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Stevens Inger Biography

Swedish-American actress noted for her role in the TV series, "The Farmers Daughter," in which she looked wholesome, fresh and warm. She led a lonely insecure life and lived in a broken home as a child. After moving to the U.S. as an actress, she married her agent at 19; they were divorced in 1957. It was rumored, but never proven, that she wed and divorced Negro musician Ike Jones. In general, she made poor choices in love. On 5/01/1970 she was found dead in her Hollywood, CA apartment from acute barbiturate intoxication. Her roommate discovered her body sprawled on the kitchen floor. (Many sources give date of death as 4/30/1970.) 12 years earlier, in 1959, she had attempted suicide by swallowing cleaning fluid. Link to Wikipedia biography Read less