Stella Stevens, the actress best known for her roles in “The Nutty Professor,” the disaster flick “The Poseidon Adventure” and “Girls! Girls! Girls!” opposite Elvis Presley, has died. She was 84.
Her only child, actor and producer Andrew Stevens, 67, confirmed to The Post that Stevens died Friday in Los Angeles after a battle with end-stage Alzheimer’s disease.
He added that she had been in hospice for “quite some time.”
Born in Mississippi in 1938, Stevens moved to Tennessee and became interested in acting and modeling while studying at Memphis State College.
After taking part in a collegiate play, Stevens made her film debut in “Say One for Me” in 1959, which won her the 1960 Golden Globe for new star of the year – actress.
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