Inger Stevens

Her first husband was Anthony Soglio, with whom she was married from 1955 to 1957. Gwen appeared in Kevin's Dogma, in a small role as a bus clerk. It became then known that from 1961 to her death she had been married to Ike Jones, an African-American actor. Director Kevin Smith was a fan of the movie, particularly a scene in it wherein, in an imagined sequence, some of a character's friends chastise her for "selling out" and sleeping with a guy, and used it as an inspiration for his rather unique take on a similiar theme in his own film Chasing Amy. Inger Stevens committed suicide with an overdose of sleeping pills. In it she plays a young woman whose friends help her in the (lesbian) dating scene. Several roles in major films followed, but she had the greatest success with her leading role in the TV series The Farmer's Daughter, and also with roles in TV episodes of series like The Twilight Zone, Bonanza and The Alfred Hitchcock Hour. An early film Gwen starred in, for which she also helped produce with her then-girlfriend, Rose Troche, was called Go Fish.

Later she made commercials, smaller plays and TV appearances, until she finally got her big chance in the movie Man on Fire, with Bing Crosby. Guinevere Turner and I Shot Andy Warhol director Mary Harron wrote the screenplay which ended up being selected for the film version of Bret Easton Ellis' American Psycho. At the same time she took lessons at the Actor's Studio. Amoungst other recent films, she starred in the 1997 British BDSM/Fetish comedy film Preaching to the Perverted as the New York dominatrix "Tanya Cheex". Inger then moved with her father to the United States. At 16 she left home and started to work in New York as a showgirl in cheap performances. She was born in Boston, Massachusetts, USA on May 23, 1968. Her parents divorced while living in Sweden. Guinevere Turner is a lesbian actress and writer.

She was an insecure and often ill woman. Stevens, whose real name was Inger Stensland, was to become a famous star, but her life was too short. She was born in Stockholm, Sweden, on October 18, 1934 and died in Los Angeles, California, on April 30, 1970. Inger Stevens was an American movie and TV actress.

Man on Fire (1957). Cry Terror (1958). The Buccaneer (1958). World, the Flesh and the Devil (1959).

The New Interns (1964). A Guide For the Married Man (1967). A Time For Killing (1967). Firecreek (1968).

Madigan (1968). Hang 'em High (1968). 5 Card Stud (1968). House of Cards (1968).

Dream of Kings (1969).