Stella Stevens, who starred in the 1972 disaster film “Poseidon Adventure” and in films opposite Elvis Presley and Dean Martin, died Friday at the age of 84.
Her son, actor Andrew Stevens, confirmed her passing to TheWrap via email, “I was notified early this morning. Stella had been in hospice for quite some time with stage seven Alzheimer’s.”
Maria Calabrese, founder of Green Life Media and Stevens’ manager and friend said in a statement, “It was an honor and a privilege to have worked with Stella, who was one of the most wonderful and gifted people I have ever met. While I truly wish I could have done more for her toward the latter years of her career, and shared in her frustration as she so wanted to make the leap from a triple threat American icon to producer – her wish, never realized was to have three original western scripts produced.”
“She was an amazing animal lover, horse wrangler, rock and roller, so ahead of her time and so much more than a sex symbol – which her adoring fans admired, respected and understood. What a tremendous body of work and loss. The OG of badass woman,” Calabrese wrote.
She is survived by her only son Andrew and three grandchildren Amelia and Aubrey Stevens, both age, 20 and Samuel Stevens, age 25.
