Stevens, Inger (1934–1970)

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Stevens, Inger (1934–1970)

Swedish-born stage, tv, and screen actress. Born Inger Stensland, Oct 18, 1934, in Stockholm, Sweden; died of barbiturate poisoning, April 30, 1970, in Los Angeles, CA; m. Anthony Soglio, 1955 (div. 1957); m. (secretly) Isaac (Ike) Jones (African-American musician), 1961.

At 13, came to US; began career as a chorine at the Latin Quarter; made Broadway bow in Debut (1957); films include Man on Fire, Cry Terror, The Buccaneer, The World the Flesh and the Devil, Guide for the Married Man, Madigan and A Dream of Kings; starred in tv series "The Farmer's Daughter" (1963–66); other tv appearances include the episode "Going My Way?" on "The Twilight Zone," where she played a woman who kept passing the same hitchhiker.

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