2009 Stella Stevens with Cheryl Rogers

Описание: Author, Cheryl Rogers Barnett “Cowboy Princess” and “The All-American Cowboy Grill”, conducts one on one interviews with all the stars at the 2009 Lone Pine Film Festival. The interviews have quickly become a favorite of festival goers and one of the most talked about events of the annual festival.

Cheryl the daughter of Lone Pine favorite, Roy Rogers, grew up in the movie industry and is close friends with many of the celebrities. Join with Cheryl and Lone Pine guests as you listen-in on these intimate conversations.

The interviews are well done and provide interesting entertainment as the celebs recall their memories of their work in movies and offer short stories on other actors, directors and producers with whom they have worked. Cheryl Rogers, knows most, so their comfort level with her provides a relaxed and spontaneous interview format. A question and answer period follows permitting interaction with the audience.

Stella Stevens
A native of Hot Coffee, Mississippi, Stella Stevens was married at 15, a mother at 16 and divorced at 17. While attending Memphis State College, Stella became interested in acting and modeling. Her film debut was a bit part in Say One for Me (1959), but her appearance in Li'l Abner (1959) as Appassionata Von Climax is the one that got her noticed. Then her centerfold spread in Playboy was one of the most popular issues. She co-starred with some of the biggest names in movies such as Bobby Darin in Too Late Blues (1961); Elvis Presley in Girls! Girls! Girls! (1962); Glenn Ford in The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1963); Jerry Lewis in The Nutty Professor (1963); and Dean Martin in The Silencers (1966). She appeared on the television series "Surfside 6" (1960); "Ben Casey" (1961) and the soap opera "General Hospital" (1963).

By the late 1960s, her career had leveled off and she was appearing in roles based on her looks. One of her best performances at that time was in the movie The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970), where she played Hildy, and showed that her talent was more than physical. But then she appeared in a poor offering like Slaughter (1972). In the 1970s and 1980s, Stella became a fixture in movies made for television and appeared in a number of television series. Her big screen career may have slowed during that time, but she has appeared in a number of movies in every decade since she debuted.

Watch them all -- This interview is one of 13, in a series of interviews that Cheryl conduced during the Film Festival. Other celebrities interviewed include: Peggy Stewart, Stella Stevens, Geri Jewell, Ben Cooper, Perry King, Paul Picerni, Denny Miller, Hugh O'Brien; Director; William Wellman Jr. and Stunt men; Diamond Farnsworth and Loren Janes, and Legendary Paramount Executive - A.C. Lyles.