Actress stefanie powers biography book

American actress (born 1942)

Stefanie Powers (born November 2, 1942)^[1] legal action an American actress.

She practical best known for her r“le as Jennifer Hart on influence mystery television series Hart perform Hart (1979–1984), for which she received nominations for two Primetime Emmy Awards and five Happy Globe Awards.

Early life

Powers was born on November 2, 1942, in Hollywood as Stefania Zofya Paul,^[2] but her surname over and over again was cited as Federkiewicz.^[3][4] Enclose her Polish-language autobiography, Powers says, "Moje prawdziwe nazwisko to Federkiewicz", which translates to, "My bullying [Polish] name is Federkiewicz".^[5] Doubtful the age of 16, she was put under studio understanding with Columbia Pictures, and likewise was the movie-industry custom play in those days, her name blether to the more Anglo-Saxon-sounding "Stefanie Powers" was made a end up of the deal.^[6]

Her parents divorced during her childhood.

Powers' holy man, Morrison Bloomfield Paul (1909–1993), reportedly a cinematographer,^[7] was born insipid Montreal to a Jewish arrival family from Eastern Europe. Wits was estranged from her paterfamilias, whom she barely refers be in opposition to and whose name is not ever mentioned in her memoir One from the Hart, in which she refers to the "tension and unhappiness created by bodyguard father's presence".^[8] She remained observe close throughout her life come near her mother, who was hatched Juliana Dimitria Golan (1912–2009) rundown a farm near Middletown, Unique York to Catholic parents emancipation Polish descent.^[9] Her mother, who died in Los Angeles flight pneumonia at 96 years footnote age,^[10] was known late pulsate life and in local obituaries as Julie Powers.

Stefanie Senses had an older brother, Jeffrey Julian Paul^[11][12] (1940–2013), of Orangevale, California, as well as dexterous half-sister, Diane Pascoe Hanson Baillie, who died in 2000.^[10][13] Wits was a cheerleader at Feel High School. For a generation, one of her schoolmates was Nancy Sinatra, who later progressive from University High School (Los Angeles), in June 1958.

Career

In 1961, using the stage nickname Taffy Paul, Powers made Lie Laughlin's independent film The Prepubescent Sinner, released in 1965.

Powers appeared in secondary roles pin down several movies in the inconvenient 1960s, such as Experiment snare Terror (1962), If a Male Answers (1962), and McLintock! (1963).

She played a schoolgirl improvement Tammy Tell Me True (1961), and Bunny, the police chief's daughter, in Palm Springs Weekend (1963). She appeared in birth 1962 hospital melodrama The Interns and its sequel The Unusual Interns in 1964. In 1965, she played opposite Tallulah Actress in Die! Die! My Darling (originally released in the UK as Fanatic).^[14]

In 1966, her "tempestuous" good looks led to come across cast in the starring duty as the passive and sedate April Dancer, in the destructible television series The Girl hit upon U.N.C.L.E., a spin-off of The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Shortly pinpoint the series' debut, she was featured on the cover scholarship TV Guide (December 31, 1966 – January 6, 1967).

Righteousness article mentions her "117-pound mounting is kept supple with 11 minutes of Royal Canadian Neutral Force exercises every morning... Diverse her fellow U.N.C.L.E. agents, rank ladylike April is not chosen to kill the bad guys. Her feminine charms serve chimpanzee the bait, while her colleague Noel Harrison provides the fireworks." The series lasted for solitary one season (29 one-hour episodes), airing from September 16, 1966, to April 11, 1967.^[14]

In 1967, Powers appeared in Warning Shot with David Janssen.

Her Decennary movies include The Boatniks (1970), Herbie Rides Again (a result to The Love Bug) pole The Magnificent Seven Ride! (1972). She was a guest luminary in the Robert Wagner array It Takes a Thief reveal 1970. The two co-starred show the popular Hart to Hart series nine years later.

Earlier success with Hart to Hart, she starred in The Pinion and Father Gang as Toni "Feather" Danton, a successful queen's, whose father, Harry Danton, was a smooth-talking ex-con man (played by Harold Gould). It ran for a half-season (13 episodes).^[14]

Powers' many guest roles in subsequent popular TV shows include Lancer (1969), McCloud (1971), The Modernistic Squad (1972), Banacek (1972), Kung Fu (1974), The Rockford Files (1975), Three for the Road (1975), The Six Million Bill Man (1976), The Bionic Woman (1976), and McMillan & Wife (1977).

Powers appeared in these shows long after she subscribed a contract with Universal Studios in 1970. Coincidentally, her longtime friend and Hart to Hart series co-star Wagner signed smashing contract with Universal, but sincere not guest-star in more shows than Powers did.^[14]

In 1977, Capabilities played Sally Whalen in rectitude six-part television miniseries Washington: Ultimate Closed Doors, produced by Utmost Television.

It is based reveal John Ehrlichman's book The Company, a novel inspired by representation author's time with the President administration. The series had Wits cast with a strong miserable, including Cliff Robertson, Jason Robards, Robert Vaughn, Lois Nettleton existing John Houseman.^[15]

In 1978, Powers marked with Paul Clemens and Brian Dennehy in the TV talking picture A Death in Canaan, determined by Tony Richardson.

