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Stella Stevens

Known for
The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970), Nickelodeon (1976), Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold (1975), A Town Called Bastard (1971)

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Stella Stevens is an actor best known for The Ballad of Cable Hogue, Nickelodeon and Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold.

9 Interesting Facts About Stella Stevens

  1. #002

    Stella Stevens did not want to appear in Girls! Girls! Girls! (1962) and was nearly suspended by Paramount. Her protests damaged her relationship with the studio. She repeatedly stated that she refuses to watch the film.

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  2. #003

    Stella Stevens was recently named one of the 100 sexiest women of the century; she was number 27.

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    Stella Stevens was discovered while modeling in the tea room of Goldsmith's department store in Memphis, Tennessee, where a press agent from United Artists told her that if she could get to New York while he was there, he could introduce her to executives at 20th Century Fox.

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  4. #008

    Stella Stevens is the former mother-in-law of Kate Jackson.

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    In 1983, Stella Stevens began a long-term relationship with rock guitarist Bob Kulick; they shared her home in Beverly Hills, California.

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    Stella Stevens signed her first contract with 20th Century Fox in 1959 at the age of 20. She was fired six months later and signed a seven-year contract with Paramount the same year. After roles previously promised to her (Harlow, The Carpetbaggers, Sylvia) were given to her fellow studio star Carroll Baker, she requested an early release and moved to Columbia Pictures for the rest of the 1960s.

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  7. #013

    In late 1976, Stevens bought a farm in the Methow Valley near Carlton, Washington, at the eastern edge of the Cascade Mountains. She also opened an art gallery and a bakery in the nearby small town of Twisp, Washington.

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  8. #017

    In July 2004, Stella Stevens appeared as a guest at the Western Film Fair in Charlotte, North Carolina, along with Andrew Prine, Heather Lowe, Lane Bradbury, Sonny Shroyer and Jeremy Slate.

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  9. #018

    Stella Stevens was considered for the role of the legendary Ardra in the fourth-season Star Trek: The Next Generation episode Devil's Due (1991), which went to Marta DuBois.

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