Stella Stevens

Stella Stevens (born Estelle Eggleston in Yazoo City, Mississippi, died February 17, 2023) won a special Golden Globe, the International Stardom Award, for Say One For Me (1959) with Bing Crosby and Debbie Reynolds. She acted with Bobby Darin in Too Late Blues (1961) directed by John Cassavetes, with Elvis Presley in the musical Girls! Girls! Girls! (1962), with Jerry Lewis in the comedy The Nutty Professor (1963), with Glenn Ford in The Courtship of Eddie’s Father (1963) by Vincent Minnelli, with Shirley Jones in The Secret of My Success (1996), with Dean Martin in The Silencer (1966), with Rosalind Russell in Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows (1968), with Jason Robards in The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970) by Sam Peckinpah, with Ernest Borgnine in the disaster movie The Poseidon Adventure (1972), with Ryan O’Neal in Nickelodeon (1976) by Peter Bogdanovich. On television she acted in several series such as Flamingo Road (1980-1982), Santa Barbara (1989-1990), General Hospital (1996-1999). She was the mother of actor Andrew Stevens.