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Inger Stevens

Inger Stevens

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.

Personal information

Birthday

1934-10-18

Birth Place

Stockholm, Sweden

Movies and TV shows :

5 Card Stud

5 Card Stud

1968

6.2

Movie
A Dream of Kings

A Dream of Kings

1969

5.0

Movie
A Guide for the Married Man

A Guide for the Married Man

1967

5.9

Movie
A Time for Killing

A Time for Killing

1967

4.4

Movie
poster

Adventures in Paradise

1959

5.7

TV
poster

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955

7.7

TV
poster

Armstrong Circle Theatre

1950

3.0

TV
poster

Bonanza

1959

7.5

TV
poster

Climax!

1954

3.0

TV
Cry Terror!

Cry Terror!

1958

6.2

Movie
poster

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

1956

5.5

TV
Eloise

Eloise

1956

0.0

Movie
Firecreek

Firecreek

1968

6.4

Movie
Hang 'em High

Hang 'em High

1968

6.8

Movie
poster

Hawaiian Eye

1959

5.2

TV
House of Cards

House of Cards

1968

4.9

Movie
Madigan

Madigan

1968

6.1

Movie
Man on Fire

Man on Fire

1957

5.8

Movie
poster

Matinee Theater

1955

4.6

TV
poster

Robert Montgomery Presents

1950

5.2

TV
poster

Route 66

1960

6.4

TV
Run, Simon, Run

Run, Simon, Run

1970

5.2

Movie
poster

Sam Benedict

1962

6.0

TV
poster

Studio One

1948

4.7

TV
poster

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

1962

7.8

TV
poster

The Aquanauts

1960

5.5

TV
The Borgia Stick

The Borgia Stick

1967

7.8

Movie
The Buccaneer

The Buccaneer

1958

6.4

Movie
poster

The Danny Kaye Show

1963

6.3

TV
poster

The Detectives

1959

5.6

TV
poster

The Dick Powell Show

1961

5.0

TV
poster

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948

6.6

TV
poster

The Farmer's Daughter

1963

5.0

TV
The Mask of Sheba

The Mask of Sheba

1970

0.0

Movie
poster

The Merv Griffin Show

1962

5.6

TV
poster

The Millionaire

1955

5.0

TV
The New Interns

The New Interns

1964

5.0

Movie
poster

The Twilight Zone

1959

8.4

TV
The World, the Flesh and the Devil

The World, the Flesh and the Devil

1959

6.3

Movie