Lovely, indefatigable Connie Stevens added sparkle to a number of films and TV shows in the late 50s and 60s Hollywood. Brooklyn born Concetta Rosalie Ann Ingolia is of Italian/Sicilian and Irish descent, the daughter of Eleanor McGinley and Teddy Stevens (born Peter Ingolia). She was subsequently raised by her grandparents when her mother and father (a band singer and jazz musician, respectively) filed for divorce. Connie attended Catholic boarding schools in her formative years. Inheriting her parents' love and talent for music, she formed a vocal quartet called "The Foremost" which was comprised of Connie and three men. Those men later became part of The Lettermen. In Hollywood from 1953, Connie formed yet another vocal group "The Three Debs" while trying to break into films doing extra work. Moving up to the co-star ranks in a few mediocre teen dramas such as Young and Dangerous (1957), Eighteen and Anxious (1957), The Party Crashers (1958), and Dragstrip Riot (1958), it was comedian Jerry Lewis who set things in motion by casting her in his comedy Rock-a-Bye Baby (1958). As such, Warner Bros. signed her up for their hot detective series Hawaiian Eye (1959) and she was off. As pert and pretty "Cricket Blake", a slightly flaky and tomboyish singer/photographer, Connie became an instant teen idol -- trendy and undeniably appealing. A couple of record offers (and hits) came her way as a result including "Sixteen Reasons" and the novelty song "Kookie, Kookie, Lend Me Your Comb" (in tribute to Edd Byrnes' hip, teen idol character on the popular detective series 77 Sunset Strip (1958)). Adored for her sexy effervescence, Connie tried to broaden her "sex kitten" image in the 60's with serious attempts at adult film drama, including the title role in Susan Slade (1961), as well as co-leads in Parrish (1961), Palm Springs Weekend (1963), and Two on a Guillotine (1965), but they were modestly received. For the most part, she remained a comfy TV presence in musical variety shows ("The Red Skelton Show," "Kraft Music Hall"), westerns ("Cheyenne," "Maverick") and game shows ("Hollywood Squares"). She also appeared opposite George Burns in a second series, the sitcom Wendy and Me (1964), and co-starred in a couple of lightweight films, Never Too Late (1965) and Way... Way Out (1966), again with Jerry Lewis. In the 1970s, she refocused on her voice and started lining up singing commercials (Ace Hardware) while subsisting in nightclubs and hotels. Connie eventually built herself up as a Las Vegas headlining act. She also starred on Broadway with "The Star-Spangled Girl" and won a Theatre World Award for her performance in 1967. Comedian Bob Hope's made her one of his regular entertainers on his USO tours. Sporadic films came her way every now and then. A TV-movie The Sex Symbol (1974) had her playing a tragic Marilyn Monroe type goddess. There was also innocuous fun in such sporadic films as Grease 2 (1982) and Back to the Beach (1987) with Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello. TV episodic work on "Murder, She Wrote," "The Love Boat," "Baywatch," "Ellen," the revamped "Burke's Law," "It's Garry Shandling Show," "Baywatch" and "8 Simple Rules," plus a regular role on the short-lived series Starting from Scratch (1988) also kept her afloat. Once wed to actor James Stacy, Connie later married and divorced singer Eddie Fisher. From her union with Fisher came two daughters, Joely Fisher and Tricia Leigh Fisher, both of whom became actors. Single with two daughters, and completely out of sync with Hollywood, Connie started experiencing severe financial woes. In the 1990s, the never-say-die personality began a new lucrative career in the infomercial game with skin-care and make-up products, and turned her financial woes around. Now a self-made tycoon with her own successful beauty line to boot, Connie is living proof that anything can happen in that wild and wacky world called show biz. She resurged briefly in films with featured roles in Love Is All There Is (1996), James Dean: Race with Destiny (1997), Returning Mickey Stern (2002), Double Duty (2009), Just Before I Go (2014) and Search Engines (2016) which starred daughter Joely. She also was seen on TV with episodic work on "s, The recipient of a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, Connie was elected secretary-treasurer of the Screen Actors Guild in 2005. Since suffering a stroke in 2016, she has remained out of the limelight for the most part. In 2019, she made a brief return to films with By the Rivers of Babylon (2018), again with Joely.
Read moreShow less
Biography from IMDb.
- August 8, 1938 (88)
- Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
- Actor, also director, producer, writer, cinematographer and editor
- 28 on MovieCove · 64 credits in all
What are Connie Stevens' films like?
Across their 19 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 3 · Wry 1 · Earnest 15
Light 15 · Serious 1 · Dark 3
A split, not a type: Grounded 11 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 4
A split, not a type: Gentle 9 · Charged 8 · Intense 2
Steady 13 · Shifting 5 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 8 · Funny 6
Slow burn 12 · Even-paced 7 · Relentless 0
Casual 15 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 13 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 3
Resolved 19 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
Usually the Ally: 3 of 6 analyzed roles.
- Allyas Lucy in Parrish (1961)
- Heroas Cassie Duquesne in Two on a Guillotine (1965)
- Allyas Eileen Forbes in Way... Way Out (1966)
- Tricksteras Connie in Back to the Beach (1987)
- Allyas Jane Deacy in James Dean: Race with Destiny (1997)
- Mentoras Geena in Search Engines (2016)
Moods and endings
- Happy7
- Bittersweet9
- Tragic3
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Connie Stevens' films?
