5/6/2023 0 Comments Stella stevensThat’s already more than a decade ago we were all quite a bit younger then, and Marvin was still alive and well. Stevens in 2006 when this interview was conducted at her Beverly Hills home. ![]() Hollywood casting agent Marvin Paige, film-wise my partner in crime for many years, had introduced me to Ms. Melvin Frank’s “Li’l Abner” (1959) paved the way for her next films such as John Cassavetes’ “Too Late Blues” co-starring Bobby Darin, “Man-Trap” (both 1961) with Jeffrey Hunter and David Janssen, and then came “Girls! Girls! Girls!” (1962) with Elvis Presley-incidentally, all co-stars mentioned here died prematurely-before she was cast to appear in “The Nutty Professor” (1963). Beginning at 20th Century Fox, she soon moved to Paramount to appear in “Li’l Abner” (1959), where she signed a five-year contract which marked the beginning of her screen career. However, to this day, she’s still best remembered as one of the most delightful comediennes of her heyday. With “The Nutty Professor” (1963) as a major highlight of her long career, the 78-year-old blonde kept on acting for many years in supporting roles and various genres. ![]() ![]() 1938) has always been one of the screen’s most prominent leading ladies of the 1960s and 1970s. A Golden Globe winner as Most Promising Newcomer for her screen debut in Frank Tashlin’s 1959 romantic comedy “Say One For Me”-along with Tuesday Weld, Angie Dickinson, and Janet Munro-actress Stella Stevens (b.
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