Stephanie Bachelor (May 23, 1912 – November 22, 1996) was an American film actress. During the 1940s, Bachelor briefly achieved leading status in supporting features such as Republic Pictures' Secrets of Scotland Yard. However, most of her appearances were supporting parts.
When Bachelor was 13, she studied drama in a school headed by Jessie Bonstelle.and she appeared in a professional show in Detroit. She also performed in productions at Newman School for Girls and Royal Oak High School.
Bachelor modeled clothes for dress shops and was a photographer's model in Detroit. She acted on stage in New York before she began performing in films.
Bachelor acted with the Penman Players in Detroit and performed on the Dramatized Book Review on CKLW radio. She was a member of a stock theater company whose show had closed when she visited Hollywood as a tourist. An agent invited her to test for a part in a film, and that led her her role in Lady of Burlesque.
In December 1946, Bachelor married Cornelius Vincent "Connie" Hurley, who owned and operated a casino in Las Vegas.United Press International (May 12, 1967). "U.S. Indicts Seven Men on Charges of 'Skimming' Money in Casinos in Vegas". The Sacramento Bee. p. D3. Retrieved June 23, 2024."United States Census, 1950", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6XVL-1YFV : Mon Mar 18 20:22:07 UTC 2024), Entry for Cornelius V Hurley and Stephanie Hurley, 12 May 1950.
Filmography Year Title Role Notes1943 Lady of Burlesque The Princess Nirvena 1943 His Butler's Sister Dot Stanley 1944 Her Primitive Man Marcia 1944 Man from Frisco Ruth Warnecke 1944 Secrets of Scotland Yard Sudan Ainger 1944 The Port of 40 Thieves Muriel Chaney 1944 Experiment Perilous Elaine 1944 Lake Placid Serenade Irene Cermak 1945 Earl Carroll Vanities Claire Elliott 1945 Gangs of the Waterfront Jane Rodgers 1945 Scotland Yard Investigator Tony Collison 1946 Crime of the Century Audrey Brandon 1946 The Undercover Woman Marcia Conroy 1946 Passkey to Danger Gwen Hughes 1946 G.I. War Brides Elizabeth Wunderlich 1946 The Magnificent Rogue Vera Lane 1946 I've Always Loved You Redhead 1947 The Ghost Goes Wild Irene Winters 1947 Springtime in the Sierras Jean Loring 1947 Blackmail Carla 1948 Campus Honeymoon Dean Carson 1948 King of the Gamblers Elsie Pringle 1948 Sons of Adventure Laura Gifford 1948 Homicide for Three Collette Rose - aka Madam Colette (final film role)
Bibliography Hanson, Helen. Hollywood Heroines: Women in Film Noir and the Female Gothic Film. I.B. Tauris, 2007.
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