Stella Stevens, 'The Nutty Professor' actress and Elvis Presley’s co-star, dead at 84

Stella Stevens, a ‘60s actress and Playboy Playmate who appeared in films like "Girls! Girls! Girls!," "The Nutty Professor" and later "The Poseidon Adventure," has died at the age of 84.

Stevens was born Estelle Caro Eggleston in Yazoo City, Mississippi, in 1938. She married at age 16 and gave birth to her first and only child, actor/producer Andrew Stevens, in 1955 when she was 17. Stevens divorced two years later. Stephanie Nolasco covers entertainment at Foxnews.com.

During her time at Memphis State University, Stevens pursued acting and modeling. She was discovered by 20th Century Fox while performing a college production of "Bus Stop." The actress would later be dropped by Fox and picked up by Paramount.