Stefanie Powers
Biography
Stefanie Powers is an American actress born in the Hollywood area of Los Angeles in 1942. At 16 she was placed under a Columbia Pictures studio contract, and she made the independent film The Young Sinner under the stage name Taffy Paul. Early supporting roles followed in McLintock! (1963), If a Man Answers (1962), and Experiment in Terror (1962), and she appeared opposite Tallulah Bankhead in Fanatic (1965). She became best known as Jennifer Hart on the mystery series Hart to Hart, which aired from 1979 to 1984 with Robert Wagner and brought her two Primetime Emmy nominations and five Golden Globe nominations. Her other films include The Boatniks (1970), The Magnificent Seven Ride! (1972), Herbie Rides Again (1974), and Escape to Athena (1979). On stage she performed in Cyrano de Bergerac, Love Letters, Applause, and The King and I, received the Sarah Siddons Award in 1993, and she released a music CD, On the Same Page, in 2003.
83years old
Turns 84 on November 2in 31 days
- Born Hollywood
- Star sign: ScorpioThe sign runs October 23 to November 21
- Stefania Zofya Federkiewicz (birth name)Also credited as Stefania Zofya Paul and Taffy Paul
Movie Career
- Films
- 16
- Career span
- 59 years1962 to 2021
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About the name
At 16, Powers signed a studio contract with Columbia Pictures. As was customary in the movie industry then, the deal included changing her name to the more Anglo-Saxon-sounding Stefanie Powers.
First role
Using the stage name Taffy Paul, Powers appeared in Tom Laughlin's independent film The Young Sinner in 1961, and the movie came out in 1965.
Beyond film
Powers and Stacy Keach led a 1978 stage production of Cyrano de Bergerac in Long Beach that was meant to move to Broadway, but the run was not extended because a newspaper strike hurt theater advertising and ticket sales.
Beyond film
Powers put out her first music CD in 2003, called On The Same Page. The album includes songs from the classic Great American Songbook era.
Beyond film
In 1991, Powers appeared in the London stage musical Matador at the Queen's Theater. The show's book drew on the Spanish bullfighting legend El Cordobés.
A first
Powers was the first celebrity eliminated from the 11th series of the reality show I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!, on November 25, 2011.
Stefanie Powers movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Two actors appear in three of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Box office
What Stefanie Powers's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$61.1 million
5 of the 16 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 16 films: 5 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 2 never in cinemas; 8 figure not found.
- 5Worldwide figure
- 1US gross only
- 2Never in cinemas
- 8Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The five biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$38M62.6% of the total
- 2$15M23.7% of the total
- 3$4.0M6.5% of the total
- 4$3.0M4.9% of the total
- 5$1.4M2.3% of the total
Awards
Two awards and honors.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other honors | |||
| 2011 | Steiger Award | Won | |
| Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame | Honored | ||
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