beautiful'' (1977) (TV movie) .... Kate Malloy
* ''Murder in Peyton Place'' (1977) (TV movie) .... Stella Chernak * '']'' (1994, TV Movie) as Lawanda
* '']'' (1995, Episode: "Vendetta") as Margaret Lang
* ''Charlie Cobb: Nice Night for a Hanging'' (1977) (TV movie) .... Martha McVea
* '']'' (1995, Episode: "The Mommies") as Dave's Mother
* ''The New Love Boat'' (1977) (TV movie) .... Leonara Klopman
* '']'' (1996, TV Movie) as Mrs. Beecham
* ''Wanted: The Sundance Woman'' (1976) (TV movie) .... Lola Watkins, Boarding House Proprietres
* '']'' (1996, Episode: "Love Hurts") as Amanda Sixkiller
* ''Kiss Me, Kill Me'' (1976) (TV movie) .... Stella Stafford
* '']'' (1996, Episode: "What About the Fans?") as Flora Lansing
* "Wonder Woman" - "The New Original Wonder Woman" (1975) .... Marcia/Agent M
* '']'' (1996, Episode: "When She Was Bad") as Mrs. Morton
* "]" - "The Losing Game" (1975) .... Margaret Case
* '']'' (1996, 2 episodes) as Hotel Keeper
* ''Honky Tonk'' (1974) (TV movie) .... Gold Dust
* '']'' (1996-1999)
* ''The Day the Earth Moved'' (1974) (TV movie) .... Kate Barker
* '']'' (1997, TV Movie) as Josephine 'Mama Jo' Max
* "]" - "Ten Thousand Dollars a Page" (1973) .... Jill Hammond
* '']'' (1997, Episode: "Deliverance") as Suzie Dupree
* ''Linda'' (1973) (TV movie) .... Linda Reston
* ''Climb an Angry Mountain'' (1972) (TV movie) .... Sheila Chilko * '']'' (1997, TV Movie) as Natalie Parris
* '']'' (1998, Episode: "The Getaway") as Lorraine
* "]" - "Hangman's Wages" (1972) .... Ivy Tunwright
* ''By Dawn's Early Light'' (2000, TV Movie) as Eli
* "Ghost Story" - "The Dead We Leave Behind" (1972) .... Joanna Brent
* ''In Broad Daylight'' (1971) (TV movie) .... Elizabeth Chappel * '']'' (2001, 5 episodes) as Doreen Krudup
* '']'' (2006, Episode: "The Crying Game") as Martha
* "]" (1961) .... Jane Hancock (1965)
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* "Frontier Circus" - "The Balloon Girl" (1962) TV Episode .... Katy Cogswell
* "Follow the Sun" - "Conspiracy of Silence" (1961) .... Linda Laurence
* "]"
** "" (1961) .... May Alberti
** "" (1960) .... Laura Jericho
* "" - "" (1960) .... Sugie Walters
* "]" - "" (1960) .... Ann 'Annie' Croft
* "]" - " (1960) .... Carol Judd
* "" - "" (1960) .... Suzanne
* "]" - "" (1960) .... Judy


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* ''The American Heroine'' (1979)
* '' (1989)
* ''The Ranch'' (1989)
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American actress (1938–2023)

Stella Stevens
Stevens in 1961
BornEstelle Caro Eggleston
(1938-10-01)October 1, 1938
Yazoo City, Mississippi, U.S.
DiedFebruary 17, 2023(2023-02-17) (aged 84)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
EducationMemphis State University
OccupationActress
Years active1958–2010
Known for
Spouse Noble Stephens ​ ​(m. 1954; div. 1957)​
PartnerBob Kulick (1983–2020; his death)
ChildrenAndrew Stevens
Websitestellastevens.biz

Stella Stevens (born Estelle Caro Eggleston; October 1, 1938 – February 17, 2023) was an American actress. She was the mother of actor Andrew Stevens.

Stevens began her acting career in 1959 in film Say One for Me and won the Golden Globe Award - for "New Star of the Year". She appeared in three Playboy Pictorials and was named Playmate of the Month for January 1960.

