Stella Stevens, ‘Poseidon Adventure’ actor and Elvis Presley co-star, dead at 84
nypost.cominterested in acting and modeling while studying at Memphis State College. After taking part in a collegiate play, Stevens made her film debut in “Say One for Me” in 1959, which won her the Golden Globe for New Star of the Year – Actress in 1960.Stevens also appeared in three Playboy pictorials and was Playmate of the Month for January 1960 — a job she later regretted. “I did the best I could with the tools I had and the opportunities given me,” she was once quoted saying, according to Deadline. “I was a divorced mom with a toddler by the time I was 17, and Playboydid as much harm as it helped.
But in spite of that rough start, I did OK.”She would star opposite many big-name actors in movies, including Presley, which she later admitted that she didn’t want to do. “‘Girls!
Girls! Girls!’ was not a good experience,” she said in a 2004 interview with Bright Lights. “I was sent the script by Paramount to read.
And I thought, “Hm, he’s from Memphis, and so am I. That’s a good idea to put us together.’ So I read the script. I wound up throwing it across the room!
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