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- Birth nameCatherine Louise Stephens
- Kaye Stevens was born on July 21, 1932 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. She was an actress, known for Jaws 3-D (1983), The Interns (1962) and B.L. Stryker (1989). She was married to Woodrow Maxwell Melvin Jr., Gerald Armstrong and Tommy Amato. She died on December 28, 2011 in The Villages, Florida, USA.
- SpousesWoodrow Maxwell Melvin Jr.(August 21, 1977 - January 23, 1978) (divorced)Gerald Armstrong(September 15, 1964 - ?) (divorced)Tommy Amato(November 27, 1955 - August 16, 1961) (divorced)
- Bright red hair
- While performing for troops in Vietnam, she gave each serviceman a pair of her trademark elbow-length gloves, telling them that, if they presented them anywhere where she was performing, their whole evening would be on her. Over the past 40 years, she has gotten almost two-thirds of those gloves back from grateful former servicemen.
- In later years she started a Christian ministry and devoted herself to that in Margate Florida.
- Turned to religion following a period of alcoholism that damaged her career and ended her marriage.
- Traveled with Bob Hope to Vietnam in 1965 where they became friends. He included her in his book "Five Women I Love" and she sang at his funeral at the bequest of his wife, Dolores Hope.
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