Stefanie Powers

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Stefanie Powers (2010)

Stefanie Powers (* 2. November 1942 as Stefania Zofya Federkiewicz in Hollywood ) is an American actress of Polish descent.

Life

Powers became internationally known through the role of Jennifer Hart in the television series Hart (1979-1984) at the side of Robert Wagner . With this she played in 1969 in the episode "Fire Magic" of the series Your appearance, Al Mundy together. She had previously appeared in a number of television series and films such as The Streets of San Francisco (1976), Bonanza (1963), The Girl from UNCLE (1966/1967) and Herbie Big in Drive (1974). Powers worked for many years under the stage name "Taffy Paul". In 1957, she was intended as a dancer for the "Jets" in the film adaptation of Leonard Bernstein's West Side Story , but was rejected by the producers, for whom she appeared to be too young. Powers and Robert Wagner met on the set of West Side Story when he was accompanying his wife Natalie Wood , who starred in the play. At the age of 15, Powers signed a contract with Columbia Pictures .

After the global success with Hart but cordially , she could still be seen in some television films such as Die Zwillingsschwestern (1985) or as the aviation pioneer Beryl Markham in the television epic Africa, my life (1988). From 1993 to 1996 Powers produced a few television adaptations for the series Hart aber cordially, again with Robert Wagner; But it was only about 90-minute infusions of the former TV success.

Powers has appeared in more than 100 cinema and television productions in total, alongside international personalities such as John Wayne , Maureen O'Hara , Roger Moore (with whom she was also friends), Ann-Margret , Bing Crosby , Michael Douglas , Tallulah Bankhead , Anthony Hopkins , Maureen Stapleton, and Angie Dickinson (who she is also friends with). She was the figurehead for series such as The Girl from UNCLE, The Feather and Father Gang or Mistral's Daughter .

In 1985 she brought out a book called Superlife , which features gymnastic exercises and exercises for self-defense. In 2005 Powers' Pilates followed, a book with and about Pilates exercises to keep body and mind healthy. Powers is also connected to the sport of polo , which she has been practicing since the 1980s, now at high goal level. In 2003 she released a CD (On the same page) on which she sings jazz standards. For several years she has been in the United States in various theater - and musical performances to see, for example, in The King and I .

Today Powers is only occasionally in front of the camera for television films and small cinema productions. In 2011 she took part in the eleventh season of the British television show I'm a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! part. Stefanie Powers has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame .

Private life

Stefanie Powers was married twice. Her first marriage to Gary Lockwood lasted from 1966 to 1972, her second with the Frenchman Patrick De La Chenais lasted from 1993 to 1999. She divorced both men, both marriages remained childless. Since 1973 she was friends with William Holden , which eventually became a close relationship until his death in 1981. When he died, she founded the "William Holden Wildlife Foundation" in California in 1982 , which campaigns for the conservation of endangered and wild animals in Kenya and for the necessary training for African students. Powers is also director of the Mount Kenya Game Ranch founded by Holden in 1960. She is also the international spokesperson for animal welfare.

Filmography (selection)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ according to the California Birth Index, 1905-1995 . Center for Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento, California at Ancestry.com; the name Stefania Zofia Federkiewicz , which was mentioned variously as the maiden name, is therefore incorrect.
  2. ↑ I'm a Celebrity 2011: Full line up and pictures of stars including Mark Wright, Dougie Poynter, Jessica-Jane Clement in their jungle gear , November 9, 2011, Daily Mirror
  3. ^ William Holden Wildlife Foundation: History , accessed May 25, 2015

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personal data
SURNAME Powers, Stefanie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Paul, Stefanie Zofya (maiden name); Paul, Taffy (stage name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-american actress
DATE OF BIRTH November 2, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Hollywood , Los Angeles , California , United States