Who is Stella Caro Stevens?

Stella Caro Stevens is an American pin-up girl, movie producer, director, television and stage actress, author, and comedienne who started her career in the 1950s, the coming of age decade.

She and her band The Skip-Jacks sang theme songs for programs like The Flintstones’ and The Patty Duke Show.

Stella also appeared in Playboy in 1960, and she still remains the most photographed woman in the world.

In 1999, she co-wrote the novel Razzle Dazzle, about a Memphis-born singer. With Elvis Presley, Stella acted in the iconic movie Girls! Girls! Girls!

Stella Caro Stevens: Age, Parents, Ethnicity, Education

Stella a native of Hot Coffee, Mississippi was born Estelle Eggleston on October 1, 1938, in Yazoo City, Mississippi. Her ethnicity is Caucasian.

She is the only child of Thomas Ellet Eggleston, an insurance salesman, and Dovey Caro Estelle, a nurse.

Stella Caro Stevens attended St. Annie’s Catholic School on Highland Street and Sacred Heart School on Jefferson Avenue. She is an alumnus of the University of Memphis.

This college sparked her interest in acting and modeling when The Memphis Press-Scimitar reviewed her school play Bus Stop and launched her career.

Stella Caro Stevens: Professional Life, Career

Stella Caro Stevens’s career spanned 4 decades. She debuted as a chorus girl in the musical Say One for Me (1950), produced and starred by Bing Crosby, then under contract with Paramount Pictures.

What movies starred Stella Stevens?

The late 50s and 60s, saw her famously photographed in Ektachrome and featured as Playboy Magazine’s 100 Sexiest Stars of the 20^th Century.

In 1963, one of the successful comedy movies Stella appeared in was Jerry Lewis’ The Nutty Professor. Here’s the link to the song “Pretty Blue Eyes” from the movie.

Stella’s contract in 1964 with Columbia was followed by the movie, The Poseidon Adventure.

Her television series too are of note namely Alfred Hitchcock Presents and Silent Thunder, a critically acclaimed 1960 episode of Bonanza.

Stella Caro Stevens also performed as Sally Mestin in ‘Funeral at Fifty-Mile’, of the 1985 episode of Murder, She Wrote, a prime-time detective series. And in 1996, she played the Hotel Keeper in two episodes of In Cold Blood.

Stella produced two movies- The American Heroine and The Ranch.

Awards, Net Worth

In 1960, Stella was awarded the  Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year- Female, for her acting in the 1959 movie, Say One For Me.

Today her net worth is valued at $10 million as of 2022. For her last movie in the ’90s, Stella Caro earned $27,000 US.

Body Dimensions: Height, Weight

Stella Caro Stevens has pretty blue eyes and platinum hair. Her body stats are slim with a 37-22-36 inches figure.

She weighs 54kg, has a height of 5.5 ft./165cm, and her shoe size is 8 US.

Social Media

Stella Caro Stevens has over 45k views on youtube, 47k followers on Twitter, 1541 posts on Instagram, and 6.7k followers on Facebook.

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