A multi-talented woman who has devoted her life to the arts, Connie Stevens is an American actress who is also a singer. Stevens has been active in the world of entertainment for more than 60 years and has attained legendary status in Hollywood.
Apparently, a lifelong career in both singing and acting is a dream for a lot of people but not everyone has the opportunity to achieve this goal. Connie Stevens is one of the few people who have been acting for almost as long as she has lived and has had the pleasure of creating music as well.
Connie Stevens’ Life Before Fame
Connie Stevens was born on the 8th of August, 1938 to Paul Ingoglia, a musician and Eleanor McGinley, a singer. Her birth took place in Brooklyn. Even though everyone now calls her Connie Stevens, it is noteworthy that her real birth name is actually Concetta Rosalie Ann Ingoglia.
During her childhood, the actress who is of Italian and Jewish descent, had to go live with her grandparents when her parents divorced when she was not at her grandparent’s she was at boarding school. But when Stevens was twelve she had to be moved once more this time to Missouri when she was a witness to a murder.
Stevens showed interest in music quite early in life. This was perhaps because she came from a musical family as well.
Her Acting Career
Connie Stevens’ first foray in acting happened in 1957, with a role in the teen film Young and Dangerous. Between the years 1957 and 1958 she appeared in five films, and it was one of these five films that gave the actress her first big role, and the role was in Rock-A-Bye Baby. Stevens had gotten the role because of a recommendation by Jerry Lewis who had seen her in a television show.
When Stevens first started out she was signed to Paramount studios and with them, she made the first five films of her career before they ended her contract with her. Warner Bros. then swooped in and signed a seven-year contract with her but they mostly put in television shows all of which would change when she started to build a career in music.
She has since gone on to star in more than 70 films and TV series over the years, winning admiration with her work onscreen.
Her singing career
In the period that Connie Stevens was acting, it was not uncommon for actresses to take up a career in music as well. For Stevens, who was coming from a family of singers this was not a problem for her and in 1958 she released a self-titled debut album Concetta. The fame she got from her singing was what prompted Warner Bros. the studio she worked with to put her in more films.
During her singing career, Stevens recorded and released several hit singles. One of her singles, Sixteen Reasons even reached number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100. She has so far released nine albums, some of which have done very well among fans of music.
The scope of Connie Stevens’ career also spread to Broadway where she appeared in a number of productions including The Star-Spangled Girl, American Style, and Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-in. But this was not all for the actress who took to directing films, documentaries and also writing the stories that made up these films and documentaries. Mister Jerico, The Grissom Gang, Grease 2, Love Savage Fury and The Love Boat are some of the television shows and films that Connie Stevens has appeared in. Currently, she still works in film, mostly as a director.
Where Is Connie Stevens Now?
Connie Stevens has been in the world of entertainment for so long that in 2005, she was elected as the Secretary-Treasurer of the Screen Actor Guild; it is not known if she still holds that position.
There is not a lot of information on her current endeavors. But we are certain she continues to live and work in the USA where she is held in high esteem.
How Rich Has She Become?
Connie Stevens has a net worth of $50 million dollars, all of which she has gotten from the many projects she has undertaken in the more than seventy years that she has worked in entertainment.
With her nine albums and the more than 70 films and television shows that she has appeared in, Connie Stevens has built a fortune for herself.
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5 Hot Facts About The Singer
- In the late 60s, Connie Stevens went on tour to Guam and some countries in Southeast Asia; she did this with The Bob Hope USO tour.
- Stevens is a very dedicated member of the Republican Party and has made contributions to some of the party’s campaigns over the years.
- She has been married twice; James Stacy and Eddie Fisher are the two men she got married to. Of the two, Eddie is the only one she had children with.
- The actress has been given stars on three walks of fame; they are the Palm Springs Walks of Stars, Hollywood Walk of Fame and the Italian Walk of Fame.
- When she was a teenager, Stevens was part of two singing groups. One of the groups featured Tony Butala.
