Inger Stevens was born in Stockholm, Sweden, to Per Gustaf and Lisbet Stensland. At 16, she ran away from home to Kansas City, and worked in burlesque shows. She received her big break in the film Man on Fire, starring Bing Crosby. She achieved her greatest success in the ABC television series The Farmer’s Daughter.
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Inger Stevens was born in Stockholm, Sweden, to Per Gustaf and Lisbet Stensland. At 16, she ran away from home to Kansas City, and worked in burlesque shows. At 18, she left Kansas City to return to New York City, where she worked as a chorus girl. She received her big break in the film Man on Fire, starring Bing Crosby. She achieved her greatest success in the ABC television series The Farmer’s Daughter.
Stevens was found dead in her Hollywood Hills home on April 30, 1970. Her death was initially ruled a suicide, but later ruled a barbiturate poisoning. She was attempting to revive her television career with the detective drama series The Most Deadly Game at the time of her death. Her first husband was her agent, Anthony Soglio, to whom she was married from 1955 to 1957.
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