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K. T. Stevens is a Actor American born on 20 july 1919 at Los Angeles (USA)
K. T. Stevens (July 20, 1919 – June 13, 1994), born Gloria Wood in Los Angeles, California, was an American film actress.
The daughter of director Sam Wood, Stevens made her first film appearance when she was just two years old in her father's second 1921 silent film, Peck's Bad Boy. As an adult, she changed her name to distance herself from her father's fame. In 1946, Stevens married actor Hugh Marlowe. They divorced in 1968; the couple were the parents of two sons. Stevens and Marlowe acted in the Broadway production of "Laura" in which, credited as "A Girl" so as not to alert the audience, she played the part filmed by Gene Tierney. Marlowe was cast as the detective that Dana Andrews played in the film.
Stevens appeared in a number of films in the 1940s and 1950s, including The Great Man's Lady (1942) with Barbara Stanwyck, Address Unknown (1944), Port of New York (1949) with Yul Brynner, and Harriet Craig (1950) with Joan Crawford. In addition, she acted on episodic television in such series as Crossroads, The Rebel, The Brothers Brannagan, and appeared on the daytime soap operas General Hospital as part of the original cast (1963-1965), portraying Peggy Mercer who was engaged to Dr. Steve Hardy, Julie Olson's mother-in-law Helen Martin (1966-1967, 1969) on Days of Our Lives and most memorably, The Young and the Restless (1977-1981) as the veiled facially burned Vanessa Prentiss who plotted against Lorie Brooks to keep her from marrying her son, Lance, then plotted to have Lorie accused of her murder after she committed suicide. Another memorable appearance was in the episode "New Neighbors" of the CBS sitcom, I Love Lucy, in which she played opposite Hayden Rorke as television actors who Lucy Ricardo mistakenly believes are foreign secret agents.
Stevens appeared in 1957 and again in 1961 in different roles on ABC's The Real McCoys. In 1959 she made her first of three guest appearances on Perry Mason as murder victim Ethel Garvin in "The Case of the Dubious Bridegroom." In 1962 she played Margit Bruner in "The Case of the Ancient Romeo," and in 1965 she played Alice Munford in "The Case of the Hasty Honeymooner." In that episode she was featured as the wife of murderer Guy Munford, played by her then husband Hugh Marlowe. In 1961, she played Ada Kihlgren in "The Broken Wing", one of the last episodes of CBS's Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater. That same year, she appeared as Lorraine Miller in "A Great Day for a Scoundrel" on CBS's The DuPont Show with June Allyson. Between 1960 and 1963, she guest starred five times on ABC's The Rifleman.
She portrayed Lieutenant Harriet Twain in the Buck Rogers in the 25th Century episode "Return of the Fighting 69th". Her last film role before her death from lung cancer was in the 1994 Whoopi Goldberg film Corrina, Corrina.
En tout, elle contribue à seulement seize films américains. Mentionnons encore L'Inspiratrice de William A. Wellman (son quatrième film en 1942, avec Barbara Stanwyck et Joel McCrea), La Perfide de Vincent Sherman (son septième film en 1950, avec Joan Crawford et Wendell Corey), et Corrina, Corrina de Jessie Nelson (avec Whoopi Goldberg et Ray Liotta), son dernier film — dans un petit rôle — sorti en août 1994, deux mois après sa mort.
Durant sa carrière, K. T. Stevens est surtout active à la télévision, contribuant à quarante-quatre séries (ex. : L'Homme à la carabine) et à quatre feuilletons (ex. : Les Feux de l'amour), entre 1951 et 1989.
Au théâtre, elle joue à Broadway (New York) dans quatre pièces. La première, d'octobre 1941 à début janvier 1942, est The Land is bright d'Edna Ferber et George S. Kaufman, entre autres avec Hugh Marlowe, qu'elle épouse en 1946. Sa dernière pièce à Broadway est Laura en 1947, d'après le roman éponyme de Vera Caspary, aux côtés de son mari (reprenant le rôle tenu par Dana Andrews dans l'adaptation au cinéma de 1944) et d'Otto Kruger (en lieu et place de Clifton Webb à l'écran), elle-même jouant le rôle dévolu à Gene Tierney dans le film.
Avant leur divorce en 1968, K. T. Stevens et Hugh Marlowe se retrouvent au petit écran, dans un épisode de Suspicion en 1962, et enfin dans un épisode de Perry Mason (première série) en 1965.
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K. T. Stevens
Birth name Gloria Wood
Nationality USA
Birth 20 july 1919 at Los Angeles (USA)
Death 13 june 1994 (at 74 years)
Nationality USA
Birth 20 july 1919 at Los Angeles (USA)
Death 13 june 1994 (at 74 years)
K. T. Stevens (July 20, 1919 – June 13, 1994), born Gloria Wood in Los Angeles, California, was an American film actress.
