![]() Later that year, she portrayed Jerry Lewis's love interest in The Nutty Professor. In 1962, Stevens starred opposite Elvis Presley in Girls! Girls! Girls!. During the 1960s, she was one of the ten most photographed women in the world. Stevens was in the 100 sexiest stars of the 20th Century (#27). In 1960, Stevens was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for January (and had featured pictorials in 19). She shared the 1960 Golden Globe Award for "Most Promising Newcomer - Female", with Tuesday Weld, Angie Dickinson and Janet Munro for Say One For Me. After winning the role of "Appassionata Von Climax" for the musical Li'l Abner (1959), she signed a contract with Paramount Pictures (1959-1963) and later Columbia Pictures (1964-1968). Stevens was first under contract to 20th Century Fox, then dropped after six months. She and Herman Stephens divorced three years later, although she and her son retained a variation of his surname as their own professional surnames. She married electrician Noble Herman Stephens on December 1, 1954, probably in Memphis, Tennessee, with whom she had her only child, actor/producer Andrew Stevens. Stevens was born in Yazoo City, Mississippi, the only child of Dovey Estelle (née Caro) and Thomas Ellett Eggleston. She is a film producer, director and pin-up girl. ![]() Stella Stevens (born Octoas Estelle Caro Eggleston) is an American film, television and stage actress, who began her acting career in 1959. ![]()
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