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Connie Stevens

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Connie Stevens

Connie Stevens (born Concetta Rosalie Ann Ingoglia; August 8, 1938) is an American actress and traditional pop singer. Born in Brooklyn to musician parents, Stevens was raised there until the age of 12, when she was sent to live with family friends in rural Missouri. In 1953, when she was 15 years old, Stevens relocated with her father to Los Angeles. She began her career in 1957, making her feature film debut in Young and Dangerous, before releasing her debut album, Concetta, the following year. She had a supporting role in the musical comedy Rock-A-Bye Baby (1958) opposite Jerry Lewis, followed by the drama film The Party Crashers (also 1958) opposite Frances Farmer. Stevens gained widespread recognition for her portrayal of "Cricket" Blake on the ABC TV Warner Brothers series Hawaiian Eye, beginning in 1959 opposite Robert Conrad and Anthony Eisley. She garnered concurrent musical success when her single "Sixteen Reasons" became a national radio hit, peaking at number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and the UK Singles Chart in 1960. Stevens continued to appear in film and television throughout the 1970s and 1980s, as well as performing as a musical nightclub act. Stevens' later film roles include in the comedies Tapeheads (1988) and Love Is All There Is (1996). In 2009, Stevens made her directorial debut with the feature film Saving Grace B. Jones, which she also wrote and produced, based partly on elements of her own childhood.

Infobox

Born
Concetta Rosalie Ann Ingoglia (1938-08-08) August 8, 1938 (age 87)New York City, New York, U.S.
Occupations
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Years active
1957–present
Spouses
mw- James Stacy (m. 1963; div. 1966) Eddie Fisher (m. 1967; div. 1969)
Children
Joely FisherTricia Leigh Fisher
Relatives
John Megna (half-brother)

Tables

· Filmography › Films
1958
Role(s)
Marge
Role(s)
Sandra Naples
Role(s)
Barbara Nickerson
1961
Role(s)
Lucy
1962
Role(s)
Susan Slade
1963
Role(s)
Gayle Lewis / Jane Hoover
1965
Role(s)
Melinda Duquesne / Cassie Duquesne
Role(s)
Kate Clinton
1966
Role(s)
Eileen Forbes
1971
The Last Generation
Role(s)
Anna Borg
1976
Role(s)
Jackie Parker
1978
Role(s)
Herself
Notes
Cameo
1982
Role(s)
Miss Mason
1987
Role(s)
Connie
1988
Role(s)
June Tager
1996
Role(s)
Miss Deluca
1997
James Dean: Race with Destiny
Role(s)
Jane Deacy
2002
Role(s)
Eloise Vanderwild
2009
Role(s)
Narrator (voice)
Notes
Also director, writer, and producer
Double Duty
Role(s)
Irma
2014
Role(s)
Nancy
2016
Search Engines
Role(s)
Geena
2019
By the Rivers of Babylon
Role(s)
Meredith
Year
Title
Role
Notes
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1957
Young and Dangerous
Candy
1957
Eighteen and Anxious
1958
Dragstrip Riot
Marge
1958
Rock-A-Bye Baby
Sandra Naples
1958
The Party Crashers
Barbara Nickerson
1961
Parrish
Lucy
1962
Susan Slade
Susan Slade
1963
Palm Springs Weekend
Gayle Lewis / Jane Hoover
1965
Two on a Guillotine
Melinda Duquesne / Cassie Duquesne
1965
Never Too Late
Kate Clinton
1966
Way...Way Out
Eileen Forbes
1971
The Last Generation
1971
The Grissom Gang
Anna Borg
1976
Scorchy
Jackie Parker
1978
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Herself
Cameo
1982
Grease 2
Miss Mason
1987
Back to the Beach
Connie
1988
Tapeheads
June Tager
1996
Love Is All There Is
Miss Deluca
1997
James Dean: Race with Destiny
Jane Deacy
2002
Returning Mickey Stern
Eloise Vanderwild
2009
Saving Grace B. Jones
Narrator (voice)
Also director, writer, and producer
2009
Double Duty
Irma
2014
Just Before I Go
Nancy
2016
Search Engines
Geena
2019
By the Rivers of Babylon
Meredith

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  4. The Los Angeles Times
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  22. Simon, Neil."Script, 'Star Spangled Girl'" The Star-Spangled Girl, Dramatists Play Service, Inc., 1967, ISBN 0-8222-1073
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  26. TV Film to Star Connie Stevens Los Angeles Times, January 7, 1972: g16.
  27. Connie Stevens Stars in 'Scorchy' Los Angeles Times, January 14, 1977: f14.
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  32. Sposito, Sean, "Dream scenes; Filmmaker taps her summer of '51". Columbia Daily Tribune, September 8, 2007.
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  40. Rotten Tomatoes
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