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General Hospital and Santa Barbara Alum, Stella Stevens, Dead at 84
Stella Stevens, who had a long and illustrious career in film and television, passed away on Friday after her battle with Alzheimer’s disease. She was 84-years-old.
The actress is remembered for her roles in The Poseidon Adventure, The Nutty Professor and starring opposite Elvis Presley in the film, Girls, Girls, Girls.
Soap opera fans fondly remember her, too. Stella appeared on General Hospital as Jake from 1996 to 1997 and as the “The Shady Lady”. Stevens played the woman who owned Jake’s, the bar located in the seedier and off the beaten track part of Port Charles. In fact, when Jason Morgan moved out of the Q’s, it was she who let him have a place to live above the bar. In 1999, she left town after selling Jake’s bar to Coleman.
On Santa Barbara, Stella played Phyllis Blake, the mother to Robin Mattson’s Gina Capwell. Stevens played the role from 1989-1990. She also appeared on the primetime soap, Flamingo Road in the role of Lute-Mae Sanders from 1980-1982.
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In addition, Stella appeared on numerous TV series including: Wonder Woman, The Love Boat, Police Story, Hart to Hart, Newhart, Magnum, P.I., Night Court, The Commish, Arli$$, Silk Stalkings, Murder, She Wrote and many more.
Stevens passing was first reported to Deadline by her son, actor-producer Andrew Stevens, and longtime friend John O’Brien.
Along with Andrew, Stevens is survived by three grandchildren.
Share your remembrances and condolences on the passing of Stella Stevens via the comment section below.
I remember her on GH! So sad. I will pray for her family and friends.
So sorry to here. Hugs and prayers for family!
Stella Stevens! OMG, can not say enough. Just a few years younger than myself and have seen just about everything she’s ever been in, except for her role here on GH. Guess I wasn’t watching at that time. So good with Gina/ Robin on SB, what a pair they were and all the movies and nighttime shows she graced with her wonderful acting abiliies. O.k, I’ll shut up, told you I couldn’t say enough. R.I.P beautiful lady and condolences to her family, such a loss.
Such sad news – I was a big fan.
Will always remember her from the Poseidon Adventure – Linda Rogo!
I adored Stella. She was a fun, refreshing presence in her movies, particularly THE BALLAD OF CABLE HOGUE and her most famous role in THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE. If you want a real treat, watch the Special Edition DVD of POSEIDON with Stella, Pamela Sue Martin, and the late Carol Lynley providing the Commentary Track. It’s a blast! Stella was very knowledgeable about filmmaking due to her directorial duties and offers many delightful insights on the movie. These three ladies have more to offer than most of these classless, crude, airheaded starlets coming up today. They appreciated Hollywood history and REAL moviemaking techniques, not just runnning endless, phony-looking computer programs. I hope TCM will run a tribute day for Stella.. she’ll be missed.
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51st Daytime Emmys: Outstanding Daytime Drama Series Nominations
On Thursday, the 51st annual Daytime Emmy Awards revealed nominations in several key categories via four entertainment news programs: Access Hollywood, E! News, Extra and Access Hollywood.
Three of the four announcements were major categories in the field of Daytime Dramas.
The nominees in the Outstanding Daytime Drama Series category are: The Bay, The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of our Lives, General Hospital, Neighbours and The Young and the Restless.
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General Hospital won this category last year, and has the most all-time wins for a series in this category. For the first time, the beloved Australian-based soap opera, Neighbours is now eligible for competition due to its reboot which streams on Amazon Freevee.
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The 51st annual Daytime Emmy Awards will be handed out in ceremonies in Los Angeles and broadcast live on CBS and streaming on Paramount+ on Friday night, June 7th.
Previous categories announced tonight via the entertainment news outlet included: Lead Actor and Lead Actress in a Drama Series.
So, what do you think about this year’s nominee for the Outstanding Daytime Drama Series? Who do you think should win? Comment below.
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51st Daytime Emmys: Tamara Braun, Finola Hughes, Katherine Kelly Lang, Annika Noelle, Michelle Stafford, Cynthia Watros Score Lead Actress Nominations
The nominations were revealed for the 51st annual Daytime Emmys. in the prestigious Lead Actress in a Drama Series category by Entertainment Tonight.
This comes ahead of tomorrow’s full list that is set to be unveiled at 12noon/9am PST on Friday.
In the running for this year’s Outstanding Lead Actress are Tamara Braun (Ava, Days of our Lives), Katherine Kelly Lang (Brooke, The Bold and the Beautiful), Annika Noelle (Hope, The Bold and the Beautiful), Finola Hughes (Anna, General Hospital), Cynthia Watros (Nina, General Hospital) and Michelle Stafford (Phyllis, The Young and the Restless).
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Previous winners in this category include GH’s Finola Hughes, Cynthia Watros and Y&R’s Michelle Stafford. Days of our Lives nominee had won in the Supporting Actress category twice in her career.
Earlier, the Lead Actor nominees were revealed and you can find them here.
Make sure to be with us Friday night, April 19th for the Michael Fairman Channel’s 10th annual Daytime Emmy Nominations Special beginning at 5 pm PT where we chat live with some of this year’s nominees.
So, what do you think about this year’s Lead Actress nominees? Comment below.
General Hospital
More of the Story on ‘General Hospital’ Star Josh Kelly’s Latest Film Role in ‘The Workout’
We had previously shared that General Hospital’s Josh Kelly was taking three weeks away from his role of Cody Bell to a shoot a role in an upcoming movie entitled The Workout.
Josh originally revealed his role in the film during an episode of GH castmates, Steve Burton (Jason) and Bradford Anderson’s (Spinelli) podcast.
Now Deadline has filled in some of the blanks, and shared some intriguing intel on the premise of the film and its back-story. The film stars Kelly along with Peter Jae, and UFC Fighter, Ashlee Evans-Smith. Other cast members include The Bay’s Kristos Andrews.
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In The Workout, two army rangers set out to create a workout video, but their plans are abruptly halted when a mob hit interrupts their filming. Tragically, one of the rangers loses his wife in the attack, sending him on a relentless mission to take down the mob and anyone who stands in his way.
The film from James Cullen Bressack, almost did not get financed. Apparently, ten days before his birthday, Bressack made a post on Instagram about the feature and production, casting, and financing came from the post … illustrating the power of social media. After the post gained traction, a producer provided financing and actors expressed interest in joining the project, leading to a quick production.
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In a statement, Bressack shared, “As artists a painter paints, a musician makes music, a writer writes, but as filmmakers we have to ask permission to create. It’s time to change that narrative. This film spawned from a necessity to create. We create. We tell stories. We play pretend. I’m excited to take this journey. This is the truest form of collaboration and a community of friends coming together to make something fun. While our industry has had a rough time recently with strikes and a possible strike looming in the future, it’s nice to remind ourselves why we got into film to begin with. To have fun telling stories.”
No word yet on when The Workout will be released.
So, looking forward to seeing this collaborative effort featuring GH’s Josh Kelly? Comment below.
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