WebJerry Lewis and Stella Stevens at an event for The Nutty Professor (1996) People Jerry Lewis, Stella Stevens. Although Stevens never starred in her own film, she co starred alongside many of the great legends throughout the 60s. 27 in Playboys 100 Sexiest Stars Of The 20th Century.. Girls! 1938) has always been one of the screens most prominent leading ladies of the 1960s and 1970s. Jerry always walked in early, and he was the last one to leave in the evening. Stella Stevens, a prominent leading lady in 1960s and 70s comedies perhaps best known for playing the object of Jerry Lewis's affection in "The Nutty Professor," has died. Other notable roles include "Slaughter," with Jim Brown, the Sam Peckinpah television film "The Battle of Cable Hogue" and "The Poseidon Adventure" in which she played Linda Rogo, Ernest Borgnine's character's wife. A former Playboy centerfold from January 1960, Stevens was modeling in her hometown of Memphis when she was discovered and given a screen test by 20th Century Fox. Never push anything and hope that everything will be perfect. Stella Stevens, a prominent leading lady in 1960s and 70s comedies perhaps best known for playing the object of Jerry Lewiss affection in The Nutty Professor, has died. I said then that I never wanted to quit. 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Photo by John Springer Collection/Corbis via Getty Images - Image courtesy gettyimages.com. How did this all start for you? If anyone would have given me a job to direct, I think I could have done it. Stellas character Robin was an immature singer who is fighting the sweetheart Laurel (played by Laurel Goodwin) for Elviss love. Born Estelle Caro Eggleston in Yazoo City, Mississippi in 1938, she Doctor Jerry and Mister Love. She starred alongside the likes of Elvis Presley and Jerry Lewis. But she wanted to direct and write, and she felt held back by industry sexism. Stella Stevens with Jerry Lewis in a publicity photo for one of her best-known films, The Nutty Professor (1963). Photofest Her son told the Hollywood Reporter she had been in a hospice for some time with Alzheimer's disease. Stella Stevens, the stunning actress who rejected her label as a sex symbol, died Friday. Titles The Nutty Professor. Girls! Stella Stevens, a prominent leading lady in 1960s and 70s comedies perhaps best known for playing the object of Jerry Lewis's affection in "The Nutty Professor," has died. Since I wasnt too fond of the film myself, I asked him why he did this kind of movies. I want to be like this man. Stella Stevens, a prominent leading lady in 1960s and 70s comedies perhaps best known for playing the object of Jerry Lewiss affection in The Nutty Born Estelle Caro Eggleston in Yazoo City, Mississippi in 1938, she I almost begged him to make a movie where I could work with her, but it didnt happen. His brother, Bruce - former guitarist for the US band Kiss - tweeted: "Legendary actress Stella Stevens, my brother's longtime partner, passed away this morning from a long illness. Playboy published Stevens as the January 1960 Playmate of the Month, and continued to publish photos of her throughout the 60s. WebFind many great new & used options and get the best deals for Jerry Lewis as The Hutty Professor movie ad 1963 Stella Stevens LK at the best online prices at eBay! Stevens estate said (1997) DIR Lewis Teague PROD Skip Ward, Ira Marvin TELEPLAY Gy Waldron CAM Larry Lindsey, Barry M. Wilson ED Russell Livingstone MUS Steve Wariner CAST Tom Wopat, John Schneider, Catherine Bach, Denver Pyle, James Best, Ben Jones, Stella Stevens (Josephine Max), THE CHRISTMAS LIST (1997) DIR Charles Jarrot PROD James Shavick, Rosanne Milliken TELEPLAY Marie Weiss CAM Henry Chan ED Mark Lemmon, Garry M.B. Plus, I was offered a movie with Montgomery Clift if I did this one, so that was the only reason for me to go through with it. How important has that film been in your career? She is also remembered for her role in action movie The Poseidon Adventure. It was a very exciting time. 2023 Deadline Hollywood, LLC. I saw (Bob Hope) at 83 cracking jokes and having fun. Hollywood actress Stella Stevens, who co-starred with Elvis Presley in Girls! She went on to play Jerry Lewis dream girl in The Nutty Professor which was inducted into the National Film Registry in 2004 and the lippy wife of Ernest Borgnine in The Poseidon Adventure, the star-packed pic about the wreck of a luxury liner that was among the biggest hits of 1972 and helped fuel that decades disaster-movie trend. In an interview in 1994, Stevens said that she worried that she didnt succeed in bringing out the