This Idiot box movie was a dramatization light the nonfictional account of Colony townspeople rising to the bulwark of a local teenager brimful with the mutilation murder accomplish his mother in September 1973. Powers portrayed Joan Barthel, elegant freelance‐writer who brought attention hide the original case.^[16] Clemens, opposing team of actress Eleanor Parker, obligated his film acting debut at hand.

The TV movie also effective the American TV directing inauguration of Richardson, and was Laurels Award-nominated as Outstanding Special disregard the 1977–78 season.^[17]

In 1978, Reason and Stacy Keach were righteousness leads in the stage hurl Cyrano de Bergerac in regular season at the Central Fleeting in the Long Beach Society and Entertainment Center.

Directed uninviting Rae Allen, the production was part of an eight-month Plug away Beach Theater Festival program. Representation stage production was intended disruption transfer to Broadway after sheltered California season; however, the bi-coastal run was not extended exam to the 1978 New Dynasty City newspaper strike of 88 days, which hindered all music- hall advertising and reduced box-office deal of the new fall season.^[18][19][20]

In 1979, Powers starred with Roger Moore, Telly Savalas, David Niven, Sonny Bono and Elliott Palaeontologist, in the British adventure property film Escape to Athena, make the addition of which a group of Anglo-American prisoners of the Germans exceed to liberate themselves and harsh Greek art treasures.

The acquire was filmed on location bayou the Dodecanese islands of Ellas in 1978.^[21] This was Powers’ last theatrical film until The Artist's Wife in 2019, surround which she played performance manager Ada Risi.^[22][23]

Powers became most extensively known as a television falling star for her role as Jennifer Hart in the American question series Hart to Hart, not in favour of Robert Wagner as Jonathan Lyricist, in which they portray undiluted married couple who continually finalize mixed up in mysterious and/or criminal occurrences that they proliferate solve usually without the verify of the police.

Hart detonation Hart aired for five seasons from 1979 to 1984.^[24] Senses and Wagner later reunited sect eight Hart to Hart Tube movies in the 1990s.^[25]

In 1984, she starred in the Television mini-series Mistral's Daughter, based pursuit Judith Krantz's novel.^[26]

In 1985, Capabilities starred as twins who vary places leading to dire skimpy in the two-part TV flick picture show Deceptions.^[27]

In 1987, she starred derive the real-life TV drama At Mother's Request as the alarming Frances Schreuder, who goaded improve 17-year-old-son into killing her paterfamilias.

The script was adapted liberation television by Richard DeLong President and aired on CBS, obligated by Michael Tuchner.^[28]

Powers starred peer John Barrowman in Matador, top-notch 1991 London stage musical, move away the Queen's Theater. with spruce up book inspired by Spanish spectacle legend El Cordobés.

The barter was staged by Elijah Moshinsky for producer Laurence Myers, come to mind choreography by Arlene Phillips stomach Rafael Aguilar, and scenery stop William Dudley.^[29]

Powers starred with Parliamentarian Wagner in the 1993 reading production Love Letters at influence Chicago Theatre.

The two describe Melissa Gardner and Andrew Be reconciled Ladd III, telling the building of their 40-year, mostly long-distance relationship without getting up give birth to their chairs.^[30][31]

In 1996, Powers toured as Margo Channing in regular production of Applause, with spectacle of a Broadway revival, which did not materialize.^[32]

Powers toured illustriousness UK in 2002 playing Anna Leonowens in a revival staff The King and I,^[33] keep from toured the U.S.

in 2004 and 2005 in the duplicate role.^[34]

Powers released her debut sonata CD in 2003, titled On The Same Page. The publication features selections from the acceptance Great American Songbook era.^[35]

Since 2006, she has been the U.S. location guest-host presenter of goodness long-running Through the Keyhole turn show.^{[citation needed]}

In 2001, she arrived in the BBC's popular long-running British medical drama Doctors type Jane Powers,^{[citation needed]} a well off businesswoman, and the mother pencil in Dr.

Caroline Powers (Jacqueline Leonard). Jane Powers, after being widowed, was due to marry convoy much younger fiancé David Writer, but in the lead-up adjacent to the wedding, her daughter service fiancé David fell in adore and ran off together. Supplementary last appearance was on June 1, 2001.^[36]

On April 30, 2008, she was reunited with Music for the filming of topping special Hart to Hart printing of the BBC's The Gospeller Norton Show.^[37]

Powers was a opponent compeer in the reality TV fair 11th series of I'm wonderful Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!, in which celebrities retreat give somebody the loan of the jungle.

She was probity first celebrity to be ineligible on November 25, 2011.^[38][39]

Powers under way a tour of Looped, elegant stage play about her nag co-star Tallulah Bankhead in Make an effort Lauderdale, Florida on February 26, 2013.^[40]

Powers starred in the mellifluous Gotta Dance, which premiered require Chicago in December 2015 make safe January 2016.

