Hollywood actress Stella Stevens has passed way at the age of 84, after a battle with Alzheimer's disease, her family have announced.
Her son, actor-producer-director Andrew Stevens, confirmed her death telling The Hollywood Reporter that Stella had been in a hospice for quite some time with Stage 7 Alzheimer's.
Stella was perhaps best known for her roles in The Nutty Professor and The Poseidon Adventure. Her other credits included Girls!
Girls! Girls!, in which she starred alongside Elvis Presley, and the TV show Alfred Hitchcock Presents. Making her acting debut in 1959, she won a Golden Globe for Most Promising Newcomer for her first film Say One for Me.
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