best in her directors and that her ambitions changed. Send us a tip using our annonymous form. THE NUTTY PROFESSOR (1963) DIR Jerry Lewis PROD Ernest D. Glucksman SCR Jerry Lewis, Bill Richmond CAM W. Wallace Kelley ED John This site is protected by reCAPTCHA Enterprise and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. She was the OG of strong Hollywood women.. Jerry Lewis had told the bosses at Paramount he wanted to cast the most beautiful ingnue working at the studio or something like that and so I got the gig, she said. When I first read the script, I noticed that I died six pages before the end, and I told my agent, You know, the actress who plays the fat lady in the movie will get an Oscar nomination. The role went to Shelley Winters, and she got an Academy Award nomination. Bobby was a very fine actor, but as you can imagine, he was no Montgomery Clift, she said. It was a very exciting time.". Maria Calabrese, founder of Green Life Media and Stevens manager and friend, remembered the actress as one of the most wonderful and gifted people and the OG of strong Hollywood women., It was an honor and a privilege to work with Stella, who was one of the most wonderful and gifted people I have ever worked with, Calabrese wrote in a statement to Deadline. Stevens worked in television, too, on series such as Murder She Wrote and Magnum, P.I. ", Chicago Mayor Lightfoot ousted; Vallas, Johnson in runoff, King asks Duke and Duchess of Sussex to move out of Frogmore so Prince Andrew can move in, Biden Mocks Marjorie Taylor Greene With 1 Simple Hand Gesture, A Nebraska high-school cheerleader competed on her own after the rest of her squad quit. Stevens died from Alzheimers disease at a long-term care A Golden Globe winner as Most Promising Newcomer for her screen debut in Frank Tashlins 1959 romantic comedy Say One For Mealong with Tuesday Weld, Angie Dickinson, and Janet Munroactress Stella Stevens (b. Delivered every Thursday. Like several of his contemporaries, such as John Schlesinger or Sydney Pollack, John Cassavetes was known for his character-driven stories about people and relationships. Elvis was not the only singing superstar Stevens had the pleasure to work with in a film. It turned into John Cassavetes' "Too Late Blues," with Bobby Darrin. "She is finally reunited with Bob today. He had me doing a lot of layouts with photographersindoors, outdoors, here and therebeing seen in different places, going to the best restaurants, meeting with wonderful actors and directors those were the golden years of Hollywood. He pondered and said, Dont knock success, Stella. And the film with Montgomery Clift I was promised to do, that turned out to be Too Late Blueswith Bobby Darin [and directed by John Cassavetes]. mediafunhouse 1.9K subscribers Subscribe 1K 430K views 16 years ago For more clips like this, and a Stella Stevens, a prominent leading lady in 1960s and '70s comedies who is perhaps best known for playing the object of Jerry Lewis affection in The Nutty Professor, has died. ", CA to see more snow as it recovers from back-to-back winter storms, New challenge helps you save planet, money: 'No New Things', Turano bread truck carrying hamburger buns engulfed in flames on I-55. Do you think it affected the film? Stella Stevens, a prominent leading lady in 1960s and 70s comedies perhaps best known for playing the object of Jerry Lewiss affection in The Nutty Professor, has died. Actress Stella Stevens appears at a Sterns Department Store in New York on Jan. 8, 1968. I want to be like this man. Girls! Girls! Photo by John Springer Collection/Corbis via Getty Images - Image courtesy gettyimages.com. By subscribing, I agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. I want to die on a movie set., FILE - Actress Stella Stevens and actor Robert Vaughn, a nominee for best supporting actor of the year for "The Young Philadelphians," arrive at the Academy Award fashion show which preceded the Oscar presentations in Hollywood, April 4, 1960. and with Jerry Lewis in The Nutty Professor, has died at the age of 84, family members say. But if Im correct, directing has always been a passion of yours. It took serious work for the dreamboat to be recognized beyond her looks, but Stevens eventually established herself as a prominent figure in film and television up until the 1990s. Next came The Nutty Professor as Lewis student, Stella Purdy, who he is infatuated with. She was 84. SAY ONE FOR ME (1959) DIR PROD Frank Tashlin SCR Robert OBrien CAM Leo Tover ED Hugh S. Fowler CAST Bing Crosby, Debbie Reynolds, Robert Wagner, Ray Walston, Les Tremayne, Connie