Stella Stevens

**Stella Stevens** (an haife ta a **Estelle Caro Eggleston** ; 1 ga Oktoba, 1938 - 17 ga Fabrairu, 2023) 'yar wasan kwaikwayo ce 'yar Amurka. Ita ce mahaifiyar jarumi Andrew Stevens .

Stevens ta fara aikinta na wasan kwaikwayo a shekarar 1959 a cikin fim ɗin *Say One for Me*, inda ta lashe kyautar Golden Globe Award don "New Star of the Year - Actress".  Ta fito a cikin fina-finai uku na Playboy Pictorials kuma an nada ta a matsayin *Playmate of the Month* na Janairu 1960.

Ta fito a fina-finai kamar su 'Yan mata! 'Yan mata! 'Yan mata! (1962), Farfesan Nutty (1963), Yadda Ake Ceton Aure Da Kuma Rusa Rayuwarka (1968) da kuma The Poseidon Adventure (1972) sannan ta fito a shirye-shiryen talabijin da dama. Stevens ya kuma yi aiki a matsayin furodusa, darakta, da kuma marubuci

## Rayuwar farko
An haifi Estelle Caro Eggleston a ranar 1 ga Oktoba, 1938,   a Yazoo City, Mississippi,  ita ce kaɗai 'ya ga Thomas Ellett Eggleston, wani mai sayar da inshora, da matarsa, Estelle (née Caro) Eggleston, wata ma'aikaciyar jinya wadda wani lokacin ake kiranta da laƙabi "Dovey".    Ɗaya daga cikin ƙakanin kakanni na Estelle Eggleston shine Henry Clay Tyler, wani mazaunin farko daga Boston kuma mai yin kayan ado wanda ya ba wa kotun Yazoo City cupola agogo. 

Lokacin da Stella Stevens ke da shekaru huɗu, iyayenta sun ƙaura zuwa Memphis, Tennessee ; suna zaune a kan titin Carrington, kusa da titin Highland, a cikin birnin.  Ta halarci Makarantar Katolika ta St. Anne wacce ke kan titin Highland da Makarantar Sacred Heart da ke kan titin Jefferson ta kammala karatun sakandare a shekarar 1955 a Makarantar Maraice ta Memphis a Makarantar Fasaha ta Memphis .  

Tana da shekaru 16, ta auri Noble Herman Stephens, ma'aikacin wutar lantarki, a ranar 3 ga Disamba, 1954, a Holly Springs, Mississippi . Sun ƙaura zuwa Memphis, inda aka haifi ɗansu tilo, Herman Andrew Stephens (daga baya Andrew Stevens) a ranar 10 ga Yuni, 1955. Ma'auratan sun rabu a shekarar 1957.

A lokacin da take karatu a Jami'ar Jihar Memphis, Stella ta fara sha'awar yin wasan kwaikwayo da kuma yin tallan kayan kawa. A cewar tarihin rayuwarta na hukuma, "Karatunta a Memphis ya haɗa da 'yan shekaru a Jami'ar Jihar Memphis, inda aka lura da ita a wasan kwaikwayo na Bus Stop . Sharhin Memphis Press-Scimitar game da wannan wasan kwaikwayo a Memphis ya jawo hankalinta."

## Aikin fim

Stevens tana yin tallan kayan kawa da aiki a shagon Goldsmith da ke Memphis lokacin da ta sanya hannu kan kwangila da 20th Century-Fox a shekarar 1958 tare da Buddy Adler da Dick Powell suna tunanin ta a wani fim da ya dogara da rayuwar Jean Harlow .  Ta fara yin fim ɗinta a cikin *Say One for Me* (1959), wani ƙaramin waƙar kiɗa da Bing Crosby ya shirya kuma ya fito a cikin ƙaramin rawar 'yar mawaƙa.  An dakatar da kwangilar Stevens da Fox bayan watanni shida.  Bayan ta lashe rawar Appassionata Von Climax a cikin waƙar *Li'l Abner* (1959), ta sanya hannu kan kwangila da Paramount Pictures (1959-1963).  A shekarar 1960, ta lashe kyautar Golden Globe Award don Sabuwar Tauraruwar Shekara - Jaruma saboda rawar da ta taka a cikin *Say One for Me*, tare da raba fifiko tare da sauran masu tasowa Tuesday Weld, Angie Dickinson, da Janet Munro . 

