Stefanie Powers

Was replaced by Carole D'Andrea for the role of Velma in West Side Story (1961).

Stefanie Powers began her career as a teenager dancing for the Michele Paniaff Ballet Company and Jerome Robbins. At 16 she was put under contract to Columbia Pictures in the twilight of the Hollywood Studio System where she made 15 motion pictures and was loaned to United Artists for the John Wayne production of McLintock! (1963). MGM Television bought her contract from Columbia to present her as The Girl from U. N. C. L. E.

Her long career has included appearances on the stage beginning in 1964 with "Under the Yum Yum Tree" in San Francisco which ran for 12 years after its initial opening. She has appeared on and off Broadway in musical shows and tributes; in the West End in the musical, "Matador" and "Love Letters". Appearances on the British stage included "The King and I", "The Adjustment" and "84 Charing Cross Road. "Her stage appearances in the United States include "Annie Get Your Gun", "Oliver", "Applause" (the revival), "Sunset Boulevard" and "Gotta Dance" directed by Jerry Mitchell.

Powers filled in for Valerie Harper playing legendary actress Tallulah Bankhead in the stage play "Looped", which was based on an event following the 1965 film Die! Die! My Darling! (1965), in which Powers co-starred with Bankhead.

(1966).

A guest spot on It Takes a Thief (1968) with Robert Wagner led him to lobby for her to play his wife on Hart to Hart (1979) when the series was being cast. Competition for the role included Lindsay Wagner and Suzanne Pleshette, the latter of whom Powers had previously replaced in the film Palm Springs Weekend (1963).

Partner and romantic companion of William Holden (1972-1981). After his death she founded the William Holden Wildlife Foundation. Powers continues as President of the foundation to the present day, with dual headquarters in California and Kenya, on the grounds of Holden's Mount Kenya Game Ranch.

Her television credits include over 200 guest appearances, 18 mini-series and 2 more weekly series, The Feather and Father Gang (1976) and the long-running Hart to Hart (1979).

Deaths of life partner William Holden and good friend Natalie Wood (wife of her Hart to Hart (1979) co-star, Robert Wagner), occurred within days of each other in November 1981.

The red sequined dress used by Dustin Hoffman in Tootsie (1982) was first worn by her in Hart to Hart: Color Jennifer Dead (1980).

In addition to working for animal rights, Powers has designed a line of clothes which was sold on the Home Shopping Network and has released two home videos--one on horseback riding (1989) and the other demonstrating exercises which can be done to Broadway show tunes (1992).

Played Anna in The King and I, at The Opera House, Manchester, England. [2002]

At the Pantages Theater in Los Angeles, starring in "The King & I" (April 5-April 17, 2005).

Played the Fairy Godmother in "Cinderella" at the Mayflower Theatre in Southampton, England. [December 2008]

Powers' elder brother, Jeffrey Moreau (born Jeffrey Julian Paul), was found dead at his Orangevale, California home in late November 2013, aged 73. A former SF Muni and Sacramento RT employee, Moreau was a connoisseur and researcher of all things railroad-related, including cable cars, light rail, trolley coaches, motor buses, and the trolley festivals. He authored more than 30 books on the subject.

Was in a relationship with Tom Carroll, an auditor and former US Navy officer, for fourteen years until his death in August 2014.