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Stella Stevens (born Estelle Caro Eggleston on October 1 1936 in Yazoo City, Mississippi) is an American actress, film producer and film director who began her acting career in 1959.

Biography

Stevens was born in Yazoo City although some sources mistakenly indicate the hamlet of Hot Coffee, Mississippi as the place of her birth. This was a publicity device.

She married electrician Noble Herman Stephens on December 1 1954, probably in Memphis, by whom she had her only child, actor/producer Andrew Stevens. She and Herman Stephens divorced three years later, although she retained a variation of his surname as her own professional name. She was formerly Kate Jackson's mother-in-law. She has three grandchildren.

She was first under contract to 20th Century Fox, then dropped after six months. After winning the role of "Appassionata Von Climax" in Li'l Abner (1959), she got a contract with Paramount Studios (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.

In 1960, she was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month 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 Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy, Marilyn Monroe, Brigitte Bardot, Ann-Margret and Raquel Welch.

In 1962, she starred opposite Elvis Presley in Girls! Girls! Girls!. Later that year, she portrayed Jerry Lewis's love interest in The Nutty Professor. 1970 saw her featured in The Ballad of Cable Hogue 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). 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.

Throughout her career, she appeared in dozens of TV shows and 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 messy one.

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

Filmography

Films

• American Cowslip(2007) (pre-production) (attached) .... Mrs. Kramer
• Popstar (2005) .... Henrietta
• Hell to Pay (2005) .... Mary Potter
• Glass Trap (2005) .... Joan Highsmith
• Blessed (2004) .... Betty
• The Long Ride Home (2003) .... Fiona Champyon
• Size 'Em Up (2001) .... Stella
• Invisible Mom (1997) (V) .... Mrs. Herbert Pringle
• Bikini Hotel (1997) .... Gail Regent
• Virtual Combat (1996) .... Mary
• Body Chemistry 4: Full Exposure (1995) .... Fran Sibley
• The Granny (1995) .... Granny
• Illicit Dreams (1995) .... Cicily
• Star Hunter (1995) .... Mrs. March
• Attack of the 5 Ft. 2 Women (1994) (TV movie) .... Lawanda
• Molly & Gina (1994) .... Mrs. Sweeny
• Point of Seduction: Body Chemistry III (1994) (V) .... Frannie Sibley
• Hard Drive (1994) .... Susan
• Little Devils: The Birth (1993) .... Mrs. Clara Madison
• Eye of the Stranger (1993) .... Doc
• The Nutt House (1992) .... Mrs. Robinson
• South Beach (1992) .... Nancy
• Last Call (1991) .... Betty
• Down the Drain (1990) .... Sophie
• The Terror Within II (1990) .... Kara
• Mom (1990) .... Beverly Hills
• Exiled in America (1990) .... Sonny Moore
• Monster in the Closet (1987) .... Margo
• The Longshot (1986) .... Nicki Dixon
• Chained Heat (1983) .... Captain Taylor
• Ladies Night (1983)
• Wacko (1983) .... Mrs. Doctor Graves
• The Manitou (1978) .... Amelia Crusoe
• Mister Deathman (1977) .... Liz
• Nickelodeon (1976) .... Marty Reeves
• Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold (1975) .... Bianca Javin/Dragon Lady
• Las Vegas Lady (1975) .... Lucky
• Arnold (1973) .... Karen Llewelyn
• The Poseidon Adventure (1972) .... Linda Rogo
• Slaughter (1972) .... Ann
• Stand Up and Be Counted (1972) .... Yvonne Kellerman
• A Town Called Hell (1971) .... Alvira
• The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970) .... Hildy
• The Mad Room (1969) .... Ellen Hardy
• Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows (1968) .... Sister George
• Sol Madrid (1968) .... Stacey Woodward
• How to Save a Marriage (And Ruin Your Life) (1968) .... Carol Corman
• Rage (1966) .... Perla
• The Silencers (1966) .... Gail
• The Secret of My Success (1965) .... Violet Lawson
• Synanon (1965) .... Joaney
• Advance to the Rear (1964) .... Martha Lou Williams
• The Nutty Professor (1963) .... Stella Purdy
• The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1963) .... Dollye Daly
• Girls! Girls! Girls! (1962) .... Robin Gantner
• Too Late Blues (1961) .... Jess Polanski
• Man-Trap (1961) .... Nina Jameson
• Li'l Abner (1959) .... Appassionata Von Climax
• The Blue Angel (1959) (uncredited) .... Chorus Girl
• Say One for Me (1959) .... Chorine

Television

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

Director

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

See also

• List of people in Playboy 1960-1969

External links

• Official Website for Stella Stevens
• 1 at Playboy Online
• Stella Stevens at IMDb

• 1936 births
• Living people
• American film actors
• American film directors
• American stage actors
• American television actors
• Bonanza
• Highlander cast members
• People from Yazoo City, Mississippi
• Playboy Playmates
• Playboy Playmates from 1960-1969