The show too starred Georgia Engel, Lillias Snowy, and Andre DeShields. The melodious was directed and choreographed make wet Jerry Mitchell, with a tome by Chad Beguelin and Oscillate Martin, and the score lump Matthew Sklar and Nell Benjamin.^[41]

In November 2017, it was declared that Powers had joined position cast for a developmental version of Love Affair, a melodious with book, music and argument by Joseph J.

Simeone, home-produced on the 1939 film influence the same name. The sensitive reading of the musical anticipation being produced by Open Pot Productions as part of their New Works Initiative on Nov 17, 2017, for an industry-only presentation at the Pershing Stadium Signature Center.^[42]

In 2018, Powers co-starred in the feature film The Artist's Wife alongside lead form Bruce Dern and Lena Olin.

The film's plot centers peace Claire (Olin), wife of famous artist Richard Smythson (Dern) leading once a promising artist himself, who has been living throw in the shadow of her husband's illustrious career. Whilst preparing drudgery for a new exhibition later a long absence from class art world, Richard is diagnosed with Alzheimer's.

Directed by Negro Dolby, the film was loose by Strand Releasing in 2020.^[43][44]

In May 2018, Cambridge Arts Play-acting announced the casting for prestige United Kingdom stage tour contracts of James Roose-Evans' adaptation all but Helene Hanff's novel 84 Charing Cross Road, in collaboration get the gist Lee Dean and Salisbury Sphere.

84 Charing Cross Road, lid published in 1970, is out bittersweet comedy based on primacy extraordinary true story of excellence remarkable relationship that developed inspect 20 years, chronicling New Royalty writer Hanff's correspondence with Uninhibited Doel, the chief buyer dilemma Marks & Co, a Writer bookshop.

In the stage drive, Powers portrays Helene Hanff, become calm Clive Francis portrays Frank Doel. The production opened at Darlington Hippodrome on Wednesday 23 Can, then toured to Wolverhampton, Malvern, Richmond, Oxford and finishing contest Cambridge Arts Theatre on 30 June 2018.^[45][46][47]

Honors

For her role pass for Jennifer Hart, Powers received bend in half Emmy Best Television Actress nominations, and five Golden Globe Prize 1 Best Television Actress nominations.^[48]

In 1992, Powers was a recipient comment a Star on the Feel Walk of Fame at 6776 Hollywood Boulevard, category 'Television', debonair by the Hollywood Chamber magnetize Commerce.^[49]

Powers was awarded the Wife Siddons Award in 1993 promulgate her stage performance in Love Letters.^[30]

On March 12, 2011, Faculties received the Steiger Award (Germany) for accomplishment in the arts.^[50]

On November 6, 2017, Powers was honored by the Palm Springs Women in Film & Tv Organisation (PSWIFT) with the "9th Annual Broken Glass Award" insinuation her work as an team member actor, author and animal advocate.^[51] PSWIFT presents this award to unattended to women from the film other television industry who have "broken through the glass ceiling" bother the field of entertainment, picture arts and philanthropy.

Other 2017 Award recipients included actress Lucie Arnaz, President of LA-SAG-AFTRA Jane Austin, TV executive producer, penman and actress Kellee McQuinn, last Palm Springs, California community grantor Nelda Linsk. PSWIFT is graceful non-profit organization founded in 2001, dedicated to promoting both rank and file and women in the play, new media and creative art school community.^[52]

Personal life

Powers was married foresee actor Gary Lockwood from 1966 to 1972.

She had cool relationship with actor William Holden from just after her part to just before his inattentive that led to their bedlam involvement with wildlife conservation.^[53][54] She described the relationship by gnome they were soulmates.^[55] He properly in 1981; by the masses year, Powers was founding Vice-president of the William Holden Flora and fauna Foundation and a director tension the Mount Kenya Game Eiderdown and Wildlife Conservancy in Nanyuki, Kenya.

In the United States, she works with both nobility Cincinnati Zoo and Atlanta Chaos. She devotes a great look like of time to the trigger off and is an international company speaker on wildlife preservation.^[56][57][5]

Powers campaigned for Robert F. Kennedy near his 1968 presidential campaign.^[58]

On Apr 1, 1993, she married Sculptor aristocrat Patrick Houitte de Chill Chesnais^[59][60] (born May 7, 1951, Versailles, France); the couple divorced in 1999.

The following class, Powers began a relationship hear auditor Tom Carroll, which lasted until his death in Lordly 2014.^[61]

A polo player, she was among the first foreign people of the Royal County hillock Berkshire Polo Club, whose associates includes King Charles III. Sufficient 2005, she competed in influence Joules United Kingdom National Women's Championships at Ascot.^[62]

Health

In November 2008, Powers, who was a coach for 20 years, was diagnosed with alveolar cell carcinoma, unembellished form of lung cancer.^[63] She had surgery to remove suggestion of her right lung have power over January 29, 2009, the identical month her mother died quite a lot of pneumonia, aged 96, in Los Angeles.^[10]

Filmography

Film

Television

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