Stella Stevens
Playboy centerfold appearance
January 1960
Preceded byEllen Stratton
Succeeded bySusie Scott
Personal details
Height5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)

She starred in films such as Girls! Girls! Girls! (1962), The Nutty Professor (1963), How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life (1968) and The Poseidon Adventure (1972) and also appeared in several television series. Stevens also worked as film producer, director, and writer.

Early life

Born Estelle Caro Eggleston on October 1, 1938, in Yazoo City, Mississippi, she was the only child of Thomas Ellett Eggleston, an insurance salesman, and his wife, Estelle (née Caro) Eggleston, a nurse who was sometimes called by the nickname "Dovey". One of the younger Estelle Eggleston's great-grandfathers was Henry Clay Tyler, an early settler from Boston and a jeweler who gave the Yazoo City courthouse cupola its clock.

When Stella Stevens was four, her parents moved to Memphis, Tennessee; they lived on Carrington Road, near Highland Street, in the city. She attended St. Anne's Catholic School which is on Highland Street and Sacred Heart School on Jefferson Avenue graduating from high school in 1955 at the Memphis Evening School at Memphis Technical High School.

At age 16, she married electrician Noble Herman Stephens, on December 3, 1954, in Holly Springs, Mississippi. They moved to Memphis, where their only child, Herman Andrew Stephens (later Andrew Stevens) was born on June 10, 1955. The couple divorced in 1957.

While studying at Memphis State University, Stella became interested in acting and modeling. According to her official biography, "Her schooling in Memphis included a couple of years at Memphis State University, where she was noticed in the school play Bus Stop. The Memphis Press-Scimitar review of that performance in Memphis sparked her career."

Film career

Film publicity picture for The Nutty Professor with Jerry Lewis

Stevens was modelling and working for Goldsmith's department store in Memphis when she signed a contract with 20th Century-Fox in 1958 with Buddy Adler and Dick Powell considering her for a film based on the life of Jean Harlow. She made her film debut in Say One for Me (1959), a modest musical produced by and starring Bing Crosby, appearing in the minor role of a chorus girl. Stevens' contract with Fox was dropped after six months. After winning the role of Appassionata Von Climax in the musical Li'l Abner (1959), she signed a contract with Paramount Pictures (1959-1963). In 1960, she won the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress for her performance in Say One for Me, sharing the distinction with fellow up-and-comers Tuesday Weld, Angie Dickinson, and Janet Munro.

In 1961, she starred opposite Bobby Darin in John Cassavetes' Too Late Blues, and in 1962, she starred opposite Elvis Presley in Girls! Girls! Girls!.

In 1963 she appeared in two successful comedy films: The Nutty Professor starring comedian Jerry Lewis, where she plays his student and love interest Stella Purdy, and in Vincente Minnelli's The Courtship of Eddie's Father, playing the would-be "Miss Montana" beauty queen.

In 1964, she signed a four-year contract with Columbia Pictures. Following appearances in Synanon (1965) and The Secret of My Success (1965), Stevens starred as a sexy but clumsy government agent opposite Dean Martin in the Matt Helm spy spoof The Silencers (1966). Her last film for Columbia was Where Angels Go,Trouble Follows (1968) in which she played a young nun, Sister George, "who understands and sympathizes with the rebellious students" at a girls' Catholic boarding school.

In 1970, Stevens starred opposite Jason Robards in Sam Peckinpah's The Ballad of Cable Hogue, for which she received positive reviews. In his review in The New York Times, Roger Greenspun wrote, "But it is Stella Stevens, at last in a role good enough for her, who most wonderfully sustains and enlightens the action." In 1972, she co-starred (and filmed her last nude appearance) with Jim Brown in the blaxploitation movie Slaughter, later in the year costarring in Irwin Allen's hugely successful disaster film The Poseidon Adventure, starring Gene Hackman, Ernest Borgnine, Roddy McDowall, and Shelley Winters. Stevens played the role of Linda Rogo, the "refreshingly outspoken" ex-prostitute wife of Borgnine's character. In 1986, she appeared in Monster in the Closet.

Although she continued to appear in feature films for the next four decades, Stevens shifted the focus of her career to television series, miniseries, and telemovies.

