Stella Stevens.
She was born Estelle Caro Eggleston-1st October 1938 and just recently passed 17th February 2023,complications from Alzheimer's.She was 84 years.
Stella began her acting career in 1959 with Bing Cosby.In 1960 she was in Bonanza as Annie the deaf mute.One of her commentary during 'Silent Thunder.,was that she had to keep thinking that "You cannot hear,you cannot hear."
1960 was a busy year for her-she won the Golden Globe for the newest star of the year,she was in 3 playboy pictorials and was January's playmate.she was in Alfred Hitchcocks Presents,just to name a few.One that we know very well Micheal Landon's Highway To Heaven.