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Stella Stevens

Stella Stevens (born Estelle Caro Eggleston) began her acting career in the 1959 film Say One for Me, followed by Li'l Abner. A prominent leading lady in 1960s and '70s she is perhaps best known for playing the object of Jerry Lewis' affection in The Nutty Professor, and starred in such popular films as The Courtship of Eddie's Father, The Silencers, The Ballad of Cable Hogue and The Poseidon Adventure. On television she is known for roles as Lute-Mae Sanders on Flamingo Road, Phyllis Blake on Santa Barbara, as well as appearances on Wonder Woman, Hart to Hart, The Love Boat, Night Court, Murder She Wrote and Magnum P.I. She has also been a film producer, director and pin-up girl.

English

Girls! Girls! Girls!

1962
as Robin Gantner

Mom

1991
as Beverly Hills

The Granny

1995
as Granny (Anastasia Gargoli)

The Jordan Chance

1978
as Verna Stewart

The Nutt House

1992
as Mrs. Robinson

The Christmas List

1997
as Natalie Parris

Wacko

1982
as Mrs. Doctor Graves

Rage

1966
as Perla

Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold

1975
as Bianca Jarin " The Dragon Lady "

Slaughter

1972
as Ann

Bikini Hotel

1997
as Gail Regent

South Beach

1993
as Nancy

Last Call

1991
as Betty

Women of San Quentin

1983
as Lt. Janet Alexander

Glass Trap

2005
as Joan Highsmith

Popstar

2005
as Henrietta

Star Hunter

1996
as Mrs. March

Subliminal Seduction

1996
as Mrs. Beecham

Arnold

1973
as Karen

The Nutty Professor

1963
as Stella Purdy

Las Vegas Lady

1975
as Lucky

Make Me an Offer

1980
as Deidre Price

Elvis: #1 Hit Performances

2007
as Stella Stevens

Little Devils: The Birth

1993
as Mrs. Clara Madison

Advance To The Rear

1964
as Martha Lou Williams

Man-Trap

1961
as Nina Jameson

The Manitou

1978
as Amelia Crusoe

The Silencers

1966
as Gail Hendricks

Twirl

1981
as Carolyn Moore

Illicit Dreams

1994
as Cicily

Nickelodeon

1976
as Margaret "Marty" Reeves

Say One for Me

1959
as Chorine

Li'l Abner

1959
as Appassionata Von Climax

Stand Up and Be Counted

1972
as Yvonne Kellerman

The Blue Angel

1959
as Showgirl

The Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion!

1997
as Josephine 'Mama Jo' Max

The Longshot

1986
as Nicki Dixon

A Masterpiece of Murder

1986
as Della Vance / Deb Potts

Murder in Peyton Place

1977
as Stella Chernak

Synanon

1965
as Joaney Adamic

The Mad Room

1969
as Ellen Hardy

The Long Ride Home

2003
as Fiona Champyon

Chained Heat

1983
as Captain Taylor

Exiled in America

1992
as Sonny Moore

Too Late Blues

1961
as Jess Polanski

Sol Madrid

1968
as Stacey Woodward

Blessed

2004
as Betty

The Secret of My Success

1965
as Violet Lawson

No Man's Land

1984
as Nellie Wilder

Megaconda

2010
as Mary Jane

Climb an Angry Mountain

1972
as Sheila Chilko

Flamingo Road

1981
as Lute-Mae Sanders

Invisible Mom

1996
as Mrs. Pringle

Cruise Into Terror

1978
as Marilyn Magnesun

Guest Star

Episode Riverboat
Zigzag
1960
Episode Newhart
It Happened One Afternoon (1)
1983
Episode The Commish
Eastbridge Boulevard
1993
Episode The Oregon Trail
Hannah's Girls
1977
Episode Newhart
It Happened One Afternoon (2)
1983
Episode Highway to Heaven
Help Wanted: Angel
1984
Episode Supertrain
Express to Terror
1979
Episode Murder, She Wrote
Funeral at Fifty-Mile
1985
Episode Banacek
Ten Thousand Dollars a Page
1973
Episode Night Court
Harry and the Madam
1984
Episode Hawaiian Eye
Kakua Woman
1960
Episode Burke's Law (1994)
Who Killed the Romance?
1994
Episode Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Craig's Will
1960
Episode Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985)
Twist
1988
Episode The Love Boat
The New Love Boat - The Newlyweds/The Exchange/Cleo's First Voyage
1977
Episode Hart to Hart
Hart to Hart
1979
Episode Ghost Story
The Dead We Leave Behind
1972
Episode Matt Houston
Whose Party is It Anyway?
1983
Episode Hotel
Flesh and Blood
1984
Episode Viper
The Getaway
1998
Episode In the Heat of the Night
A Woman Much Admired
1991
Episode Dave's World
The Mommies
1995
Episode Johnny Ringo
Uncertain Vengeance
1960
Episode Dream On
Over Your Dead Body
1990
Episode Highlander: The Series
Vendetta
1995