Television career

Stella Stevens and Hugh O'Brian, General Electric Theater, 1961

Stevens appeared in several top television series in the 1960s, including Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1960), General Electric Theater (1960, 1961), and Ben Casey (1964). One of her earliest television appearances was in a critically acclaimed 1960 episode of Bonanza, "Silent Thunder"; she played a deaf-mute.

In the early 1970s, she began working regularly on television series, miniseries, and movies. She appeared in episodes of popular series such as Ghost Story (TV series) (1972), Banacek (1973) and Police Story (1975), as well as the pilot films for Wonder Woman (1975), The Love Boat (1977), and Hart to Hart (1979). In 1979, she appeared along with her son Andrew Stevens in The Oregon Trail (1977) episode "Hannah's Girl".

During the 1980s, she continued to work regularly on series including Newhart (1983), The Love Boat (1983), Fantasy Island (1983), Highway to Heaven (1984), Night Court (1984), Murder, She Wrote (1985), Magnum, P.I. (1986), and Father Dowling Mysteries (1987). Stevens appears in 34 episodes of the primetime soap opera Flamingo Road (1981–82), as Lute-Mae Sanders, the former madam of a brothel. During a 1988 interview she commented on her role as a madam in Flamingo Road, saying that, "The truth of the matter is that I've always been type cast, but I don't mind because hookers are among the few roles that require glamorous wardrobes, feathers and jewelry."

From 1989 to 1990, she had a role on Santa Barbara as Phyllis Blake. Her string of appearances on popular television series continued into the 1990s with The Commish (1993), Burke's Law (1994), Highlander: The Series (1995), Silk Stalkings (1996), and General Hospital (1996, 1999). She also appeared in the critically acclaimed miniseries In Cold Blood (1996).

Additional work

In January 1960, she was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month and was also featured in Playboy pictorials in 1965 and 1968. She was included in Playboy's 100 Sexiest Stars of the 20th Century, appearing at number 27. During the 1960s, she was one of the most photographed women in the world.

In 1974, she sued Playboy and Hugh Hefner for $7 million, claiming that they had published pictures of her for 15 years without her consent, some of which depicted her "in a highly degrading and humiliating manner" and that she had lost numerous film roles due to the image portrayed of her by Playboy.

Speaking about her Playboy features, Stevens told The New York Times, "If you've got ten million people seeing you in a layout like that ... and half of them remember the name 'Stella Stevens', they'll buy tickets for your movies."

Stevens appeared in several stage productions, including a touring production of an all-female version of Neil Simon's The Odd Couple opposite Sandy Dennis. Stevens played the Oscar Madison character. She directed feature film The Ranch (1989) and produced and directed The American Heroine (1979). In 1999, she co-wrote a novel, Razzle Dazzle, about a Memphis-born singer named Johnny Gault.

Stevens in 2009

Personal life

Stevens was married to Noble Herman Stephens from 1954, when she was 16, until their divorce in 1957. Their son Andrew was born in 1955. Following her divorce she changed the spelling of her last name to 'Stevens' and left her son in the custody of her parents while she sought out a successful acting career. In the years following, she and her former husband engaged in a custody battle for their son, with each party accusing the other of kidnapping, before Stevens finally won full custody. Her son's professional name is Andrew Stevens.

In late 1976, Stevens purchased a ranch in Methow Valley near Carlton, Washington, on the eastern edge of the Cascade Mountains. She also opened an art gallery and bakery in the nearby small town of Twisp, Washington.

In 1983, Stevens began a long-term relationship with rock guitarist Bob Kulick. A little over a year later, he moved into Stevens' Beverly Hills home. In March 2016, Kulick and Stevens sold her longtime Beverly Hills home, and she moved to a long-term Alzheimer's care facility in Los Angeles. Kulick often visited her there until his death on May 28, 2020.