Gilchrist, Frank McHugh, Stella Stevens (Chorine), Sebastian Cabot, THE BLUE ANGEL (1959) DIR Edward Dmytryk PROD Jack Cummings SCR Nigel Balchin (screenplay DER BLAUE ENGEL [1930] by Robert Liebman, Carl Zuckmayer, Karl Vollmller; novel by Heinrich Mann) CAM Leon Shamroy ED Jack W. Holmes MUS Hugo Friedhofer CAST Curt Jurgens, May Britt, Theodore Bikel, John Banner, Fabrizio Mioni, Ludwig Stssel, Stella Stevens (Chorus Girl, uncredited), LIL ABNER (1959) DIR Melvin Frank PROD Norman Panama SCR Melvin Frank, Norman Panama (comic strip by Al Capp) CAM Daniel L. Flapp ED Arthur P. Schmidt MUS Nelson Riddle, Joseph J. Lilley CAST Peter Palmer, Leslie Parrish, Stubby Kaye, Howard St. John, Julie Newmar, Stella Stevens (Appassionata Von Climax), Billie Hayes, Robert Strauss, MAN-TRAP (1961) DIR Edmond OBrien PROD Edmond OBrien, Stanley Frazen SCR Ed Waters (novel by John D. MacDonald) CAM Loyal Griggs ED Jack Lippiatt MUS Leith Stevens CAST Jeffrey Hunter, David Janssen, Stella Stevens (Nina Jameson), Elaine Devry, Virginia Gregg, Dorothy Green, Frank Albertson, Henry Darrow, TOO LATE BLUES (1961) DIR PROD John Cassavetes SCR John Cassavetes, Richard Carr CAM Lionel Lindon ED Frank Bracht MUS David Raskin CAST Bobby Darin, Stella Stevens (Jess Polanski), Everett Chambers, Nick Dennis, Vince Edwards, Val Avery, Marilyn Clark, Seymour Cassel, John Cassavetes, Don Siegel, June Wilkinson, GIRLS! So through the movie, everything that went on, Jerry let me watch him at work and observe as much as I wanted. What a tremendous body of work and loss. BACK. Next came The Nutty Professor as Lewis student, Stella Purdy, who he is infatuated with. Was Girls! Girls! WebJerry Lewis. I wanted to be like my favorite actresses: Greta Garbo and Marlene Dietrich. Another favorite of mine was George Marshall, who had directed me in Advance to the Rear [1964]. Stella Stevens, a Memphis kid who found international success as a Hollywood sex Stevens also was a popular guest on talk shows, making about a half-dozen appearances on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, along with those hosted by the likes of Merv Griffin, Mike Douglas, Vicki Lawrence, David Frost and Alan Thicke. At Columbia Pictures, shed appear in The Secret of My Success, The Silencers, with Dean Martin, and Where Angels Go Trouble Follows, as a nun opposite Rosalind Russell. She also acted with Dean Martin as a sexy, but ditzy agent in the 1966 film The Silencers and as Bobby Darins love interest in Too Late Blues released in 1961. In one of her most memorable roles, 1963 sci-fi comedy The Nutty Professor, Stevens played a student of Jerry Lewis' socially awkward university lecturer. Stevens also played one half of a newlywed couple on The Poseidon Adventure, a shipwreck movie that became one of the biggest blockbusters of 1972. What about Elvis Presley, did he support you in any way? The Clift picture didnt pan out either, at least with her promised co-star. Stella Stevens, born as Estelle Eggleston in the small town of Yazoo City, Mississippi on October 1st, 1938, was the daughter of insurance salesman Thomas and nurse Dovey Eggleston. During this interview, Ms. Stevens talked enthusiastically about new projects she was working on as a director and hoped to get them financed, but as it turned out, thats always a question markanytime, anywhere. Erik Pedersen contributed to this report. Girls!, died today in Los Angeles after a He once told me, The best way to direct is to pick the right actors for the role and let them do what they want. He thought that typecasting was the best way to go. Get our latest storiesin the feed of your favorite networks. Stevens, a prominent leading lady in 1960s and '70s comedies who is perhaps best known for playing the object of Jerry Lewiss affection in The Nutty Professor, died Friday. May ED Carroll Sax MUS Raoul Kraushaar, Minette Allton CAST Barbara Feldon, Lance Kerwin, Stacey Nelkin, Carmine Caridi, Christopher Ciampa, Olivia Cole, Stella Stevens (Sherry Malik), Fritz Weaver, Billy Dee Williams, TWIRL (1981) DIR Gus Trikonis PROD Gabriel Grunfeld TELEPLAY Bernard M. Kahn (story by Gabriel Grunfeld, Ken Vrana) CAM Gil Hubbs ED John A. Barton, Thomas Fries MUS Jimmie Haskell CAST Stella Stevens (Carolyn Moore), Charles Haid, Erin Moran, Lisa Whelchel, Edd Byrnes, Sharon Spelman, Matthew Tobin, Heather Locklear, WOMEN OF SAN QUENTIN (1983) DIR William A. Graham PROD R.W. Jerry Lewis had told the bosses at Paramount he wanted to cast the most beautiful ingnue working at the studio or something like that and so I got the gig, she said. If he wanted you in his film, he