Naomi Stevens

Naomi Stevens (born November 29, 1926, Trenton, New Jersey, United States) is an American prolific character actress of film and television from the 1950s through the 1980s. She has appeared in almost 100 roles over the years,^[1] usually depicting someone's ethnic mother, or neighbor.^[2]

Her most frequent characterizations were Italian, Jewish, Latin, or East European, and usually with a comic touch. Co-starring with Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine in The Apartment (1960) she gives advice on living as the wife of Dr. Dreyfus, Baxter's neighbor, who is commandeered by C.C. Baxter to revive a mistress, Fran Kubelik, of his married boss. The young woman has taken an overdose of sleeping pills to combat her feelings of rejection and futility. Ms. Stevens is the supportive "Jewish mother", intent on scolding Baxter (whom she thinks is the offender) while she shores up the flagging spirits of the victim.

Selected filmography

• Taxi TV series (1983), as Aunt Lucia
• Hotel TV series (1982), as Mrs. Tomasino
• Vega$ TV series (1978–1979), as Sgt. Bella Archer
• The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal TV movie (1979), as Mrs. Goldstein
• The Practice TV series, Episode "Jules' Vacation" (1976) as Mrs. Friedman
• The Montefuscos TV series (1975), as Rose Montefusco
• Love, American Style TV series (1969–1973)
• The Flying Nun TV series (1967–1970), as Sister Teresa/Mrs. Emanuel/Señora Rosales
• My Three Sons TV series (1969–1970), as Mama Rossini
• The Doris Day Show TV series (1968–1969), as Juanita
• Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell Feature Film (1968), as Rosa
• To Die in Paris TV movie (1968), as Mama Dendier
• Hogan's Heroes TV series (1967), "The Crittendon Plan", as Nadya
• Valley of the Dolls film (1967), as Miss Steinberg
• Frankie and Johnny film (1966), as Princess Zolita
• Dr. Kildare TV series (1961–1965), as Mrs. Gast/Aunt Kasia/Mrs. Mendoza/Mrs. Gitlin
• Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre TV series (1964), as Aunt Clara/Maria Pia
• Perry Mason TV series (1961–1964), as Agnes/Fanny Werbler/Mrs. Kransdorf
• McHale's Navy TV series (1963), "The Mothers of PT 73", as Mrs. Gruber
• The Lawless Years TV series (1961), as Rose
• The Apartment film (1960), as Mrs. Mildred Dreyfuss
• Rescue 8 TV series, as Angela in "Death for Hire" (1959), as Angela
• The Black Orchid film (1958), as Guilia Gallo
• Have Gun-Will Travel TV series (1957), as Marga/Ma Kafka/Maria

References

External links

• Naomi Stevens at the Internet Movie Database