Alana Stewart | |
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Born | Alana Kaye Collins May 18, 1945
San Diego,
California, U.S. |
Other names |
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Occupation(s) | Actress, model, producer, author |
Spouses | |
Children |
Ashley Hamilton Kimberly Stewart Sean Stewart |
Modeling information | |
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
Hair color | Blonde |
Agency | Storm Models, London |
Alana Hamilton Stewart ( /əˈlɑːnə/; born May 18, 1945) is an American actress and former model. [1] She has also used her maiden name, Alana Collins, and her names from her first marriage, Alana Collins-Hamilton and Alana Hamilton, professionally. [2]
Born Alana Kaye Collins in San Diego, she grew up in Nacogdoches, Texas, and Houston, [3] before heading to New York to become a model. [2] She claimed to have grown up in poverty. [1] [2] Collins signed with Ford Models and traveled to Los Angeles for many television and commercial appearances. [1]
In the early 1970s, she began an acting career. [2] Her first role was a bit part in the biographical film Evel Knievel which starred her then-husband, George Hamilton. [2] She later made guest appearances on television shows such as The Bionic Woman, Fantasy Island, Hart to Hart and The Love Boat. [2]
In 1995, she and ex-husband George Hamilton hosted their own syndicated talk show, George & Alana. [4] The series was cancelled the following year. [5]
In 2003, Stewart was a contestant in the ABC reality series I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! [6]
From 2006 to 2009, Stewart filmed and produced an Emmy-nominated 90-minute documentary, " Farrah's Story", chronicling her friend and fellow model Farrah Fawcett's battle with cancer. [7]
In 2012, she guest-starred in an episode of the Caruso|Portier web-series DeVanity as Claudia Muller, the mother of Lara Muller DeVanity and Dr. Portia Muller Roth. [8]
In 2014, Stewart, who is a Republican, endorsed her friend, Independent candidate Marianne Williamson, for U.S. Congress in California's 33rd district. [9]
Stewart is a Trump supporter, having voted for him in 2016 and 2020. [10] [11] Unlike most of her colleagues in Hollywood, she opposes restrictions on gun ownership, aside from "stringent background checks". [12] Post-divorce, she has lived alone and keeps her gun on her bedside table. [12]
Stewart was a signatory of the bipartisan letter calling for Walmart to allow sales of the DVD and Blu-Ray discs of the 2019 political documentary No Safe Spaces. [13] After Fox News called the 2020 presidential election in Arizona for Joe Biden, she was among the list of conservatives who ceased supporting the news channel and switched to Newsmax. [11]
She married actor George Hamilton in 1972. They had one child, a son named Ashley Hamilton. The couple divorced in 1975. [5]
In 1979, she married singer Rod Stewart. The couple had a daughter, Kimberly, and a son, Sean. Alana and Rod Stewart divorced in 1984, but she retained his surname. [14] [15]
In the early 1990s, Stewart discovered she had the Epstein-Barr virus after suffering from symptoms caused by the virus for two decades. [16] In 1994, she began speaking out about her illness and revealed that she removed her breast implants because she felt they contributed to her illness. [4]
Stewart was a close friend of Farrah Fawcett, who died in 2009 after a long battle with cancer, [17] and she is the current President/CEO of the Farrah Fawcett Foundation. [18] Her 2009 New York Times best seller My Journey with Farrah: A Story of Life, Love, and Friendship is dedicated to her journey with Fawcett. [1]
In 2012, she published a book titled Rearview Mirror: A Memoir, detailing her upbringing, early career as a model, her marriages and subsequent divorces, and the deaths of her mother and Fawcett. [1] [2]
Film | |||
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Year | Title | Role | Notes |
1971 | Evel Knievel | Nurse #1 | |
1972 | Night Call Nurses | Janis | |
1973 | Medusa | Eleana | |
1975 | Funny Lady | Girl with Nick | |
1979 | Ravagers | Miriam | |
1984 | Where the Boys Are '84 | Maggie | |
1984 | Swing Shift | Frankie Parker | |
1989 | Small Sacrifices | Neighbor Woman | |
1997 | Meet Wally Sparks | Alana Stewart | |
1998 | Mom, Can I Keep Her? | Eva Blair | Direct-to-video |
1999 | Wasted in Babylon | Lily | |
2002 | Camel Toe the Movie | Killer | |
2002 | Naked Movie | The Wife | |
2005 | Between | Dianne's Mother | |
2011 | Delivered | Marilyn | |
2017 | The Fabulous Allan Carr | Herself | Documentary |
2018 | Swiped | Sunny | |
Television | |||
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
1974–76 | Tattletales | Herself | 25 episodes |
1977 | The Love Boat | Mrs. Stanfield | Episode: "Julie's Old Flame/The Jinx/The Identical Problem" |
1977 | The Bionic Woman | Carol | Episode: "Over the Hill Spy" |
1978 | Fantasy Island | Nikki | Episode: "Bet a Million/Mr. Irresistible" |
1982 | Hart to Hart | Claire Austen | Episode: "Blue and Broken-Harted" |
1984 | Masquerade | Christine | Episode: "The French Correction" |
1985 | The Fall Guy | Barbara Hackett | Episode: "I Love Paris" |
1986 | The Love Boat | Miss Enty | Episode: "The Art Lover/Couples/Made for Each Other" |
1995–96 | George & Alana | Herself | 180 episodes |
2003 | I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! | Herself | 10 episodes (2nd celebrity to leave) |
2009 | Farrah's Story | Herself | TV documentary |
2012 | DeVanity | Claudia Muller | Episode: "Other People's Bodies" |
2015 | Stewarts & Hamiltons | Herself | 8 episodes |