Connie Stevens was born on Concetta Rosalie Ann Ingolia; August 8,1938 and is an American actress and singer.
43 Facts About Connie Stevens
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In 1953, at age 15, Connie Stevens relocated with her father to Los Angeles, California.
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Connie Stevens began her career in 1957, making her feature film debut in Young and Dangerous, before releasing her debut album, Concetta, the following year.
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Connie Stevens subsequently had a supporting role in the musical comedy Rock-A-Bye Baby opposite Jerry Lewis, followed by the drama film The Party Crashers opposite Frances Farmer.
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Connie Stevens gained widespread recognition for her portrayal of "Cricket" Blake on the network television series Hawaiian Eye, beginning in 1959.
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Connie Stevens garnered concurrent musical success when her single "Sixteen Reasons" became a radio hit, peaking at number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and the UK Singles Chart in 1960.
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Connie Stevens has appeared in film and television throughout the 1970s and 1980s, as well as performing as a musical nightclub act.
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In 2009, Stevens made her directorial debut with the feature film Saving Grace B Jones, which she wrote and produced, based partly on elements of her own childhood.
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Connie Stevens was born Concetta Rosalie Ann Ingolia in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, United States, the daughter of musician Peter Ingolia and singer Eleanor McGinley.
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Connie Stevens adopted her father's stage name of Stevens as her own.
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Connie Stevens's parents divorced and she lived with her grandparents and attended Catholic boarding schools.
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Connie Stevens moved to Los Angeles with her father in 1953.
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Connie Stevens was in Eighteen and Anxious ; and an episode of The Bob Cummings Show.
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In December 1957 Connie Stevens signed a seven-year contract with Paramount starting at $600 a week going up to $1,500 a week.
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Connie Stevens made another film with Damon, The Party Crashers, before Paramount dropped her.
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Connie Stevens appeared opposite James Garner in an episode of the TV Western series Maverick titled "Two Tickets to Ten Strike," which featured Adam West.
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Connie Stevens starred in three films for the studio, all opposite Troy Donahue: Parrish, as a rural girl; Susan Slade, playing the title role, an unwed mother; and Palm Springs Weekend, a teen romantic comedy.
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Connie Stevens performed in Wizard of Oz on stage in Kansas.
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When Hawaiian Eye ended, Connie Stevens guest-starred on Temple Houston and The Red Skelton Show.
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Connie Stevens played the lead in the horror film Two on a Guillotine, for Warners.
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Connie Stevens later starred as Wendy Conway in the television sitcom Wendy and Me with George Burns, who produced the show with Warner Bros.
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Connie Stevens had a percentage of the show, and had three and a half years left on her contract with Warners.
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Connie Stevens had the juvenile lead in Never Too Late, released by Warner Bros.
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Connie Stevens reprised her stage performance of Wizard of Oz at Carousel Theatre, California, then followed it with Any Wednesday, at Melodyland, Anaheim California.
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Connie Stevens had a small role in a TV movie The Littlest Angel.
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Connie Stevens made Mister Jerico for British TV and had a supporting role in The Grissom Gang.
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Connie Stevens turned down the Valerie Perrine role in Lenny because of its nudity.
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Connie Stevens had the lead in a feature Scorchy.
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Connie Stevens guest starred on Fantasy Island, The Love Boat, Hotel, Detective in the House, Murder, She Wrote and Tales from the Darkside.
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Connie Stevens had supporting roles in Rowdies, Back to the Beach, Tapeheads, and Bring Me the Head of Dobie Gillis.
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Connie Stevens was seen numerous times on the Bob Hope USO specials, including his Christmas Show from the Persian Gulf.
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Connie Stevens had a regular role on the sitcom Starting from Scratch.
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In 1997, Connie Stevens wrote, edited, and directed a documentary entitled A Healing, about Red Cross nurses who served during the Vietnam War.
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Connie Stevens co-wrote and directed the thriller Saving Grace B Jones ; it was shot in Boonville and is based on true events that Stevens witnessed there, as a child.
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Connie Stevens was in Double Duty, Just Before I Go, and Search Engines, co-starring daughter Joely Fisher.
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In 1969, Connie Stevens toured with the Bob Hope USO tour to Guam and Southeast Asia.
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In 1991 Connie Stevens received the Lady of Humanities Award from Shriners Hospital and the Humanitarian of the Year Award by the Sons of Italy in Washington, DC.
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Connie Stevens made nightclub appearances and headlined in major Las Vegas showrooms.
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Connie Stevens has a star on the Palm Springs Walk of Stars in Palm Springs, California, a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6249 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California, and a star on the Italian Walk of Fame in Toronto, Ontario.
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On September 23,2005, Connie Stevens was elected secretary-treasurer of the Screen Actors Guild, the union's second-highest elected position.
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Connie Stevens succeeded James Cromwell, who did not seek re-election.
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Connie Stevens was married twice during her twenties: her first husband was actor James Stacy from 1963 until their 1966 divorce, and her second husband was singer Eddie Fisher from 1967 until their 1969 divorce.
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Connie Stevens is the mother of actresses Joely Fisher and Tricia Leigh Fisher, and the former stepmother of Todd Fisher and late actress Carrie Fisher.