Stephanie Bachelor (May 23, 1912 – November 22, 1996) was an American film actress. During the 1940s, Bachelor briefly achieved leading status in supporting features such as Republic Pictures' Secrets of Scotland Yard. However, most of her appearances were supporting parts.
Stephanie Bachelor | |
|---|---|
 Bachelor in Lady of Burlesque, 1943 | |
| Born | May 23, 1912 |
| Died | November 22, 1996 (aged 84) |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1943–1948 |
| Spouse |
Cornelius “Connie” Hurley
(m. 1946; died 1976) |
When Bachelor was 13, she studied drama in a school headed by Jessie Bonstelle.and she appeared in a professional show in Detroit. She also performed in productions at Newman School for Girls and Royal Oak High School.[3]
Bachelor modeled clothes for dress shops[3] and was a photographer's model in Detroit.[4] She acted on stage in New York before she began performing in films.[5]
Bachelor acted with the Penman Players in Detroit and performed on the Dramatized Book Review on CKLW radio. She was a member of a stock theater company whose show had closed when she visited Hollywood as a tourist. An agent invited her to test for a part in a film, and that led her her role in Lady of Burlesque.[3]
In December 1946, Bachelor married Cornelius Vincent "Connie" Hurley, who owned and operated a casino in Las Vegas.[3][6][7]
Filmography
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1943 | Lady of Burlesque | The Princess Nirvena | |
| 1943 | His Butler's Sister | Dot Stanley | |
| 1944 | Her Primitive Man | Marcia | |
| 1944 | Man from Frisco | Ruth Warnecke | |
| 1944 | Secrets of Scotland Yard | Sudan Ainger | |
| 1944 | The Port of 40 Thieves | Muriel Chaney | |
| 1944 | Experiment Perilous | Elaine | |
| 1944 | Lake Placid Serenade | Irene Cermak | |
| 1945 | Earl Carroll Vanities | Claire Elliott | |
| 1945 | Gangs of the Waterfront | Jane Rodgers | |
| 1945 | Scotland Yard Investigator | Tony Collison | |
| 1946 | Crime of the Century | Audrey Brandon | |
| 1946 | The Undercover Woman | Marcia Conroy | |
| 1946 | Passkey to Danger | Gwen Hughes | |
| 1946 | G.I. War Brides | Elizabeth Wunderlich | |
| 1946 | The Magnificent Rogue | Vera Lane | |
| 1946 | I've Always Loved You | Redhead | |
| 1947 | The Ghost Goes Wild | Irene Winters | |
| 1947 | Springtime in the Sierras | Jean Loring | |
| 1947 | Blackmail | Carla | |
| 1948 | Campus Honeymoon | Dean Carson | |
| 1948 | King of the Gamblers | Elsie Pringle | |
| 1948 | Sons of Adventure | Laura Gifford | |
| 1948 | Homicide for Three | Collette Rose - aka Madam Colette | (final film role) |
Bibliography
edit- Hanson, Helen. Hollywood Heroines: Women in Film Noir and the Female Gothic Film. I.B. Tauris, 2007.
References
edit- ^ "Stephanie Bachelor - the Private Life and Times of Stephanie Bachelor. Stephanie Bachelor Pictures".
- ^ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J1BQ-N4Q : 11 January 2021), Cornelius Hurley, Feb 1976; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
- ^ a b c d Ross, Jerry (June 15, 1947). "Good Egg". Detroit Free Press. p. 30. Retrieved June 23, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Royal Oak Girl Back Home After First Film Role". Detroit Evening Times. May 23, 1943. p. 3. Retrieved June 23, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Talk of Hollywood". The Evening Sun. Maryland, Baltimore. December 26, 1942. p. 6. Retrieved June 23, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ United Press International (May 12, 1967). "U.S. Indicts Seven Men on Charges of 'Skimming' Money in Casinos in Vegas". The Sacramento Bee. p. D3. Retrieved June 23, 2024.
- ^ "United States Census, 1950", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6XVL-1YFV : Mon Mar 18 20:22:07 UTC 2024), Entry for Cornelius V Hurley and Stephanie Hurley, 12 May 1950.
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