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  • Inger's niece, Athena Ashburn and her husband, now have their own You Tube channel - 20DollarShow. See three original episodes that feature a Twilight Zone flavored mix of eerie story lines delivering a timely social comment. Also see the article on Inger Stevens done by Gary brumburgh in the May issue of Classic Images magazine and visit his You Tube channel - gbrumburgh.

  • The kid who plays Danny grew up to be my PoliSci professor at Cabrillo College. Dr. O'Brien is a great prof, if not totally eccentric. I love that he was in this show! And that he has an imdb page.

  • @pegg70 Thanks - cool! That's interesting info - often wondered about "Steven" and "Danny." Cabrillo College and the Santa Cruz area? Arrgh! Wanted so badly to attend UC Santa Cruz and do dolphin research in my younger years. O'Brien is a Phd that teaches Political Science - how 'bout that! Some of the show's political theme must have made a lasting impression on him.

  • Today, April 30, is a day many of us take to remember Inger Stevens.

    Here's to you, Inger. Lovely lady!

    Also a toast to everyone who makes an effort to keep Inger's memory alive - on You Tube and elsewhere:

    lemster2024, swifty079, northbreed1a, baybea, dentelTV1 - Jerry, Brent, Gary, Athena, Samuel, Santiago and so many others - everyone!

    See lemster2024's upload of the marriage of Katy - new today!

  • I was very young when she was alive and popular, so i don't know much about her. Just remember that in her performances,rather than the popular" mannered "form of acting of those around her, she brought more of a pensive, introspective melancholy to every role.I was mesmerized by her, because I constantly thought, how can someone so beautiful, be so unhappy?

  • @tet43 Let's hope she wasn't so unhappy all the time. She also certainly could project a very buoyant, upbeat persona as well. A publicist or agent once said of Marilyn Monroe: "She had too many thoughts in her head ... that was part of her problem." I think "many thoughts in her head" would likely apply to Inger too. Very intelligent, very sensitive, very engaging. One of a kind.

  • @sseklof Yes, I very much hope that to be true of Ms.Stevens.Strange though, that in every performance I ever saw of her, from Twilight Zone to Bonanza,there seemed to be an underlying process going on.To be honest,I never saw any interviews or "The Farmers Daughter", (which I understand is a situation comedy) where I would have seen her react more positively. Just saw the dramas; and she did commit suicide, so apparently there were some very deep, and unresolved issues in her life.

  • @tet43 Yes I completely understand and agree about that "underlying process." I had that same feeling too - very strongly, upon hearing of her death. But she did have that other side - full of empathy, hope, and caring - that, as Ben Irwin said in his eulogy of her, she was capable of imparting to others. Those qualities are well supported, in anecdote, by friends, colleagues, and family. Bless her. A beautiful, talented woman and a lovely soul.

  • A NYC cab driver told me a poignant tale of her. "She was very messed up, very unhappy. She was into black guys, the pimp variety. Being degraded." I know she had a secret marriage to a black guy, and asked if these men (he picked her up at least twice) were her spouse, and he said no. He was not laughing about it, he was very sad. So was I. I just got a movie from the library with her in it and she was fantastic. I hate when people say she was a bad actress. It is not true!

  • @slobomotion Thanks for commenting. You know, there are probably as many NYC cabby/celebrity stories as there are NYC cabbies and celebrities. I kinda take 'em with a grain of salt and can only say that I hope people who remember or are interested in Inger will take time to thoughtfully research her life. As to people who say she is a bad actress (??!!) I can only smile. Just the clips posted on YT by others and myself are a strong enough rebuttal to that.

  • @sseklof I am a former actress who was sometimes mistaken for Jodie Foster and Linda Blair, the former once when I got a taxi at Third Avenue around 12th Street! I have some videos up called AN OUTRAGEOUS TAXI EXPERIENCE. Whatever they say is always interesting. I don't recall how Inger came up during this long cab ride, but the driver was heartbroken and not getting any thrill out of the telling. I am Amsih-type and people tend to open up to me. Whether true or not, at least he was sad!

  • @sseklof I adored this series when I was a girl. She was so powerful. 

  • @slobomotion she was married to actor Ike Jones but it was kept a secret in Hollywood cause it was taboo back in the 1960's. The last night of her life it was reported that Burt Reynolds was over for dinner, then he left.

