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Inger Stevens
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Inger Stevens
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1934-10-18,Stockholm, Sweden
Gender
Female
Biography
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.

Filmography

6.288

Cry Terror!
1958-05-02

6.1

Madigan
1968-03-29

The World, the Flesh and the Devil

6.3

The World, the Flesh and the Devil
1959-05-01

4.7

House of Cards
1968-09-16

6.836

Hang 'em High
1968-04-12

A Guide for the Married Man

5.8

A Guide for the Married Man
1967-05-25

The Borgia Stick

7.8

The Borgia Stick
1967-02-25

6.439

The Buccaneer
1958-12-11

6.326

Firecreek
1968-01-24

A Time for Killing

4.561

A Time for Killing
1967-08-01

5.8

Man on Fire
1957-08-22

Run, Simon, Run

4.7

Run, Simon, Run
1970-12-01

The New Interns

4

The New Interns
1964-06-01

6.2

5 Card Stud
1968-07-28

The Mask of Sheba

0

The Mask of Sheba
1970-03-09

0

Eloise
1956-11-22

A Dream of Kings

5

A Dream of Kings
1969-12-15

6.3

Route 66
1960-10-07

The Merv Griffin Show

6.2

The Merv Griffin Show
1962-10-01

5

Studio One
1948-11-07

5.2

Hawaiian Eye
1959-10-07

The Twilight Zone

8.464

The Twilight Zone
1959-10-02

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

7.764

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955-10-02

6

Sam Benedict
1962-09-15

The Millionaire

5

The Millionaire
1955-01-19

The Farmer's Daughter

5

The Farmer's Daughter
1963-09-20

5.5

The Aquanauts
1960-09-14

3.3

Climax!
1954-10-07

Armstrong Circle Theatre

3

Armstrong Circle Theatre
1950-06-06

Adventures in Paradise

5.7

Adventures in Paradise
1959-10-05

Matinee Theater

5

Matinee Theater
1955-10-31

6.125

The Detectives
1959-10-16

Robert Montgomery Presents

5.6

Robert Montgomery Presents
1950-01-30

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

6

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956-10-05

The Twilight Zone

8.464

The Twilight Zone
1959-10-02

The Ed Sullivan Show

6.8

The Ed Sullivan Show
1948-06-20

7.504

Bonanza
1959-09-12

5

Studio One
1948-11-07

5

Studio One
1948-11-07

The Dick Powell Show

5.5

The Dick Powell Show
1961-09-26

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

7.8

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962-09-20

The Danny Kaye Show

6.3

The Danny Kaye Show
1963-09-25