The daughter of director Sam Wood, Stevens made her first film appearance when she was just two years old in her father's second 1921 silent film, Peck's Bad Boy. As an adult, she changed her name to distance herself from her father's fame. In 1946, Stevens married actor Hugh Marlowe. They divorced in 1968; the couple were the parents of two sons. Stevens and Marlowe acted in the Broadway production of "Laura" in which, credited as "A Girl" so as not to alert the audience, she played the part filmed by Gene Tierney. Marlowe was cast as the detective that Dana Andrews played in the film.
Stevens appeared in a number of films in the 1940s and 1950s, including The Great Man's Lady (1942) with Barbara Stanwyck, Address Unknown (1944), Port of New York (1949) with Yul Brynner, and Harriet Craig (1950) with Joan Crawford. In addition, she acted on episodic television in such series as Crossroads, The Rebel, The Brothers Brannagan, and appeared on the daytime soap operas General Hospital as part of the original cast (1963-1965), portraying Peggy Mercer who was engaged to Dr. Steve Hardy, Julie Olson's mother-in-law Helen Martin (1966-1967, 1969) on Days of Our Lives and most memorably, The Young and the Restless (1977-1981) as the veiled facially burned Vanessa Prentiss who plotted against Lorie Brooks to keep her from marrying her son, Lance, then plotted to have Lorie accused of her murder after she committed suicide. Another memorable appearance was in the episode "New Neighbors" of the CBS sitcom, I Love Lucy, in which she played opposite Hayden Rorke as television actors who Lucy Ricardo mistakenly believes are foreign secret agents.
Stevens appeared in 1957 and again in 1961 in different roles on ABC's The Real McCoys. In 1959 she made her first of three guest appearances on Perry Mason as murder victim Ethel Garvin in "The Case of the Dubious Bridegroom." In 1962 she played Margit Bruner in "The Case of the Ancient Romeo," and in 1965 she played Alice Munford in "The Case of the Hasty Honeymooner." In that episode she was featured as the wife of murderer Guy Munford, played by her then husband Hugh Marlowe. In 1961, she played Ada Kihlgren in "The Broken Wing", one of the last episodes of CBS's Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater. That same year, she appeared as Lorraine Miller in "A Great Day for a Scoundrel" on CBS's The DuPont Show with June Allyson. Between 1960 and 1963, she guest starred five times on ABC's The Rifleman.
She portrayed Lieutenant Harriet Twain in the Buck Rogers in the 25th Century episode "Return of the Fighting 69th". Her last film role before her death from lung cancer was in the 1994 Whoopi Goldberg film Corrina, Corrina.
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Fille du réalisateur Sam Wood, elle apparaît bébé dans deux films muets de son père, sortis en 1921. Son troisième film, désormais sous le pseudonyme de K. T. Stevens, est Kitty Foyle (avec Ginger Rogers dans le rôle-titre), également réalisé par son père et sorti en 1940.En tout, elle contribue à seulement seize films américains. Mentionnons encore L'Inspiratrice de William A. Wellman (son quatrième film en 1942, avec Barbara Stanwyck et Joel McCrea), La Perfide de Vincent Sherman (son septième film en 1950, avec Joan Crawford et Wendell Corey), et Corrina, Corrina de Jessie Nelson (avec Whoopi Goldberg et Ray Liotta), son dernier film — dans un petit rôle — sorti en août 1994, deux mois après sa mort.
Durant sa carrière, K. T. Stevens est surtout active à la télévision, contribuant à quarante-quatre séries (ex. : L'Homme à la carabine) et à quatre feuilletons (ex. : Les Feux de l'amour), entre 1951 et 1989.
Au théâtre, elle joue à Broadway (New York) dans quatre pièces. La première, d'octobre 1941 à début janvier 1942, est The Land is bright d'Edna Ferber et George S. Kaufman, entre autres avec Hugh Marlowe, qu'elle épouse en 1946. Sa dernière pièce à Broadway est Laura en 1947, d'après le roman éponyme de Vera Caspary, aux côtés de son mari (reprenant le rôle tenu par Dana Andrews dans l'adaptation au cinéma de 1944) et d'Otto Kruger (en lieu et place de Clifton Webb à l'écran), elle-même jouant le rôle dévolu à Gene Tierney dans le film.
Avant leur divorce en 1968, K. T. Stevens et Hugh Marlowe se retrouvent au petit écran, dans un épisode de Suspicion en 1962, et enfin dans un épisode de Perry Mason (première série) en 1965.