  • I was re-reading my favorite book called "Dove" about Robin Graham's solo trip around the world as a teenager in the 1960's. Inger Steven's had always been a woman I had a crush on... It gave me the absolute creeps when I read the part that Dove, with Robin Graham at the helm, returns to Long Beach after five years at sea on the morning of April 30, 1970. This was the same morning Inger Stevens died in Los Angeles -- Really gave me the creeps! She was so talented, but in the wrong career.

  • @kh2hbTV The "wrong career" echoes Anthony Quinn's comment, "Inger didn't belong here. She should have stayed in Sweden, married a truck driver, and had eight kids. She had idealism and purity ..."

    I used to think that comment was a bit overblown, but the longer I think about it, the more I think he was right about the 'didn't belong here' part. I have, however, never doubted the 'idealism and purity' part, which was a mission impossible in her particular environment.

  • @sseklof I'm not sure of going back to Sweden, but there are so many places in America's "Heartland" that have a Scandinavian heritage. I think she went to high school in Kansas or Iowa... Then I recall that book/movie Bridges of Madison County and the lady was living the life that Inger wanted... But the Italian woman longed for a different life far away from the farm...

    I don't think anybody is "pure," but I think Inger was more naive, than idealistic. She's at peace now -- well deserved.

  • @kh2hbTV That is right, Inger did live and go to school in Manhattan, Kansas where her father was a professor at Kansas State University. In a radio interview which you can hear at Jerry Lem's web site and also in one of his (lemster2024) videos, Inger says that she always felt more tranquil in Sweden.

    "She's at peace now" Yes, I certainly hope so.

  • @sseklof Thanks for telling me about lemster2024 channel. Interesting videos, photos and Inger had a great singing voice too!

    I think people are rediscovering Inger -- keep up the good work by keeping her memory and works alive!

  • @kh2hbTV My pleasure! Inger DID have a great singing voice. I SO wish she had done more recordings. I truly hope people are rediscovering her. It was my motivation for posting my first You Tube video. Hopefully, Jerry Lem (lemster2024) won't mind me mentioning his name here. He was a friend of Inger biographer Bill Patterson and runs the Inger Memorial web site. We correspond regularly - he's a great guy and is totally knowledgeable and dedicated to Inger's memory. His link is in the info box.

  • @sseklof I'm sure Mr Lem won't mind at all. That is the book I read -- by Bill Patterson. It was a terrific book, but I think he passed away a few years ago and now the book's cost is out of reach of some people. I wish they would reprint it so more people would discover this talented actress.

    You know those photos of her at Marineland -- I think they closed it down and sold the property to a real estate developer. Nothing stays the same.

  • @kh2hbTV Yes, I purchased the book too and use it for much of the information that I post with these videos. I just now looked at Barnes and Noble. They have the book at $27.65 - which I think is quite reasonable for a hardback. There may be other sources as well.

  • @sseklof I think she needed a strong man to watch over her (but NOT control)---like Marilyn--she didn't get that....the talent was certainly there.

  • I have added a link to William Windom's official web site in the description section above. Learn more about his long and varied career - a very interesting gentleman.

  • Take a moment today - Monday, October 18, her birthday - to think of Inger. Still remembered, still loved, still missed.

  • I have to say I had a terrible crush on Wm Windom at the age of 10, and watching the series back now, I DO find him sexy. I loved his warm eyes, his voice, and his often irascible but sweet character. I just loved, and love, his ordinariness, and his character's refusal to abandon his values.I liked the sort of shy dance between the two--he clearly thought she was out of his league, and she seemed to think the same of him. She was gorgeous, but he was an important politician.

  • @Solomon22211Nice to hear from an admirer of Mr. Windom! Very astute observation - the characters probably were written in terms of being out of each other's league. I always liked him when I was a kid - and like him today - he certainly refuses to abandon his values in real life. Hmm, made me wonder, did I crush on Inger at 10? Don't think so then - just liked her sunny appeal. But at any age from 17 on ... had I ever been in her presence ... game over, dead man, hopeless, stupid puppy!

  • Be sure to check out a new Inger Stevens tribute "Still More Inger Stevens" posted by my fellow Inger fan lemster2024. He is curator of the Inger Stevens Memorial web site. His tribute features some rarely seen photos plus an audio clip of Inger singing a traditional Scandinavian lullaby.

  • The series was playing off of Camelot. It is based on an earlier movie, but William Windom is a JFK type character and his patrician mother is Rose Kennedy. Unfortunately, for the show as well as tragically for the nation, Camelot came to an end soon after the series premiered, and the turbulent 60s got more turbulent still.

