Death of Stella Stevens, film partner of Elvis Presley and Jerry Lewis

In the Hollywood galaxy, at the beginning of the 60s, this blonde with the false air of Marilyn played with pleasure the cute ingenues.

The little history of cinema, which without admitting it loves light comedies, will remember that Stella Stevens camped the young premieres opposite Elvis Presley in

then again in

where she fell in love with the great American comic Jerry Lewis.

The American actress left us on February 17 at the age of 84.

She had Alzheimer's disease.

Stella Stevens was born on October 1 in Mississippi.

Very quickly its freshness, its dapper beauty pleases the director.

From 1962 Norman Taurog gave her the role of Robin in

.

She becomes a carefree young girl who seeks without touching it to seduce the handsome Ross Carpenter camped by Elvis Presley.

A year later, Jerry Lewis chose her to play Stella Purdy in his cult film

.

His candor, his worked innocence but also his charm will highlight the fantasies of Lewis in this comedy which will become cult.

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Jerry Lewis and Stella Stevens in

in 1963. Leemage

A female figure from westerns

At the end of the 1960s, Stella Stevens showed that she was much more than the "

" who had been elected Miss January of

in 1960. In the western, very fashionable at the time, she would give the to mythical actors like Dean Martin and Robert Mitchum under the direction of filmmakers as famous as John Cassavetes, Vincente Minnelli, Robert Altman... without forgetting the master of the genre Sam Peckinpah.

In tribute to the talent of Stella Stevens we present, below, the trailers of

(1962) and

(1963).

Girls... still girls

Doctor Jerry and Mister Love