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Corrina, Corrina (1994)
, 1h55Directed by Jessie Nelson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about racism, Films about religion, Films about Jews and Judaism, Children's films
Actors Whoopi Goldberg, Ray Liotta, Tina Majorino, Brent Spiner, Wendy Crewson, Don Ameche
Roles Mrs. Morgan
Rating66%
Annie, the wife of Manny Singer (Ray Liotta), has recently died. He realizes his young daughter, Molly (Tina Majorino), is missing and he goes off to look for her. His father, the unassuming and sweet Harry (Don Ameche) stumbles upon her under the table. He holds her. She has not spoken since her mother died. Manny's mother, the old world Eva (Erica Yohn), finds them.
Pets (1973)
Directed by Raphael Nussbaum
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Ed Bishop, Joan Blackman, Frank Parker, K. T. Stevens, Roberto Contreras, Berry Kroeger
Roles Mrs. Daubrey
Rating57%
A la suite d'une violente altercation avec son frère dans les faubourgs de Los Angeles, Bonnie s'enfuit dans les rues désertes en pleine nuit. Son escapade va l'amener à rencontrer diverses personnes. D'abord Pat, une black qui voit en Bonnie, belle bonde plantureuse, l'instrument idéal pour piéger le premier homme riche venu.Mais Pat double sa complice d'un jour et file à l'anglaise. Bonnie, seule et sans argent, est un peu plus tard prise sur le fait pour vol à l'étalage. Mais heureusement pour elle, une femme lui sauve la mise, Geraldine, qui est artiste peintre. Celle-ci l'invite chez elle. Les deux femmes sympathisent, elles ont même une liaison. Bonnie pose pour Geraldine, et le tableau, une fois achevé, est exposé dans la galerie d'art de Vincent Stackman, un personnage pour le moins étrange, qui achète le tableau et tombe sous le charme de Bonnie.
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969)
, 1h45Directed by Paul Mazursky
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films
Actors Natalie Wood, Robert Culp, Elliott Gould, Dyan Cannon, Lee Bergere, Michael Z. Gordon
Roles Phyllis
Rating66%
After a weekend of emotional honesty at an Esalen-style retreat, Los Angeles sophisticates Bob and Carol Sanders (played by Robert Culp and Natalie Wood) return to their life determined to embrace complete openness. They share their enthusiasm and excitement over their new-found philosophy with their more conservative friends Ted and Alice Henderson (Elliott Gould and Dyan Cannon), though their friends remain doubtful. Soon after, Bob, a filmmaker, has an affair with a young, blonde production assistant on a film shoot in San Francisco. He admits this to Carol after arriving home, describing the event as a purely physical act, not an emotional one. To Bob's surprise, Carol is completely accepting of this. Later, Carol gleefully reveals the affair to Ted and Alice as they are leaving a dinner party. Alice is particularly disturbed both by Bob's infidelity, as well as Carol's candor, becoming physically ill on the drive home. She and Ted have a hard time coping with the news in bed later that evening. However, as time passes, they grow to accept that Bob and Carol really are fine with the affair. Later, Ted admits to Bob that he was tempted to have an affair once, but never went through with it; Bob tells Ted he should, rationalizing: "You've got the guilt anyway. Don't waste it.
Missile to the Moon (1958)
, 1h18Directed by Richard E. Cunha
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Themes Space adventure films, Sur la Lune, Space opera, Sur la Lune, Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors Richard Travis, Cathy Downs, K. T. Stevens, Tommy Cook, Renate Hoy, Gary Clarke
Roles The Lido
Rating41%
Two escaped convicts, Gary (Tommy Cook) and Lon (Gary Clarke), are discovered hiding aboard a rocket by scientist Dirk Green (Michael Whalen), who then forces them to pilot the spaceship to the Moon. Dirk, who is secretly a Moon man, wants to return home.
Jungle Hell (1956)
Genres Science fiction, Action, Adventure
Actors Sabu, George E. Stone, K. T. Stevens, David Bruce
Roles Dr. Pamela Ames
Rating40%
Vice Squad (1953)
, 1h27Directed by Arnold Laven
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Noir, Crime
Actors Edward G. Robinson, Christine White, Paulette Goddard, Porter Hall, K. T. Stevens, Lee Van Cleef
Roles Ginny
Rating65%
A married undertaker having an affair, Jack Hartrampf, is a reluctant eyewitness to the shooting of a Los Angeles cop. He does not wish to testify, but captain of detectives "Barney" Barnaby is just as determined.
