Stella Stevens 1157400 215247314 2008-05-27T11:04:28Z Dismas 152983 for one, there's already a See also section, for two, the article doesn't mention Stevens in the least {{Infobox Playboy Playmate <!-- for more information see [[:Template:Infobox Playboy Playmate/doc]] --> | name = Stella Stevens | image = Replace this image female.svg | imagesize = 150px | caption = | issue = January 1960 | birthname = | birthplace = [[Yazoo City, Mississippi]], [[United States]] | birthdate = {{birth date and age|1938|10|1}} | deathdate = | deathplace = | bust = 37" | waist = 22" | hips = 36" | height = {{height|ft=5|in=5}} | weight = {{convert|118|lb|kg st|abbr=on|lk=on}} | preceded = [[Ellen Stratton]] | succeeded = [[Susie Scott (model)|Susie Scott]] | website = }} '''Stella Stevens''' (born '''Estelle Caro Eggleston''' on [[October 1]] [[1938]] in [[Yazoo City, Mississippi]]) is an [[United States|American]] [[actor|actress]], [[film producer]], [[film director]] and pinup model who began her acting career in 1959. == Biography == Stevens was born in Yazoo City, [[Mississippi]]. She married electrician Noble Herman Stephens on [[December 1]] [[1954]], probably in [[Memphis, Tennessee]], with 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. Stevens was first under contract to [[20th Century Fox]], then dropped after six months. After winning the role of "Appassionata Von Climax" for the musical ''[[Li'l Abner (film)|Li'l Abner]]'' (1959), she gained a contract with [[Paramount Pictures]] (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]] for ''Say One For Me''.<ref>[http://www.goldenglobes.org/browse/member/30231 Golden Globes official site], retrieved [[February 7]], [[2008]].</ref> In 1960, she was ''[[Playboy]]'' magazine's [[Playmate|Playmate of the Month]] for January (and had featured pictorials in 1965 and 1968). Stevens 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]]''. This was followed by other comic turns as the former "Miss Montana" beauty queen in Vincente Minnelli's ''[[The Courtship of Eddie's Father]]'' and as [[Dean Martin]]'s inept partner in the Matt Helm spy spoof ''[[The Silencers]]''. Stevens was featured in Sam Peckinpah's ''[[The Ballad of Cable Hogue]]'' in 1970 with [[Jason Robards]]. In 1972, she appeared in [[Irwin Allen]]'s ''[[The Poseidon Adventure (film)|The Poseidon Adventure]]'' as "Linda Rogo" (the former-hooker wife of [[Ernest Borgnine]]'s character). Throughout her career, Stevens 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 === {{col-start}} {{col-break}} * ''American Cowslip'' (2007) (pre-production) (attached) * ''[[Popstar (film)|Popstar]]'' (2005) * ''Hell to Pay'' (2005) * ''Glass Trap'' (2005) * ''[[Blessed (film)|Blessed]]'' (2004) * ''The Long Ride Home'' (2003) * ''Size 'Em Up'' (2001) * ''Invisible Mom'' (1997) (V) * ''Bikini Hotel'' (1997) * ''Virtual Combat'' (1996) * ''Body Chemistry 4: Full Exposure'' (1995) (V) * ''[[The Granny]]'' (1995) * ''Illicit Dreams'' (1995) * ''Star Hunter'' (1995) (V) * ''[[Molly & Gina]]'' (1994) * ''Point of Seduction: Body Chemistry III'' (1994) (V) * ''Hard Drive'' (1994) * ''Little Devils: The Birth'' (1993) * ''Eye of the Stranger'' (1993) * ''The Nutt House'' (1992) * ''South Beach'' (1992) * ''Last Call'' (1991) * ''Exiled in America'' (1990) * ''The Terror Within II'' (1990) * ''Down