Connie Stevens (born August 8, 1938) is an American actress and singer.
She was born Concetta Rosalie Ann Ingolia in Brooklyn, New York, the daughter of Peter Ingolia (known as musician Teddy Stevens) and singer Eleanor McGinley.
Connie adopted her father's stage name of Stevens as her own. Her parents were divorced and she lived with grandparents. At age eight, she started attending Catholic boarding schools. Actor John Megna was her half-brothe...
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Connie Stevens (born August 8, 1938) is an American actress and singer.
She was born Concetta Rosalie Ann Ingolia in Brooklyn, New York, the daughter of Peter Ingolia (known as musician Teddy Stevens) and singer Eleanor McGinley.
Connie adopted her father's stage name of Stevens as her own. Her parents were divorced and she lived with grandparents. At age eight, she started attending Catholic boarding schools. Actor John Megna was her half-brother.
Coming from a musical family, she formed a singing group called The Foremost, in which the other three vocalists -- all males—went on to fame as The Lettermen. In 1953, Stevens moved to Los Angeles with her father. When she was sixteen, she replaced the alto in a singing group, The Three Debs. She enrolled at a professional school (Georgia Massey's School of Song and Dance in the San Fernando Valley), sang professionally and appeared in local repertory theater.
Stevens then started working as a movie extra. After appearing in four B movies,...
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