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 Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Murder, She Wrote

Bonanza

The Mike Douglas Show

The Love Boat

The Love Boat

Highlander: The Series

Golden Globe Awards

All Movies (103)

• Stella Stevens: The Last Starlet2025 · as Self (archive footage)
• Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age2021 · as Self - Actress (archive footage)
• Megaconda2010 · as Mary Jane
• Western Legenden - Made in Hollywood2009 · as Self
• Elvis: #1 Hit Performances2007 · as Self (archive footage)
• Elvis: The King of Rock 'n' Roll2007 · as Self (archive footage)
• Jerry Lewis - König der Komödianten2006 · as Self (archive footage)
• Popstar2005 · as Henrietta
• Hell to Pay2005 · as Mary Potter
• Glass Trap2005 · as Joan Highsmith
• Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade2004 · as Self
• Blessed2004 · as Betty
• Cult Culture: The Poseidon Adventure2003 · as Herself / Narrator
• The Long Ride Home2003 · as Fiona Champyon
• Jim Brown: All-American2002 · as Self
• Size 'Em Up2001 · as Stella
• By Dawn's Early Light2001 · as Eli
• The Christmas List1997 · as Natalie Parris
• The Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion!1997 · as Josephine 'Mama Jo' Max
• Bikini Hotel1997 · as Gail Regent
• Invisible Mom1996 · as Mrs. Pringle
• Subliminal Seduction1996 · as Mrs. Beecham
• Star Hunter1996 · as Mrs. March
• Body Chemistry 4: Full Exposure1995 · as Fran Sibley
• Virtual Combat1995 · as Mary
• The Granny1995 · as Granny (Anastasia Gargoli)
• Attack of the 5 Ft. 2 Women1994 · as Lawanda
• Molly and Gina1994 · as Mrs. Sweeny
• Point of Seduction: Body Chemistry III1994 · as Frannie Sibley
• Illicit Dreams1994 · as Cicily
• Hard Drive1994 · as Susan
• Little Devils: The Birth1993 · as Clara Madison
• South Beach1993 · as Nancy
• Eye of the Stranger1993 · as Doc
• Exiled in America1992 · as Sonny Moore
• The Nutt House1992 · as Mrs. Robinson
• Playboy's Playmates: The Early Years1992 · as Self
• Last Call1991 · as Betty
• The Terror Within II1991 · as Kara
• Mom1990 · as Beverly Hills
• Hoodwinked1989 · as Sandra Summers
• Man Against the Mob1988 · as Joey Day
• Fatal Confession: A Father Dowling Mystery1987 · as Katherine 'Kate' St. Urban
• Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson1987 · as Mimi Carter
• Monster in the Closet1986 · as Margo Crane
• A Masterpiece of Murder1986 · as Della Vance
• The Longshot1986 · as Nicki Dixon
• The History of White People in America: Volume II1986
• No Man's Land1984 · as Nellie Wilder
• Amazons1984 · as Kathryn Lundquist
• Women of San Quentin1983 · as Lt. Janet Alexander
• Chained Heat1983 · as Captain Taylor
• Wacko1982 · as Mrs. Doctor Graves
• Twirl1981 · as Carolyn Moore
• Children of Divorce1980 · as Sherry Malik
• Flamingo Road1980 · as Lute-Mae Sanders
• Make Me an Offer1980 · as Deidre Price
• Friendships, Secrets and Lies1979 · as Edyth
• Hart to Hart1979 · as Dr. Fleming
• Express to Terror1979 · as Lucy
• The Jordan Chance1978 · as Verna Stewart
• The Manitou1978 · as Amelia Crusoe
• Cruise Into Terror1978 · as Marilyn Magnesun
• The Night They Took Miss Beautiful1977 · as Kate Malloy
• Murder in Peyton Place1977 · as Stella Chernak
• Charlie Cobb: Nice Night for a Hanging1977 · as Martha McVea
• The New Love Boat1977 · as Leonora Klopman
• Mister Deathman1977 · as Liz
• Nickelodeon1976 · as Marty Reeves
• Wanted: The Sundance Woman1976 · as Lola Wilkins
• Kiss Me... Kill Me1976 · as Stella Stafford
• Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold1975 · as Dragon Lady
• Las Vegas Lady1975 · as Lucky
• The Day the Earth Moved1974 · as Kate Barker
• Honky Tonk1974 · as Gold Dust
• Arnold1973 · as Karen
• Linda1973 · as Linda Reston
• Climb an Angry Mountain1972 · as Sheila Chilko
• The Poseidon Adventure1972 · as Linda Rogo
• Slaughter1972 · as Ann
• Stand Up and Be Counted1972 · as Yvonne Kellerman
• A Town Called Bastard1971 · as Alvira
• In Broad Daylight1971 · as Elizabeth Chappel
• The Ballad of Cable Hogue1970 · as Hildy
• The Mad Room1969 · as Ellen Hardy
• Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows1968 · as Sister George
• Sol Madrid1968 · as Stacey Woodward
• How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life1968 · as Carol Corman
• Lionpower from MGM1967 · as Self - Stacey (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Rage1966 · as Perla
• The Silencers1966 · as Gail Hendricks
• The Secret of My Success1965 · as Violet Lawson
• Synanon1965 · as Joaney Adamic
• Advance to the Rear1964 · as Martha Lou Williams
• The Nutty Professor1963 · as Stella Purdy
• The Courtship of Eddie's Father1963 · as Dollye Daly
• Girls! Girls! Girls!1962 · as Robin Gantner
• Too Late Blues1961 · as Jess Polanski
• Man-Trap1961 · as Nina Jameson
• Li'l Abner1959 · as Appassionata Von Climax
• The Blue Angel1959 · as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
• Say One for Me1959 · as Chorine
• Death on the Oregon Trail—

