Elaine Stewart

Birthday: 1930-05-31
Deathday: 2011-06-27
Birthplace: Montclair, New Jersey, USA
Gender: Female
Owned By: Unowned

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Elaine Stewart was an American actress and model.

Stewart was born in Montclair, New Jersey as Elsy Steinberg. She was one of five children born into a German Jewish family. In 1961, nearing the end of her television career, she married actor Bill Carter. After her divorce from Carter, she married television producer Merrill Heatter on December 31, 1964. They had a son, Stewart, and a daughter, Gabrielle.

Stewart made her debut by winning Miss See in See Magazine in 1952, with measurements 34–25–36. She was in many magazines such as Playboy and Photoplay. She had a supporting role in The Bad and the Beautiful (1952), as Lila, a starlet who has a romantic fling with a producer played by Kirk Douglas. She was featured as the love interest of Sgt Ryan, played by Richard Widmark, in Take the High Ground! (1953) as Julie.

She appeared in other films, such as Brigadoon, Night Passage, Code Two, The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond, and The Adventures of Hajji Baba. Stewart had a small but key role, as Anne Boleyn, in 1953's Young Bess. She co-starred with Jeff Chandler in the film noir The Tattered Dress (1957), with Victor Mature in the western Escort West (1958) and shared top billing with John Derek in a 1958 adventure film, High Hell before turning to television.

Stewart guest-starred in TV series such as Bat Masterson and Burke's Law, both starring Gene Barry. In her last acting appearance on TV, she played Irene Grey in the Perry Mason episode "The Case of the Capering Camera" in 1964. Stewart was a co-hostess on two 1970s game shows, Gambit with Wink Martindale and the nighttime edition of High Rollers with Alex Trebek, both produced by her husband, Merrill Heatter.

Stewart died on June 27, 2011, at the age of 81.

Credits

Year Title Character
1962-06-26 Peccati d'estate Costanza
1961-07-04 Most Dangerous Man Alive Carla Angelo
1961-03-31 The Seven Revenges Tamara
1960-02-03 The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond Monica Drake
1959-01-23 Escort West Beth Drury
1958-01-01 High Hell Lenore Davidson
1957-07-24 Night Passage Verna Kimball
1957-03-14 The Tattered Dress Charleen Reston
1956-03-09 Meet Me in Las Vegas Eliane Stewart (uncredited)
1954-10-01 The Adventures of Hajji Baba Princess Fakzia
1954-09-08 Brigadoon Jane Ashton
1953-10-30 Take the High Ground! Julie Mollison
1953-06-05 A Slight Case of Larceny Beverly Ambridge
1953-05-29 Young Bess Anne Boleyn
1953-04-24 Code Two Jane Anderson
1952-12-25 The Bad and the Beautiful Lila
1952-12-12 Sky Full of Moon Billie - the Change Girl
1952-11-19 Desperate Search Stewardess
1952-10-31 Everything I Have Is Yours Showgirl
1952-07-19 You for Me Girl in Club Car
1952-04-09 Singin' in the Rain Lady-in-Waiting (uncredited)