About Elaine Stewart (actress)
Elaine Stewart (May 31, 1930 – June 27, 2011) was an American actress and model. == Early life == Stewart was born Elsy Henrietta Maria Steinberg in Montclair, New Jersey, one of five children of Ulrich E. Steinberg, a police sergeant, and Maria Hedwig (Hänssler). Her father, who was largely Frisian, was from Aurich, Niedersachsen, and her mother was from Göppingen, Baden-Württemberg. She attended Montclair High School. == Career == === Modeling === She changed her name, and signed a contract with the Conover modeling agency while still a teenager. Stewart made her debut by winning Miss See in See Magazine in 1952, with measurements 34–25–36. She was in many magazines such as Playboy and Photoplay. === Film === Soon after, movie producer Hal Wallis offered her $200 a week to play a nurse in the Dean Martin-Jerry Lewis comedy Sailor Beware. She beat out hundreds of young models in 1952 to earn a photo layout in See Magazine, winning the title of “Miss See.” Stewart had a supporting role in The Bad and the Beautiful (1952), as Lila, a starlet who has a romantic fling with a producer played by Kirk Douglas. She was featured as Julie, the love interest of Sgt Ryan, played by Richard Widmark, in Take the High Ground!
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