STEFANIE POWERS BIOGRAPHY & FILMOGRAPHY:
Stefanie Powers was born on November 2nd, 1942 in Hollywood, California with the birth name Stefania Zofya Federkiewicz. Her parents divorced when she was still young and her mother re-married. At the age of fifteen she was offered a contract with Columbia Pictures and after graduating from Hollywood High School she continued a career in acting.
She took a five year hiatus after doing a couple small film roles such as, "The Young Sinner" (1965), "Experiment in Terror" (1962) and McLintock" (1963 starring alongside John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara. Then she returned back to the industry and set her focus on television acting. She was cast as Jennifer Hart on, "Hart to Hart" (1979) for which she received two Emmy's and five Golden Globe Awards for Best Television Actress nominations.
She had over 100 appearances on other shows as well such as, "Route 66" (1963), "Bonanza" (1963), "The Girl from U.N.C.L.E" (1966), "The Mod Squad" (1972), "Kung Fu" (1974), "The Feather and Father Gang" (1976) and "Maggie" (1986).
Powers also starred in such films as, "Warning Shot" (1967), "The Boatniks" (1970) and "Herbie Rides Again" (1974). She has also appeared on stage in such productions as, "Applause!" and briefly appeared in the London musical on, "Matador" (1991) but due to the drop of tourism during the Gulf war, the production closed prematurely. In 2002, Powers toured the United Kingdom in a production of, "The King and I".
Other appearances she has made has been on, "Romance Classics" as a hostess and on a number of PBS shows were she teaches women about finance called, "Funding Your Dreams".
Powers has married twice throughout her lifetime. Her first husband was Gary Lockwood whom she wed in 1966 and later divorced in 1972. She then married Patrick De La Chenais in 1993 and this marriage too ended in divorce in 1999.
Along with her career as an actress, she is also President of the William Holden Wildlife Association, an international speaker on wildlife preservation, a spokesperson for AVID Microchip Technology, Director of the Mount Kenya Game Ranch and a number of other philanthropic causes.
Powers was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and was also awarded the Peace One Earth medallion for her many years of service to the USO. Then in 2011 she received the Steiger Award in Germany for accomplishments in the arts. She has no biological children and in 2008 she was diagnosed with lung cancer.
Filmography
2011 Transfer at Aachen
2010 Meet My Mom
2008 Jump!
2006 Rabbit Fever
2002 Someone Is Watching
2001 Doctors
2001 What About Joan
1996 Hart to Hart: Till Death Do Us Hart
1996 Hart to Hart: Harts in High Season
1995 Hart to Hart: Two Harts in 3/4 Time
1995 Hart to Hart: Secrets of the Hart
1995 Cybill
1994 Good King Wenceslas
1994 Hart to Hart: Old Friends Never Die
1994 Hart to Hart: Crimes of the Hart
1994 Hart to Hart: Home Is Where the Hart Is
1993 Hart to Hart Returns
1993 Survive the Night
1992 The Burden of Proof
1990 When Will I Be Loved?
1989 Love and Betrayal
1988 She Was Marked for Murder
1988 Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun
1987 At Mother's Request
1986 Maggie
1985 Deceptions
1985 Hollywood Wives
1984 Mistral's Daughter
1979-1984 Hart to Hart
1984 Family Secrets
1979 Escape to Athena
1978 A Death in Canaan
1978 Nowhere to Run
1977 Washington: Behind Closed Doors
1976-1977 The Feather and Father Gang
1977 Never Con a Killer
1974-1977 McMillan & Wife
1976 The Bionic Woman
1976 The Six Million Dollar Man
1976 Return to Earth
1976 Bert D'Angelo/Superstar
1976 The Man Inside
1976 The Astral Factor
1975 The Rockford Files
1975 Three for the Road
1972-1975 The Streets of San Francisco
1975 It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time
1975 Gone with the West
1975 Sky Heist
1974 Harry O
1974 Petrocelli
1974 The Rookies
1974 Kung Fu
1974 Kodiak
1972-1974 Cannon
1974 Night Games
1974 Manhunter
1974 Herbie Rides Again
1974 Skyway to Death
1974 Shootout in a One-Dog Town
1970-1973 Medical Center
1973 Marcus Welby, M.D.
1971-1973 McCloud
1973 Barnaby Jones
1973 Topper Returns
1972 The Sixth Sense
1972 The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
1972 Search
1972 No Place to Run
1972 Mod Squad
1972 Banacek
1972 The Magnificent Seven Ride!
1972 Hardcase
1972 Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
1969-1972 Love, American Style
1972 The F.B.I.
1971 Ellery Queen: Don't Look Behind You
1971 Paper Man
1971 Sweet, Sweet Rachel
1971 Five Desperate Women
1971 Police Surgeon
1970 The Boatniks
1970 Crescendo
1970 It Takes a Thief
1969 Lancer
1968 Journey to the Unknown
1966-1967 The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
1967 Please Don't Eat the Daisies
1967 Warning Shot
1966 Stagecoach
1965 Die! Die! My Darling!
1965 Love Has Many Faces
1965 Like Father, Like Son
1964 The New Interns
1963 Route 66
1963 McLintock!
1963 Palm Springs Weekend
1963 Bonanza
1963 Swingin' Together
1962 If a Man Answers
1962 The Interns
1962 Experiment in Terror
1961 Tammy Tell Me True
1961 Bat Masterson
1961 Lock Up
1961 The Ann Sothern Show
1960 The Case of the Dangerous Robin
1958 Now Is Tomorrow