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Inger Stevens

Name in Native Language: "Ingeborg Stensland" (Swedish/SV)
Stage Actress / Television Actress / Film Actress | * 10/18/1934 († 35, 04/30/1970) | Stockholm (Sweden)
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Inger Stevens (born Ingrid Stensland; October 18, 1934 – April 30, 1970) was a Swedish-American film, stage and Golden Globe-winning television actress. ()

Inger Stevens (born Ingrid Stensland; October 18, 1934 – April 30, 1970)[1] was a Swedish–American film, television, and stage actress.Stevens was born in Stockholm, Sweden, the eldest child of Per Gustaf and Lisbet Stensland. When she was six years old, her mother abandoned the family (taking her youngest son Peter with her). Soon afterwards Stevens' father moved to the United States, leaving Stevens and her brother, Ola, in the custody of the family maid—and then later with an aunt in Lidingö, near Stockholm. In 1944, she and her brother moved to the United States and lived with their father and his new wife in New York City where he was teaching at Columbia University. At age 13, Stevens moved with her family to Manhattan, Kansas, where her father taught at Kansas State University. Stevens attended Manhattan High School.At 16, she ran away from home to Kansas City, and worked in burlesque shows. At 18, she left Kansas City to return to New York City, where she worked as a chorus girl and in the Garment District while taking classes at the Actors Studio.Stevens appeared on television series, in commercials, and in plays until she received her big break in the film Man on Fire, starring Bing Crosby.Roles in major films followed, including a starring role opposite Harry Belafonte in 1959's The World, the Flesh and the Devil, but she achieved her greatest success in the television series The Farmer's Daughter (1963–1966), with William Windom. Previously, Stevens had appeared in episodes of Bonanza, Route 66, The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, The Eleventh Hour, Sam Benedict The Aquanuts (1960 TV series) and The Twilight Zone.Following the cancellation of The Farmer's Daughter in 1966, Stevens appeared in several films: A Guide for the Married Man (1967), with Walter Matthau; Hang 'em High, with Clint Eastwood; 5 Card Stud, with Dean Martin and Robert Mitchum; and Madigan with Henry Fonda and Richard Widmark. At the time of her death, Stevens was attempting to revive her television career with the detective drama series The Most Deadly Game.Her first husband was her agent Anthony Soglio, to whom she was married from 1955 to 1957.In January 1966, she was appointed to the Advisory Board of the UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute by then-California governor Edmund G. "Pat" Brown. She also was named Chairman of the California Council for Retarded Children. Her aunt was Karin Stensland Junker, author of The Child in the Glass Ball.On the morning of April 30, 1970, Stevens's sometime roommate and companion, Lola McNally, found her on the kitchen floor of her Hollywood Hills home. According to McNally, when she called Stevens's name, she opened her eyes, lifted her head, and tried to speak, but was unable to make any sound. McNally told police that she had spoken to Stevens the previous night and had seen no sign of trouble. Stevens died in the ambulance on the way to the hospital. On arrival, medics removed a small bandage from her chin that revealed a small amount of fresh blood oozing from a cut that appeared to have been a few hours old. Los Angeles County Coroner Dr. Thomas Noguchi attributed Stevens's death to "acute barbiturate poisoning" that was eventually ruled a suicide.

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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Crime | Thriller

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Movies with Inger Stevens as Actress(16)

as Carroll Rennard1970 Run, Simon, Run
as Anna1969 A Dream of Kings
as Rachel Warren1968 Hang 'em High
as Lily Langford1968 5 Card Stud
as Evelyn Pittman1968 Firecreek
as Anne de Villemont1968 House of Cards
as Julia Madigan1968 Madigan
as Eve Harrison1967 The Borgia Stick
as Ruth Manning1967 A Guide for the Married Man
as Emily Biddle1967 A Time for Killing
as Nancy Terman1964 The New Interns
as Joan Molner1958 Cry Terror!
as Annette Claiborne1958 The Buccaneer
as Nina Wylie1957 Man on Fire
as Joanna1956 Eloise

TV Shows/Series with Inger Stevens as Actress(25)

as herself1963 The Danny Kaye Show
as Katy Holstrum1963 The Farmer's Daughter
as Karen Wilson1962 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as herself1962 The Merv Griffin Show
as Anna Beza1961 The Dick Powell Show
as Margot Allison1960 The Aquanauts
as Emily Pennington1959 Bonanza
as Dr. Britta Sjostrom1959 Adventures in Paradise
as Nan Adams1959 The Twilight Zone
as Jana1959 The Twilight Zone
as Laura Ross1955 Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Betty Perkins1955 The Millionaire
as Marge1954 Climax!
as Self on stage and in film clip1948 The Ed Sullivan Show
as Sue Ellen1948 Studio One
as Mary1948 Studio One
as Lucy Henderson1948 Studio One

Full Name: Ingeborg Stensland
Born: Thursday, 10/18 1934 (October) in Stockholm (Sweden)
Died: Thursday, 04/30 1970 (April) in Los Angeles (aged: 35)
Zodiac sign: Libra (Chinese zodiac sign: Dog)
Languages: English (EN), Swedish (SV, native language)
Spouses (current/former): Ike Jones
Inger Stevens frequently works together with these people:
Vaughn Taylor (30x, Actor)
Harry Townes (27x, Actor)
Everett Sloane (24x, Actor)
Charlton Heston (21x, Actor)
Raymond Bailey (20x, Actor)
Edward Andrews (19x, Actor)
Robert H. Harris (19x, Actor)
John Newland (19x, Crew)
John Forsythe (18x, Actor)
J. Pat O'Malley (18x, Actor)
Skip Homeier (18x, Actor)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:214256, Added: 07/26/2018, Last updated: 03/11/2024