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Stella Stevens
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
The Poseidon Adventure
as Linda Rogo
Chained Heat
as Captain Taylor
Glass Trap
as Joan Highsmith
The Nutty Professor
as Stella Purdy
Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age
as Self - Actress (archive footage)
Nickelodeon
as Marty Reeves
The Silencers
as Gail Hendricks
South Beach
as Nancy
Attack of the 5 Ft. 2 Women
as Lawanda
Monster in the Closet
as Margo Crane
