Stella Stevens

Born: 1938-10-01 in Yazoo City, Mississippi, USA

Died: 2023-02-17

Known For: Acting

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]

Filmography

2025

Stella Stevens: The Last Starlet as Self (archive footage)

2021

Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age as Self - Actress (archive footage)

2010

Megaconda as Mary Jane

2005

Popstar as Henrietta
Glass Trap as Joan Highsmith
Hell to Pay as Mary Potter

2004

Blessed as Betty
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade as Self

2003

Cult Culture: The Poseidon Adventure as Herself / Narrator
The Long Ride Home as Fiona Champyon

2002

Jim Brown: All-American as Self

2001

By Dawn's Early Light as Eli
Size 'Em Up as Stella

1997

Bikini Hotel as Gail Regent
The Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion! as Josephine 'Mama Jo' Max
The Christmas List as Natalie Parris

1996

Nash Bridges as Suzie Dupree
Invisible Mom as Mrs. Pringle
Subliminal Seduction as Mrs. Beecham
In Cold Blood as Hotel Keeper
Star Hunter as Mrs. March

1995

The Granny as Granny (Anastasia Gargoli)
Virtual Combat as Mary
Body Chemistry 4: Full Exposure as Fran Sibley
Marker

1994

Viper as Lorraine
Burke's Law as Candice Collier
Hard Drive as Susan
Body Chemistry III: Point of Seduction as Frannie Sibley
Attack of the 5 Ft. 2 Women as Lawanda
Illicit Dreams as Cicily
Molly and Gina as Mrs. Sweeny

1993

South Beach as Nancy
Dave's World as Dave's Mother
Little Devils: The Birth as Clara Madison
Eye of the Stranger as Doc

1992

Highlander: The Series as Margaret Lang
The Nutt House as Mrs. Robinson
Exiled in America as Sonny Moore

1991

The Commish as Donna DeVries
Last Call as Betty
The Terror Within II as Kara

1990

Dream On as Lyla Murphy
Mom as Beverly Hills

1989

Hoodwinked as Sandra Summers
The Ranch ... (Director)

1988

Man Against the Mob as Joey Day

1987

Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson as Mimi Carter
Fatal Confession: A Father Dowling Mystery as Katherine 'Kate' St. Urban

1986

The Longshot as Nicki Dixon
Monster in the Closet as Margo Crane
The History of White People in America: Volume II
A Masterpiece of Murder as Della Vance

1985

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Georgia Brooks

1984

Murder, She Wrote as Sally Mestin
Night Court as Irene Danbury
Highway to Heaven as Stella
Santa Barbara as Phyllis Blake
No Man's Land as Nellie Wilder
Amazons as Kathryn Lundquist

1983

Chained Heat as Captain Taylor
Women of San Quentin as Lt. Janet Alexander

1982

Newhart as Erica Chase
Matt Houston as Clover McKenna
Wacko as Mrs. Doctor Graves

1981

Flamingo Road as Lute-Mae Sanders
Twirl as Carolyn Moore

1980

Magnum, P.I. as Lolly van der Post
Children of Divorce as Sherry Malik
Make Me an Offer as Deidre Price
Flamingo Road as Lute-Mae Sanders

1979

Friendships, Secrets and Lies as Edyth
Express to Terror as Lucy
Hart to Hart as Dr. Fleming
The French Atlantic Affair as Louise Crawford
Supertrain as Lucy

1978

The Manitou as Amelia Crusoe
The Eddie Capra Mysteries
Cruise Into Terror as Marilyn Magnesun
The Jordan Chance as Verna Stewart

1977

The Love Boat as Toni Cooper
The Night They Took Miss Beautiful as Kate Malloy
Charlie Cobb: Nice Night for a Hanging as Martha McVea
The New Love Boat as Leonora Klopman
The Oregon Trail as Hannah Morgan
Mister Deathman as Liz
Murder in Peyton Place as Stella Chernak

1976

Wanted: The Sundance Woman as Lola Wilkins
Nickelodeon as Marty Reeves
Kiss Me... Kill Me as Stella Stafford

1975

Wonder Woman as Marcia
Las Vegas Lady as Lucky
Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold as Dragon Lady

1974

The Day the Earth Moved as Kate Barker
Honky Tonk as Gold Dust

1973

Arnold as Karen
Linda as Linda Reston

1972

Banacek as Jill Hammond
Ghost Story as Joanna Brent
Slaughter as Ann
The Poseidon Adventure as Linda Rogo
Stand Up and Be Counted as Yvonne Kellerman
Climb an Angry Mountain as Sheila Chilko
Hec Ramsey as Ivy Turnwright

1971

A Town Called Bastard as Alvira
In Broad Daylight as Elizabeth Chappel

1970

The Ballad of Cable Hogue as Hildy

1969

The Mad Room as Ellen Hardy

1968

How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life as Carol Corman
Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows as Sister George
Sol Madrid as Stacey Woodward

1967

Lionpower from MGM

1966

Rage as Perla
The Silencers as Gail Hendricks

1965

The Secret of My Success as Violet Lawson
Synanon as Joaney Adamic

1964

Advance to the Rear as Martha Lou Williams

1963

Miss USA as Judge
The Nutty Professor as Stella Purdy
The Courtship of Eddie's Father as Dollye Daly

1962

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
Girls! Girls! Girls! as Robin Gantner
Girls! Girls! Girls! as Robin Gartner

1961

The Mike Douglas Show as Self
Man-Trap as Nina Jameson
Too Late Blues as Jess Polanski

1959

Bonanza as Ann 'Annie' Croft
Hawaiian Eye as Carol Judd
Johnny Ringo as Suzanne Crale
The Blue Angel as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Say One for Me as Chorine
Li'l Abner as Appassionata Von Climax

1955

Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Judy

1950

The Bob Hope Show as Self

1944

Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee