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Elaine Stewart

 
Actor: Elaine Stewart
  • Born: May 31, 1929 in Montclair, New Jersey
  • Occupation: Actor
  • Active: '50s
  • Major Genres: Adventure, Comedy
  • Career Highlights: Brigadoon, The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond, The Tattered Dress
  • First Major Screen Credit: Sky Full of Moon (1952)

Biography

Ruby-lipped, brunette leading lady Elaine Stewart worked as an usherette, cashier and model before entering films in 1951. Signed to an MGM contract, Stewart was hard to ignore in such roles as the sluttish Lila in The Bad and the Beautiful (1952) and the garrulous socialite Jane Ashton in Brigadoon (1954). Usually consigned to secondary parts, she was afforded a leading role as a harem-togged princess in The Adventures of Hajji Baba (1954). Out of films by 1965, Elaine Stewart later showed up as a blackjack dealer on the TV game shows High Rollers (1975) and Las Vegas Gambit (1980), both of which were co-produced by her husband, Merrill Heater. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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Elaine Stewart

from the trailer for
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
Born Elsy Steinberg
May 31, 1929 (1929-05-31) (age 80)
Montclair, New Jersey, U.S.
Occupation Actress/Model
Years active 1952–1964
Spouse(s) Bill Carter (1961–1963)
Merrill Heatter (1963–present)

Elaine Stewart (born Elsy Steinberg on May 31, 1929) is an American actress and model.

Life

Stewart was born in Montclair, New Jersey.

In 1961, nearing the end of her television career, she married actor Bill Carter. On December 30, 1963, she divorced Carter and married TV producer Merrill Heatter. Together, they had one daughter, on July 14, 1970.

Carrer

She 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 the cynical bit player Laila, who keeps company with the leading man and the producer, played by Kirk Douglas. She appeared in other films, such as Brigadoon, Night Passage and The Adventures of Hajji Baba.

She is also best known as the co-hostess on two 1970's game shows, Gambit and the nighttime edition of High Rollers, both produced by her husband.


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