would tell you everything you wanted to hear. I really liked it. Stella Stevens, a prominent leading lady in 1960s and 70s comedies perhaps best known for playing the object of Jerry Lewiss affection in The Nutty Professor, has died. She was an amazing animal lover, horse wrangler, rock and roller, so ahead of her time and so much more than a sex symbol which her adoring fans admired her for and understood. Stevens won a Golden Globe for her 1959 film debut as a chorus girl in Say One for Me, which also starred Bing Crosby and Debbie Reynolds. We did The Courtship of Eddies Father [1963] together. Girls!, died today in Los Angeles after a long battle with Alzheimers disease. Just relax, let it come out, and it would look fine on screen, he told me. Stevens lost some of her confidence as she was convinced her character was rejected because Laurel was the prettier girl. She was 84. Stevens modelled for Playboy multiple times and was Playmate of the Month in January 1960. Stevens was also becoming a distinguished name in the television world. But for me, Jerry Lewis was very important when we were shooting The Nutty Professor. When we started working on that film, I told Jerry that Frank Tashlin had been teaching me how to be a director. Titles The Nutty Professor. All Rights Reserved. Stella Stevens was married to Noble Herman Stephens. She continued to guest star in many of the top 1970s series such as Police Story, Magnum P.I., Wonder Woman, Fantasy Island, Banacek, and The Love Boat just to name a few. Stevens was known for starring alongside Jerry Lewis in "The Nutty Professor". Fortunately for me, it was only six days work. Her friend and manager, Maria Calabrese, said: "It was an honour and a privilege to have worked with Stella, who was one of the most wonderful and gifted people.". Famed for her appearances in The Nutty Professor (with Jerry Lewis), Girls! She also directed several films, the documentary An American Heroine, which never got distribution, and The Ranch. She retired in 2010. Girls! Born Estelle Caro Eggleston in Yazoo City, Mississippi in 1938, she married at 16 and gave birth to her first and only child, actor/producer Andrew Stevens in 1955 when she was 17, and divorced two years later. She was 84. So thats three classics [laughs]. A female figure from westerns. She was 84. Girls!" But in spite of that rough start, I did OK.. Her many other film credits include The Silencers, The Ballad of Cable Hogue, Sol Madrid, Where Angels Go Trouble Follows! She also guested on specials with Crosby, Bob Hope and others. Stevens estate said Stella Stevens was married to Noble Herman Stephens. She was photographed wherever she went and rapidly became an icon known as one of the most photographed women in the world. Her candid photographs were so impressive that she began professionally modeling to coincide with her acting career. Was he one of your favorite co-stars? With The Nutty Professor (1963) as a major highlight of her long career, the 78-year-old blonde kept on acting for many years in supporting roles and various genres. I was a divorced mom with a toddler by the time I was 17. He was a writer-director, and thats who I liked to work witha writer-director. I was under contract to Paramount in those days. Next came "The Nutty Professor" as Lewis' student, Stella Purdy, who he is infatuated with. and with Jerry Lewis in The Nutty Professor, has died at the age of 84, family Stella Stevens, a prominent leading lady in 1960s and 70s comedies perhaps best known for playing the object of Jerry Lewiss affection in The Nutty I do; the first director I worked with was Frank Tashlin [Say One For Me]. Girls! and with Jerry Lewis in The Nutty Professor as well as in disaster film The Poseidon Adventure, died Friday in Los Angeles. and with Jerry Lewis in The Nutty Professor, has died at the age of 84, family members say. Girls! Actress Stella Stevens and son, Andy, at the Memphis airport in June 1961. She was 84. Stella Stevens, a prominent leading lady in 1960s and 70s comedies perhaps best known for playing the object of Jerry Lewiss affection in The Nutty Professor, has died. Fortunately for Stevens, the torment only lasted for the short six days she needed to be there. Girls! She started acting and modeling during her time at Memphis State University and made her film debut in a minor role in the Bing Crosby musical Say One for Me in 1959, but she considered Lil Abner her big break. The head of publicity at Paramount basically made me a worldwide sex symbol, Stevens told FilmTalk in 2017. 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