As of October 24, 2026, 14 of their 28 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (8).
- Just Before I Go (2014) · actor · free
- The Littlest Angel (1969) · actor · free
- Tapeheads (1988) · actor · free
- Fantasy Island (1977) · actor · free
- Saving Grace B. Jones (2009) · actor, director, writer, producer · free
- Love Is All There Is (1996) · actor · free
- James Dean: Race with Destiny (1997) · actor · free
- Double Duty (2009) · actor · free
Subscription and free streaming for Connie Stevens' titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
64 credits, 28 with a MovieCove page; 25 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
By the Rivers of Babylon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Search Engines(2016)
Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films
Just Before I Go(2014)
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
Double Duty(2009)
Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films
Saving Grace B. Jones(2009)
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
Fat Actress(2005)
Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all showsLiving in TV Land (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
8 Simple Rules(2002)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all shows
Returning Mickey Stern (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)
Titus (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
A Healing(1997)
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
Clueless (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
Love Is All There Is(1996)
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films
Ellen(1994)
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all shows
Burke's Law (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)
Baywatch (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)
Tapeheads(1988)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
Starting From Scratch (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)
Bring Me the Head of Dobie Gillis (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)
Back to the Beach(1987)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
Murder, She Wrote(1984)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows
Tales from the Darkside (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)
Hotel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)
Grease 2(1982)
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films
Side Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)
Aloha Paradise (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)
Murder Can Hurt You!(1980)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
Scruples (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)
Love's Savage Fury(1979)
Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films
Fantasy Island(1977)
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all shows
Dick Clark's Good Old Days (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)
The Love Boat(1977)
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all shows
Scorchy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)
The Sex Symbol (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)
Bing Crosby's Sun Valley Christmas Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)
Every Man Needs One (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)
Playmates (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)
Call Her Mom (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)
The Grissom Gang(1971)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
Mister Jerico (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)
The Littlest Angel(1969)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
Love, American Style (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)
Way... Way Out(1966)
Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films
ABC Stage 67 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)
Never Too Late (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)
Two on a Guillotine(1965)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
Wendy and Me (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)
Palm Springs Weekend(1963)
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
Temple Houston (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)
Susan Slade (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)
Parrish(1961)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
Hawaiian Eye (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)
77 Sunset Strip (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)
The Party Crashers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)
Rock-a-Bye Baby(1958)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
Dragstrip Riot (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)
Young and Dangerous (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)
Maverick(1957)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows
Sugarfoot (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)
Cheyenne(1955)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows
The Bob Cummings Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)
Hallmark Hall of Fame (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)
Career shape
Star power in the 87th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 64 titles from 1951 to 2018; peak year 2015.
Biggest box office
Back to the Beach (1987)
Highest rated
Tab Hunter Confidential (2015)
Most popular right now
Just Before I Go (2014)
Film career
Peak 2015 · steadily prominent in film for years. Top draw in 1 MovieCove title. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 1958Screen debut· Rock-a-Bye Baby
- 1965First top-billed film· Two on a Guillotine
Billing
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.
How do Connie Stevens' films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 37th percentile, the median of the 19 of 20 with a score; across their 19 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 40th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up2
- 50th to 74th8
- 25th to 49th6
- Below 25th11
Shape of the crowd
14 of their 27 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved1
- Cult Classic3
- Crowd Pleaser7
- Broadly Agreed2
- Mixed14
Reviewers score the acting 54/100 in their films, across 14 reviewed titles; fans 71, detractors 35. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Connie Stevens work with?
People who share at least 2 of Connie Stevens' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Jeffrey Schwarz shares the most, 2.
Directors
- Jeffrey SchwarzShared titles: The Fabulous Allan Carr (2017), Tab Hunter Confidential (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Jeffrey Schwarz
Actors
- Scott WilsonShared titles: Saving Grace B. Jones (2009), The Grissom Gang (1971)See all 2 shared titles with Scott Wilson
- Jerry LewisShared titles: Way... Way Out (1966), Rock-a-Bye Baby (1958)See all 2 shared titles with Jerry Lewis
- Troy DonahueShared titles: Palm Springs Weekend (1963), Parrish (1961)See all 2 shared titles with Troy Donahue
Composers and editors
- Michael S. McLeanShared titles: Murder Can Hurt You! (1980), Love's Savage Fury (1979)See all 2 shared titles with Michael S. McLean
- Max SteinerShared titles: Two on a Guillotine (1965), Parrish (1961)See all 2 shared titles with Max Steiner
Producers
- Aaron SpellingShared titles: Murder Can Hurt You! (1980), Love's Savage Fury (1979)See all 2 shared titles with Aaron Spelling
- Douglas S. CramerShared titles: Murder Can Hurt You! (1980), Love's Savage Fury (1979)See all 2 shared titles with Douglas S. Cramer
- E. Duke VincentShared titles: Murder Can Hurt You! (1980), Love's Savage Fury (1979)See all 2 shared titles with E. Duke Vincent