A shekarar 1961, ta fito a fim tare da Bobby Darin a cikin fim ɗin John Cassavetes mai suna *Too Late Blues*, kuma a shekarar 1962, ta fito a fim ɗin Elvis Presley mai suna *<nowiki/>'Girls! Girls! Girls!*' .

A shekarar 1963 ta fito a fina-finan barkwanci guda biyu masu nasara: *Farfesan Nutty* wanda ya fito a fim ɗin barkwanci Jerry Lewis, inda ta fito a matsayin ɗalibarsa kuma mai sha'awar soyayya Stella Purdy, da kuma a fim ɗin Vincente Minnelli mai suna *The Courtship of Eddie's Father*, inda ta fito a matsayin sarauniyar kyau ta "Miss Montana".

A shekarar 1964, ta sanya hannu kan kwantiragin shekaru huɗu da Columbia Pictures .  Bayan fitowarta a cikin *Synanon* (1965) da *The Secret of My Success* (1965), Stevens ta fito a matsayin wakilin gwamnati mai ban sha'awa amma mai rikitarwa tare da Dean Martin a cikin fim ɗin Matt Helm mai suna *The Silencers* (1966). Fim ɗinta na ƙarshe a Columbia shine *Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows* (1968) inda ta taka rawar wata matashiya mai suna Sister George, "wadda ke fahimtar kuma tana tausaya wa ɗaliban da suka yi tawaye" a makarantar kwana ta 'yan mata ta Katolika. 

A shekarar 1970, Stevens ta fito a fim tare da Jason Robards a cikin fim ɗin Sam Peckinpah mai suna *The Ballad of Cable Hogue*, wanda ta sami ra'ayoyi masu kyau. A cikin sharhinsa a cikin *[[New York Times|jaridar The New York Times]]*, Roger Greenspun ya rubuta, "Amma Stella Stevens ce, a ƙarshe a cikin rawar da ta dace da ita, wacce ta fi tallafawa da kuma wayar da kan aikin."  A shekarar 1972, ta yi tare da Jim Brown a cikin fim ɗin blaxploitation mai suna , daga baya a cikin shekarar, inda ta fito a cikin fim ɗin bala'i mai nasara mai suna *The Poseidon Adventure*, wanda ya fito a cikin fim ɗin Gene Hackman, Ernest Borgnine, Roddy McDowall, Red Buttons, Arthur O'Connell da Shelley Winters . Stevens ta taka rawar Linda Rogo, tsohuwar matar karuwa mai "fahimta" a cikin halayen Borgnine.  A shekarar 1986, ta fito a cikin *fim ɗin Monster in the Closet* .

Duk da cewa ta ci gaba da fitowa a fina-finan fina-finai tsawon shekaru arba'in masu zuwa, Stevens ta mayar da hankali kan ayyukanta zuwa shirye-shiryen talabijin, shirye-shiryen talabijin, da kuma shirye-shiryen talabijin.

## Aikin talabijin

Stevens ta fito a cikin manyan shirye-shiryen talabijin da dama a shekarun 1960, ciki har da *Alfred Hitchcock Presents* (1960), *General Electric Theater* (1960, 1961), da kuma *Ben Casey* (1964). Ɗaya daga cikin farkon fitowarta a talabijin ita ce a cikin wani shiri na *Bonanza* na 1960, "Silent Thunder"; ta taka rawar rashin kunya .

A farkon shekarun 1970, ta fara aiki akai-akai a shirye-shiryen talabijin, ƙananan shirye-shirye, da fina-finai. Ta fito a shirye-shiryen shirye-shiryen da suka shahara kamar *Ghost Story (jerin talabijin)* (1972), *Banacek* (1973) da *Police Story* (1975), da kuma fina-finan gwaji na *Wonder Woman* (1975), *[[The Love Boat]]* (1977), da *Hart to Hart* (1979). A shekarar 1979, ta fito tare da ɗanta Andrew Stevens a cikin shirin *The Oregon Trail* (1977) mai suna "Hannah's Girl".