Stella Stevens
Actor
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]
As Director
Filmography
The Poseidon Adventure
as Linda Rogo 1972
The Nutty Professor
as Stella Purdy 1963
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
as Hildy 1970
Monster in the Closet
as Margo Crane 1986
The Manitou
as Amelia Crusoe 1978
Chained Heat
as Captain Taylor 1983
Girls! Girls! Girls!
as Robin Gantner 1962
Blessed
as Betty 2004
The Silencers
as Gail Hendricks 1966
Too Late Blues
as Jess Polanski 1961
Nickelodeon
as Marty Reeves 1976
Popstar
as Henrietta 2005
The Courtship of Eddie's Father
as Dollye Daly 1963
Wacko
as Mrs. Doctor Graves 1982
Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age
as Self - Actress (archive footage) 2021
Mom
as Beverly Hills 1990
Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold
as Dragon Lady 1975