Poster for film Girls, Girls, Girls 1962
The Nutty Professor movie poster

Death

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

Filmography

Films

Television

As director

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

See also

References

  1. ^ "Stella Stevens profile at". Golden Globes. Archived from the original on February 8, 2012. Retrieved May 5, 2012.
  2. ^ Stevens, Stella; Hegner, William (1999). Razzle Dazzle. New York: Forge. ISBN 978-0312853792.
  3. ^ Nicholas, Teresa. "Stella Stevens: From the Yazoo hills to Beverly Hills". Delta Magazine. Archived from the original on July 29, 2010. Retrieved May 6, 2012.
  4. ^ Sanz, Cynthia (October 22, 1990). "'Ear Ye, 'Ear Ye: Ribald Sex Bomb Stella Stevens, 52, and Wry, Bald Rocker Bob Kulick, 37, Find True Love". People. Vol. 34, no. 16. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved May 6, 2012. ...a 52-year-old onetime Playboy centerfold...
  5. Some sources cite her birthplace as Hot Coffee, Mississippi. Stevens confirms Yazoo City in Macklin, Tony (July 31, 2004). "The Ballad of Stella Stevens: An Interview". Bright Lights Film Journal. Archived from the original on February 17, 2023. Retrieved March 28, 2016. Yazoo City. Hot Coffee is Meridian — it's on the way to Gulfport and Biloxi. We would stop at this place that had a sign that said 'Hot Coffee', so everybody nicknamed it 'Hot Coffee.'
  6. ^ Lauderdale, Vance (December 2011). "Stella!". Memphis Magazine. Archived from the original on December 5, 2012. Retrieved May 5, 2012.
  7. Pylant, James. "The Deep Southern Roots of Stella Stevens". GenealogyMagazine.com. Archived from the original on March 11, 2016. Retrieved May 5, 2012.
  8. Lauderdale, Vance (January 12, 2012). "Meet Stella Stevens Before She Became 'Stella Stevens'". Memphis Magazine. Archived from the original on January 21, 2012. Retrieved May 5, 2012.
  9. "Biography". Stella Stevens official site. Archived from the original on January 26, 2016. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
  10. "Memphis Dept. Store Model Signed by 20th". Variety. September 10, 1958. p. 1. Retrieved May 21, 2023.
  11. "Stella Stevens: Nutty Professor and Poseidon Adventure star dies at 84". ca.movies.yahoo.com. Retrieved February 18, 2023.
  12. ^ "Topic: Stella Stevens". UPI. Retrieved February 12, 2020.
  13. "Where Angels Go ... Trouble Follows!". www.tcm.com. Retrieved December 24, 2023.
  14. Greenspun, Roger (May 14, 1970). "Sam Peckinpah's 'Ballad of Cable Hogue'". The New York Times. Retrieved May 5, 2012.
  15. Weiler, A.H. (December 13, 1972). "'Poseidon Adventure' Arrives". The New York Times. Retrieved May 5, 2012.
  16. "Stella Stevens, The Nutty Professor Actress Who Starred With Elvis Presley, Dies at 84". February 17, 2023. Retrieved February 18, 2023.
  17. ^ Schudel, Matt (February 17, 2023). "Stella Stevens, who brought glamour and comic touch to films, dies at 84". The Washington Post. Retrieved February 20, 2023.
  18. "Stella Stevens Sues Playboy For $7 Mil". Daily Variety. p. 4.
  19. Dagan, Carmel (February 17, 2023). "Stella Stevens, Who Starred in 'The Nutty Professor,' 'The Poseidon Adventure,' Dies at 84". Variety. Retrieved February 20, 2023.
  20. ^ "Twisp Looks Good After Beverly Hills". Spokane Daily Chronicle. Associated Press. May 9, 1978. Retrieved May 5, 2012. ...says the 39-year-old actress.
  21. "Film Beauty Stella Stevens is Sadly Fighting Alzheimer's/ Dementia". The Life and Times of Hollywood. November 17, 2016.
  22. Rice, Lynette (February 17, 2023). "Stella Stevens Dies; 'Poseidon Adventure' Actress & Elvis Presley, Jerry Lewis Co-Star Was 84". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved February 20, 2023.
  23. Risen, Clay (February 17, 2023). "Stella Stevens, Hollywood Bombshell Who Yearned for More, Dies at 84". The New York Times Company. The New York Times. Retrieved February 20, 2023.
  24. Williams, Ken (December 24, 1976). "'Nickelodeon' simply fails as 'slapstick drama'". The Journal News. Hamilton, Ohio. p. 12.

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