the Drain'' (1990) * ''Mom'' (1990) * ''Exiled in America'' (1990) * ''[[Monster in the Closet]]'' (1987) * ''The Longshot'' (1986) * ''A Masterpiece of Murder'' (1986) * ''[[Chained Heat]]'' (1983) * ''Ladies Night'' (1983) * ''Wacko'' (1983) * ''[[The Manitou]]'' (1978) {{col-break}} * ''Mister Deathman'' (1977) * ''[[Nickelodeon (film)|Nickelodeon]]'' (1976) * ''[[Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold]]'' (1975) * ''Las Vegas Lady'' (1975) * ''Arnold'' (1973) * ''[[The Poseidon Adventure (film)|The Poseidon Adventure]]'' (1972), as Linda Rogo * ''Slaughter'' (1972) * ''Stand Up and Be Counted'' (1972) * ''A Town Called Hell'' (1971) * ''[[The Ballad of Cable Hogue]]'' (1970) * ''The Mad Room'' (1969) * ''[[Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows]]'' (1968) * ''Sol Madrid'' (1968) * ''How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life'' (1968) * ''Rage'' (1966) * ''[[The Silencers (film)|The Silencers]]'' (1966) * ''[[The Secret of My Success]]'' (1965) * ''Synanon'' (1965) * ''[[Advance to the Rear]]'' (1964) * ''[[The Nutty Professor]]'' (1963) * ''[[The Courtship of Eddie's Father (film)|The Courtship of Eddie's Father]]'' (1963) * ''[[Girls! Girls! Girls!]]'' (1962) * ''[[Too Late Blues]]'' (1961) * ''Man-Trap'' (1961) * ''[[Li'l Abner (film)|Li'l Abner]]'' (1959), as Appassionata Von Climax * ''The Blue Angel'' (1959) (uncredited) * ''Say One for Me'' (1959) {{col-end}} === Television === <sup>*</sup> - TV movie {{col-start}} {{col-break}} * ''Strip Mall'' (2001) * ''By Dawn's Early Light'' <sup>*</sup> (2000) * ''Viper'' - "The Getaway" (1998) * ''[[The Christmas List]]'' <sup>*</sup> (1997) * ''[[Nash Bridges]]'' - "Deliverance" (1997) * ''The Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion!'' <sup>*</sup> (1997) * ''[[General Hospital]]'' (1996, 1999) * ''[[In Cold Blood (film)|In Cold Blood]]'' (1996) (miniseries) * ''[[Silk Stalkings]]'' - "When She Was Bad" (1996) * ''[[Arli$$]]'' - "What About the Fans?" (1996) * ''[[Renegade]]'' - "Love Hurts" (1996) * ''Subliminal Seduction'' <sup>*</sup> (1996) * ''[[Dave's World]]'' - "The Mommies" (1995) * ''[[Highlander: The Series]]'' - "Vendetta" (1995) * ''Attack of the 5 Ft. 2 Women'' <sup>*</sup> (1994) * ''[[Burke's Law]]'' - "Who Killed the Romance?" (1994) * ''[[The Commish]]'' - "Eastbridge Boulevard" (1993) * ''[[Dangerous Curves]]'' - "In the Name of Love" (1992) * ''[[In the Heat of the Night (TV series)|In the Heat of the Night]]'' - "A Woman Much Admired" (1991) * ''Dream On'' - "Over Your Dead Body" (1990) * ''[[Santa Barbara (TV series)|Santa Barbara]]'' (1989-1990) * ''Jake Spanner, Private Eye'' <sup>*</sup> (1989) * ''[[Alfred Hitchcock Presents]]'' - "Twist" (1988), "Craig's Will" (1960) * ''Man Against the Mob''* <sup>*</sup> (1988) * ''[[Father Dowling Mysteries]]'' - "Fatal Confession" (1987) * ''A Fatal Confession: A Father Dowling Mystery'' <sup>*</sup> (1987) * ''Tales from the Hollywood Hills: A Table at Ciro's'' <sup>*</sup> (1987) * ''Adventures Beyond Belief'' <sup>*</sup> (1987) * ''Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson'' <sup>*</sup> (1987) * ''[[Magnum, P.I.]]'' - "Find Me a Rainbow" (1986) * ''A Masterpiece of Murder'' <sup>*</sup> (1986) * ''The History of White People in America: Volume II'' <sup>*</sup> (1986) * ''[[Murder, She