Stephanie Bachelor

Stephanie Bachelor
Bachelor in Lady of Burlesque, 1943
BornMay 23, 1912
Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
DiedNovember 22, 1996 (1996-11-23) (aged 84)
Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
OccupationActor
Years active1943–1948
Spouse
Cornelius “Connie” Hurley
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(m. 1946; died 1976)​
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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.

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

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

  • Hanson, Helen. Hollywood Heroines: Women in Film Noir and the Female Gothic Film. I.B. Tauris, 2007.

References

  1. ^ "Stephanie Bachelor - the Private Life and Times of Stephanie Bachelor. Stephanie Bachelor Pictures".
  2. ^ "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).
  3. ^ a b c d Ross, Jerry (June 15, 1947). "Good Egg". Detroit Free Press. p. 30. Retrieved June 23, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Royal Oak Girl Back Home After First Film Role". Detroit Evening Times. May 23, 1943. p. 3. Retrieved June 23, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Talk of Hollywood". The Evening Sun. Maryland, Baltimore. December 26, 1942. p. 6. Retrieved June 23, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ "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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