Stella Stevens, the actress best known for her roles in The Nutty Professor and The Poseidon Adventure and starring opposite Elvis Presley in Girls!
Girls! Girls!, died today in Los Angeles after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. She was 84. Stevens’ passing was confirmed to Deadline by her son, actor-producer Andrew Stevens, and her longtime friend John O’Brien.
A former Playboy centerfold from January 1960, Stevens was modeling in her hometown of Memphis when she was discovered and given a screen test by 20th Century Fox.
She wound up under contract with Paramount and then Columbia through the ’60s, starring opposite such big names as Presley in Girls!
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