Elaine Stewart

Cast

“When I was under contract to Metro I was careful about my lifestyle. I drove an old wreck of a car and shared a small apartment with a girlfriend. We each paid $75 a month rent. I put my earnings in the bank and invested in some real estate. Let’s say I was doing all right when I got married.”

Biography

Elaine Stewart (May 31, 1930 – June 27, 2011) was an American actress and model.

Stewart was born in Montclair, New Jersey as Elsy Steinberg. She was one of five children born into a German Jewish family. In 1961, nearing the end of her television career, she married actor Bill Carter. After her divorce from Carter, she married television producer Merrill Heatter on December 31, 1964. They had a son, Stewart, and a daughter, Gabrielle.

Stewart 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 Lila. She was featured as the love interest of Sgt Ryan played by Richard Widmark in “[Take the High Ground]” (1953) as Julie. She appeared in other films, such as Brigadoon, Night Passage, The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond, and The Adventures of Hajji Baba. In her last television appearance in 1964 she played actress… read more