Inger Stevens

Inger Stevens

Nacimiento : 1934-10-18, Stockholm, Sweden

Muerte : 1970-04-30

Historia

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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Inger Stevens
Inger Stevens
Inger Stevens

Películas

Run, Simon, Run
Carroll Rennard
A Papago Indian returns to his reservation after a prison term and searches for his brother's killer.
The Mask of Sheba
Sarah Kramer
Intrigue, romance, and the customary angry natives are the major elements in this tale of a hunt for a priceless gold mask in the jungles of Ethiopia.
Sueño de reyes
Anna
A Greek American father of a dying boy decides to take his son to Greece to breathe the clean air of his ancestors, in an attempt to save the boy's life. However, money is a problem.
Castillo de naipes
Anne de Villemont
Leschenhaut y Morillon están preparando un golpe de estado para derrocar al gobierno francés y crear una nueva organización fascista. Sus planes se ven interrumpidos por Davis, un boxeador americano, tutor del joven Pauul de Villemont. (FILMAFFINITY)
Cometieron dos errores
Rachel Warren
Oklahoma, 1889. Unos hombres acusan injustamente a Jed Cooper (Clint Eastwood) de haber robado ganado y no dudan en ahorcarlo. En el último instante, lo salva un comisario que trabaja a las órdenes del juez Fentom. Aclarados los hechos y demostrada su inocencia, el juez aconseja a Cooper que olvide lo ocurrido y le ofrece un puesto como comisario. Su misión será capturar vivos a los que intentaron lincharlo para que sean juzgados por el juez.
El póker de la muerte
Lily Langford
En una partida de póquer, un jugador es sorprendido haciendo trampas; Van Morgen (Dean Martin) intenta salvarlo, pero los demás jugadores acaban linchándolo. Mientras tanto, llegan al pueblo el predicador Jonathan Rudd (Robert Mitchum) y Lily Langford (Inger Stevens) con sus chicas. Cuando dos ciudadanos son asesinados, Van recuerda que ambos se encontraban en aquella fatídica partida de cartas.
Brigada homicida
Julia Madigan
Madigan y Bonato son dos policías veteranos que se ocupan de los más duros trabajos callejeros. Durante una operación rutinaria, se les escapa un delincuente que está siendo buscado por toda la ciudad. Su jefe, indignado por su negligencia, les da un ultimátum: deben encontrar al fugitivo en un plazo de 72 horas, antes de que la opinión pública se entere.
Los malvados de Firecreek
Evelyn Pittman
Al pueblo de Firecreek llegan unos pistoleros que provocan toda clase de disturbios y tienen atemorizada a la población. El sheriff honorario , que es un granjero cuya mujer está a punto de dar a luz, adopta una actitud pasiva ante los desmanes de la banda.
La cabalgada de los malditos
Emily Biddle
Terminada la guerra de Secesión norteamericana (1861-1865), un grupo de soldados sureños, prisioneros en el fuerte Haukes, logra escapar. De su captura se encargará el mayor Wolcott, que obedece la orden a regañadientes, puesto que, finalizada la contienda, le parece inútil la masacre que se verá obligado a ejecutar. (FILMAFFINITY)
The Borgia Stick
Eve Harrison
A suburban couple discovers that they are pawns for a powerful crime syndicate. They try to break away from the cartel and go legitimate, but the syndicate doesn't want to give them up so easily.
Guía para el hombre casado
Ruth Manning
Walter Matthau interpreta a un hombre felizmente casado desde hace doce años pero que comienza a sentirse inquieto, especialmente cuando observa a las bellezas que le rodean por todas partes en Los Ángeles. Su mejor amigo es también un hombre casado, pero tiene amantes desde hace doce años y decide aconsejar a su amigo de cómo tener una sin que se entere la esposa.
The New Interns
Nancy Terman
Young doctors mix romance with their careers in a big-city hospital.
The World, the Flesh and the Devil
Sarah Crandall
Ralph Burton is a miner who is trapped for several days as a result of a cave-in. When he finally manages to dig himself out, he realizes that all of mankind seems to have been destroyed in a nuclear holocaust. He travels to New York City only to find it deserted. Making a life for himself there, he is flabbergasted to eventually find Sarah Crandall, who also managed to survive. Together, they form a close friendship until the arrival of Benson Thacker who has managed to pilot his small boat into the city's harbor. At this point, tensions rise between the three, particularly between Thacker, who is white, and Burton, who is black.
Los bucaneros
Annette Claiborne
Remake de 'Corsarios de Florida' (1938). En 1812, Estados Unidos y Gran Bretaña luchan por el dominio del territorio de Louisiana. La intervención en la contienda del pirata Laffitte podría ser decisiva, puesto que controla una pequeña isla de gran importancia estratégica. Pero Laffitte se encuentra ante un dilema: apoyar a los americanos, que es lo que realmente desea, o tomar partido por los ingleses, cuya superioridad militar es evidente. La lucha, en cualquier caso, será desigual.
Cautivos del terror
Joan Molner
Un grupo de terroristas ha anunciado la colocación de una bomba en un avión de pasajeros. Para asegurarse la entrega del dinero que solicitan, los delincuentes secuestran a la familia del ingeniero que diseñó el artefacto. Hay que destacar el excelente reparto con el que contó la película y el esquema expertamente narrado partiendo de una base más bien convencional.
Man on Fire
Nina Wylie
Bitter over their divorce, a wealthy businessman (Bing Crosby in a rare non-singing, unsympathetic role) prevents his ex-wife from seeing their child. She then takes him to custody court, and a judge tries to determine what will be best for the child.
Eloise
Joanna