Wrote]]'' - "Funeral at Fifty-Mile" (1985) * ''[[Night Court]]'' - "Harry and the Madam" (1984) * ''[[Highway to Heaven]]'' - "Help Wanted: Angel" (1984) * ''[[Hotel]]'' - "Flesh and Blood" (1984) * ''[[No Man's Land (1984 film)|No Man's Land]]'' <sup>*</sup> (1984) * ''Amazons'' <sup>*</sup> (1984) {{col-break}} * ''[[Fantasy Island]]'' (2 episodes, 1983) * ''[[Newhart]]'' (2 episodes, 1983) * ''Women of San Quentin'' <sup>*</sup> (1983) * ''[[The Love Boat]]'' (2 episodes, 1983) * ''[[Matt Houston]]'' - "Whose Party Is It Anyway?" (1983) * ''[[Flamingo Road]]'' (34 episodes, 1981-1982), as Lute-Mae Sanders * ''Twirl'' <sup>*</sup> (1981) * ''Children of Divorce'' <sup>*</sup> (1980) * ''Flamingo Road'' <sup>*</sup> (1980), pilot for the TV series * ''Make Me an Offer'' <sup>*</sup> (1980) * ''Friendships, Secrets and Lies'' <sup>*</sup> (1979) * ''The French Atlantic Affair'' (1979) (miniseries) * ''Hart to Hart'' <sup>*</sup> (1979), series pilot of ''[[Hart to Hart]]'' * ''Express to Terror'' <sup>*</sup> (1979) * ''The Jordan Chance'' <sup>*</sup> (1978) * ''Cruise Into Terror'' <sup>*</sup> (1978) * ''The Oregon Trail'' - "Hannah's Girl" (1977) * ''The Night They Took Miss Beautiful'' <sup>*</sup> (1977) * ''Murder in Peyton Place'' <sup>*</sup> (1977) * ''Charlie Cobb: Nice Night for a Hanging'' <sup>*</sup> (1977) * ''The New Love Boat'' <sup>*</sup> (1977), pilot for ''[[The Love Boat]]'' * ''Wanted: The Sundance Woman'' <sup>*</sup> (1976) * ''Kiss Me, Kill Me'' <sup>*</sup> (1976) * ''Wonder Woman'' - "The New Original Wonder Woman" (1975) * ''[[Police Story]]'' - "The Losing Game" (1975) * ''Honky Tonk'' <sup>*</sup> (1974) * ''The Day the Earth Moved'' <sup>*</sup> (1974) * ''[[Banacek]]'' - "Ten Thousand Dollars a Page" (1973) * ''Linda'' <sup>*</sup> (1973) * ''Climb an Angry Mountain'' <sup>*</sup> (1972) * ''[[Hec Ramsey]]'' - "Hangman's Wages" (1972) * ''Ghost Story'' - "The Dead We Leave Behind" (1972) * ''In Broad Daylight'' <sup>*</sup> (1971) * ''[[Ben Casey]]'' (2 episodes, 1964) * ''Frontier Circus'' - "The Balloon Girl" (1962) * ''Follow the Sun'' - "Conspiracy of Silence" (1961) * ''[[General Electric Theater]]'' - "The Great Alberti" (1961), "The Graduation Dress" (1960) * ''Riverboat'' - "Zigzag" (1960) * ''[[Bonanza]]'' - "Silent Thunder" (1960) * ''[[Hawaiian Eye]]'' - "Kakua Woman" (1960) * ''Johnny Ringo'' - "Uncertain Vengeance" (1960) {{col-end}} === Director === * ''The Ranch'' (1989) * ''The American Heroine'' (1979) == See also == * [[List of people in Playboy 1960-1969]] ==References== {{reflist}} == External links == * [http://www.stellastevens.biz Official Website] for Stella Stevens * {{playmate|1960|1}} * {{imdb name|id=0001771|name=Stella Stevens}} {{Playmates of 1960}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Stevens, Stella}} [[Category:1938 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:American film actors]] [[Category:American film directors]] [[Category:American film producers]] [[Category:American stage actors]] [[Category:American television actors]] [[Category:Mississippi actors]] [[Category:People from Yazoo City, Mississippi]] [[Category:Playboy Playmates from 1960-1969]] [[de:Stella Stevens]] [[es:Stella Stevens]] [[fr:Stella Stevens]] [[pl:Stella Stevens]] [[sv:Stella Stevens]] [[tr:Stella Stevens]]