Kaye Stevens

Kaye Stevens
Stevens as Jeri Clayton with Bill Hayes in Days of Our Lives, 1974.
Born	Catherine Louise Stephens (1932-07-21)July 21, 1932 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died	December 28, 2011(2011-12-28) (aged 79) The Villages Hospital, The Villages, Florida, U.S.
Occupation	Singer, actress
Years active	1962-1992
Spouse(s)	Woodrow Maxwell Melvin Jr. (1977-1978) (divorced) Gerald Armstrong (1964-?) (divorced) Tommy Amato (1955-1961) (divorced)

Kaye Stevens (July 21, 1932 – December 28, 2011) was an American singer and actress.

Born Catherine Louise Stephens, her big break in show business came at the Riviera Hotel in Las Vegas, when the headliner for the night, Debbie Reynolds, became ill and Stevens filled in for the night. She then went on to do small shows at the Plaza Hotel's Persian Room, New York's Waldorf Astoria, and Caesars Palace on the Las Vegas Strip. She went on to appear on such television game shows as Match Game, Hollywood Squares, Celebrity Sweepstakes, The Price Is Right, and Password.

Stevens started out in film in The Interns (1962), where she played the character Didi Loomis, and its 1964 sequel The New Interns. She also appeared in The Man From the Diners' Club (1963). Stevens had a role in another movie, Let's Switch! (1975), and in 1983 appeared in the film Jaws 3-D.

She was strongly considered for the title role for the musical Funny Girl in the early 1960s. The producers later cast Barbra Streisand in the role.

Stevens went on a USO tour with Bob Hope in 1965. She traveled to Vietnam with Hope and a group of fellow entertainers in the hopes of boosting the morale of thousands of American soldiers. She was quoted as saying “I came back in 1965 and my life was in shambles because of what I saw.”