  • @antinotis Interesting observation, and well expressed. That would make Katie=Jackie then? :-) Very heady times for those of us who lived through them. Certainly an optimism not felt since. Also certainly, Inger Stevens was uniquely suited for this role - capable of projecting her own buoyant optimism and idealism in the character of Katie.

  • Congressman Morley - William Windom - is apparently still going strong. On tonight's Countdown program (Friday, Aug. 27, 2010), Keith Olbermann mentions getting a note from Windom who portrayed author/cartoonist James Thurber. Olbermann devotes a portion of his program to reading from Thurber every week - and he credits Windom as an inspiration for doing so.

  • I used to love The Farmer's Daughter,but I think this is the first time I actualy saw how Katie first became a governess.

  • I wish it would come out on dvd. Inger made William seem attractive. In his other shows he seemed more odd than sexy. Inger is a huge improvement over Loretta Young from the movie although this show was a lot like other "nanny" series than like the movie. We tend to remember shows we saw as children as children's shows but some of them were quite adult.

  • Very perceptive observations and comment - thanks!

    BTW, I took this clip off of a DVD that I purchased from DvdsEntertainment (1963 The Farmer's Daughter) It has 4 episodes, but yeah, I sure wish somebody could resurrect the entire series.

  • Nice post, cywyhot. But I dont quite agree about William Windom being an odd love object. So Ive got a challenge for you. Rent or Buy Mannix DVD Season 1. Watch the last Episode, The Girl in the Frame. Its the very last scene, when Windom finally lays eyes on the object of his lust, the beautiful Leslie Parrish. Tell me thats not one wonderfully sexy scene.

  • I feel like I haven't given Mr. Windom his due here. He is an Emmy winning actor with a long and varied career. I always enjoyed him in his many, many TV appearances. He is a WWII vet, still alive, and is quite a colorful character. Find some interesting reading about him at IMDB. Oh and Leslie Parrish - I remember her from Star Trek. A very nice person too - once married to Richard Bach (Jonathan Livingston Seagull)

  • I loved this show when I was a kid-Inger you are beautiful and I miss you!

  • An open question to anyone who knows or would be interested: April 30, 2010 will be the 40th anniversary of Inger's passing. I wonder if there will be any kind of ceremony - perhaps comparable to the annual Marilyn Monroe Memorials held each August in L.A. They are well attended and overall very affectionate. I would like to see this for Inger as well.

    Anyone know, or care to comment?

  • Sadly, sseklof, I'm afraid too many April 30's have passed...With Monroe, there is at least something physical left behind (her crypt) for fans to congregate around, but with Inger, there is very little left. Bill Patterson and I once spoke about nominating Inger for a star on the Walk of Fame, but the process is now somewhat cumbersome and the fees are exorbitant.

    I'm afraid we can only reflect and remember on our own.

  • Agreed, and accept those realities. Marilyn is iconic which = more resources - people still writing books etc. True, no grave or crypt for Inger but that's not critical. A small/medium Conference Room, or a gathering at someone's home (as Greg Schreiner does each year for Monroe) or even a gathering by Inger's beloved ocean. Two or more people makes a Memorial - I hope someone does it. Yes, the 25K for the star would be tough to raise, plus the 5 year wait, but IMO Inger otherwise qualifies.

  • Couldn't agree with you more that Inger qualifies for a star, considering her presence on television & film, working with all the "greats" at one time or another...Come April 2010, the fates willing, I'll thumb through some memorabilia, work on the website, and reflect upon her inspirational "...when I lie down at the end of the road..."comment. At the end of the day, a simple toast to a remarkable human being....

  • Skoal, Jerry :-) Like all the new additions on your website too!

  • RIP INGER STEVENS SO TRAGIC!!!!

  • Exactly how many American TV shows were dubbed into German in the 1960s? Or do the Germans remember them only because they was broadcast from American Armed Forces TV stations in Germany?

  • @JohnnyKutz

    KATY (Germantitle) was broadcast in 1967. The TV-Station was ARD-Regionalprogramm Stuttgart Baden Baden. Sadly, only 26 Episodes are dubbed and aired. Miss Stevens Dubbed Voice Was Bibi Johns, A Singer And Actress Also From Sweden.

  • @sseklof

    Again, I Thank You Very Much for This Video With The Wonderful And Unique Inger Stevens.

    You Bring So Many Memories Back To Me And Many Others More... We Love And Respected This Talented And Beautiful Lady...

    THANK YOU!

    Josef M. From Germany

  • You are most welcome, sir. It is a pleasure to do these for people - such as yourself - who admire Inger.

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