#49 Venetia Stevenson

IMDb digs into its thesaurus to describe Venetia Stevenson, pegging her as variously “sultry,” “glamorous,” “shapely,” “lush-lipped,” and “photogenic.” Never a strong or confident actress, though, Venetia retired from the business in her early 20s – basically to marry Everly Brother Don and raise his kids. Too bad. It would have been nice to see a little more of her.

Embarrassing Real Name:  Joanna Venetia Invicta Stevenson

Cheesy Pageant Titles:  Miss Los Angeles Press Club

Embarrassing Movies

• Violent Road
• Island of Lost Women
• Horror Hotel (AKA The City of the Dead) *
• The American Thanksgiving: Its History and Meaning

* - author has seen

Embarrassing Taglines

• Kisses, crime and violence
• A Secret Eden Turned into a Raging Hell!
• Jet-hot action! Jet-hot suspense! Jet-hot thrills!
• They trained 'em to be killers and then turned them loose in hell!

Shortest Marriage:  1 year

Unlikely Spouses & Boyfriends

• Audie Murphy
• Frank Sinatra
• Dennis Hopper
• Anthony Perkins
• Elvis

Whiffs of Scandal:  Married at age 17

Interesting Tidbits

• Daughter of a director and an actress
• TV debut was as a corpse
• Was an equestrienne and rode competitively at the National Horse Show
• Was Axl Rose’s mother-in-law

Where can I learn more?

• Glamour Girls of the Silver Screen
• IMDb
• Wikipedia

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