All TV Shows (41)

• Twenty Good Years2006 · as Martha
• In Cold Blood1996 · as Hotel Keeper
• Arli$$1996 · as Flora Lansing
• Nash Bridges1996 · as Suzie Dupree
• Marker1995
• Burke's Law1994 · as Candice Collier
• Viper1994 · as Lorraine
• Dave's World1993 · as Dave's Mother
• Highlander: The Series1992 · as Margaret Lang
• The Commish1991 · as Donna DeVries
• Dream On1990 · as Lyla Murphy
• The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents1985 · as Georgia Brooks
• Murder, She Wrote1984 · as Sally Mestin
• Highway to Heaven1984 · as Stella
• Santa Barbara1984 · as Phyllis Blake
• Night Court1984 · as Irene Danbury
• Newhart1982 · as Erica Chase
• Matt Houston1982 · as Clover McKenna
• Flamingo Road1981 · as Lute-Mae Sanders
• Magnum, P.I.1980 · as Lolly van der Post
• The French Atlantic Affair1979 · as Louise Crawford
• Supertrain1979 · as Lucy
• The Eddie Capra Mysteries1978
• The Love Boat1977 · as Toni Cooper
• The Love Boat1977 · as Kathy Costello
• The Oregon Trail1977 · as Hannah Morgan
• Wonder Woman1975 · as Marcia
• Ghost Story1972 · as Joanna Brent
• Hec Ramsey1972 · as Ivy Turnwright
• Banacek1972 · as Jill Hammond
• Miss USA1963 · as Self - Judge
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962 · as Self
• The Mike Douglas Show1961 · as Self
• Hawaiian Eye1959 · as Carol Judd
• Johnny Ringo1959 · as Suzanne Crale
• Bonanza1959 · as Ann 'Annie' Croft
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents1955 · as Judy
• General Electric Theater1953 · as Laura Jericho
• The Bob Hope Show1950 · as Self
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Nominee
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Winner