Tumbleweed (1953)
, 1h19Directed by Nathan Juran
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Audie Murphy, Lee Van Cleef, Chill Wills, Lori Nelson, Roy Roberts, K. T. Stevens
Roles Louella Buckley
Rating65%
Jim Harvey (Audie Murphy) is a guard on a wagon train. After he saves the life of a Yaqui Indian warrior, Tigre, the wagon train is attacked and Harvey realises their only chance of survival is if he can negotiate a truce with Tigre's father, the chief Aguila (Ralph Moody). Aguila orders Harvey to be knocked out, and tortured later, but he is set free by Tigre's mother. He goes to town and discovers the people on the wagon train were massacred, except for two sisters who Harvey insisted hide in the caves. Harvey is falsely accused of cowardice and the townsfolk threaten to lynch him. Harvey escapes on a borrowed horse named Tumbleweed, and tries to prove his innocence, discovering that a white man was responsible for the attack. It is the horse's intelligence and instinct that save Harvey, and Murphy's interaction with the horse, that drive much of the storyline.
Harriet Craig (1950)
, 1h34Directed by Vincent Sherman
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Joan Crawford, Wendell Corey, Allyn Joslyn, Lucile Watson, K. T. Stevens, Raymond Greenleaf
Roles Clare Raymond
Rating72%
Dominatrice Harriet Craig tient plus de considération pour sa maison et ses biens qu'elle ne le fait pour toute personne dans sa vie. Parmi ceux qu'elle traite comme des objets ménagers, on trouve son aimable mari Walter, à qui elle a menti à propos de son incapacité à avoir des enfants; sa cousine Claire, qu'elle traite comme une secrétaire; et ses serviteurs qu'elle traite comme des esclaves.
Port of New York (1949)
, 1h22Directed by László Benedek
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Noir, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs
Actors Scott Brady, Richard Steven Rauber, K. T. Stevens, Neville Brand, Yul Brynner, Arthur Blake
Roles Toni Cardell
Rating59%
The film tells the story of a two federal agents, one from Customs and one from Narcotics, out to stop the distribution of opium that came in on a ship in the Port of New York but was smuggled off by drug dealers. The leader of the drug dealers is the suave Vicola (Brynner).
Address Unknown (1944)
, 1h15Directed by William Cameron Menzies
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes Political films
Actors Paul Lukas, Carl Esmond, Peter van Eyck, Mady Christians, Morris Carnovsky, K. T. Stevens
Roles Griselle Eisenstein
Rating68%
Two close friends, Martin Schulz and Max Eisenstein (Morris Carnovsky), are German expatriate art dealers living in the United States. Martin's son Heinrich (Peter van Eyck) and Max's daughter Griselle (K.T. Stevens) are in love. However, she turns down his proposal of marriage for the time being, as she aspires to become an actress. When Martin and his wife return to Germany for business purposes, Griselle accompanies them to seek acting opportunities there. Max and Heinrich remain in San Francisco to run the art gallery, while Martin sends them paintings to sell. Martin sends a strange painting from an unknown artist to Max as a joke, the "unknown" artist being Pablo Picasso. A determined patron (Mary Young) insists on buying the painting, over Max's well-intended protests.
The Great Man's Lady (1942)
, 1h30Directed by William A. Wellman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance, Western
Actors Barbara Stanwyck, Joel McCrea, Brian Donlevy, K. T. Stevens, Thurston Hall, Lloyd Corrigan
Roles Girl Biographer
Rating65%
A statue is being dedicated to the late founder of Hoyt City, and reporters from around the country have gathered, speculating that "the old lady's going to talk." When the anticipated "old lady" does not appear at the event, they rush to her home. She is centenarian Hannah Sempler (Barbara Stanwyck), who lives in an old mansion among the skyscrapers of Hoyt City. As she confronts the press who have barged in, a photographer says, "Hold it, Mrs. Hoyt!" She replies that her name is Hanna Sempler, and refuses to answer their questions as to whether she and Hoyt had been married, which as another reporter says, would make him a bigamist. The intruders leave, having learned nothing to prove or disprove the many rumors, but Hannah is persuaded to tell her story to a young female biographer who lags behind. She reminisces about her experiences with Ethan Hoyt (Joel McCrea) in the American West.
Kitty Foyle (1940)
, 1h48Directed by Sam Wood
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Ginger Rogers, Dennis Morgan, James Craig, Eduardo Ciannelli, Doodles Weaver, Ernest Cossart
Roles Molly
Rating68%
Kitty Foyle (Ginger Rogers), a saleswoman in a New York boutique working for Delphine Detaille (Odette Myrtil), faces a life-changing decision: marry doctor Mark Eisen (James Craig) or run away to South America with the man she has loved for many years, the already-married Wyn Strafford (Dennis Morgan). As she wrestles with her decision, the film flashes back to her youth in Philadelphia.
Don't Tell Everything (1921)
, 50minutesDirected by Sam Wood
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Gloria Swanson, Wallace Reid, Dorothy Cumming, Elliott Dexter, K. T. Stevens
Roles Cullen's niece
Rating60%