Connie Stevens

Celebrity

  • Birth Name: Concetta Rosalie Ann Ingoglia
  • Birth Place: Brooklyn, NY
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 08/08/1938, Leo
  • Profession: Actor; singer; businesswoman; director
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Connie Stevens Fast Facts:
  • Grew up in a musical family and formed a vocal quartet called The Foremost with three male singers who went on to fame as The Lettermen.
  • Living in Hollywood in 1954, she sang in the female trio The Three Debs while trying to break into films.
  • Appeared in a series of B-movies before Jerry Lewis cast her in Rock-A-Bye Baby in 1958.
  • Gained fame as Cricket Blake in the detective series Hawaiian Eye.
  • Was signed by Warner Bros. and scored hit singles with "Sixteen Reasons" and "Kookie, Kookie, Lend Me Your Comb."
  • Starred with George Burns in the 1964-65 sitcom Wendy and Me.
  • Made her Broadway debut in Neil Simon's The Star-Spangled Girl in 1967.
  • In the 1970s achieved fame singing in Ace Hardware commercials. 
  • Re-established her sexy image with roles in the 1974 TV-movie The Sex Symbol, 1982's Grease 2 and numerous parts on The Love Boat.
  • Founded the Windfeather Foundation to award scholarships to Native Americans.
  • Developed her own skin-care product line in the early 1990s called Forever Spring.
  • Directed the acclaimed Vietnam documentary A Healing in 1997.
  • Directed the 2009 thriller Saving Grace B. Jones starring Tatum O'Neal.
  • Connie Stevens Relationships:
  • Ava Megna Bonamy - Half Sister
  • Charles Stevens - Brother
  • Eddie Fisher - Ex-husband
  • Eleanore McGinley - Mother
  • James Stacy - Ex-husband
  • Joely Fisher - Daughter
  • John Megna - Half Brother
  • Peter Ingoglia - Father
  • Tricia Leigh Fisher - Daughter
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