Stella Garcia is an American actress who appeared in the films The Private Lives of Adam and Eve, Change of Habit, The Last Movie, and Joe Kidd.
Career
Early roles Garcia's first film role was in the early 1960s in The Private Lives of Adam and Eve.New York Times Movies, The Private Lives of Adam and Eve (1961), Acting Credits In 1963, she had a small part in the Elvis Presley film Fun in Acapulco as the Señorita at Torito's.Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon: The Complete Guide to the Movie Trivia Game Jeff Milne 1963 Fun in Acapulco
Success At the beginning of the 1970s, she was cast in the film The Last Movie (1971), which was the second directorial effort for Dennis Hopper, who had just finished Easy Rider.Latino Image Makers in Hollywood: Performers, Filmmakers and Films Since the 1960s Frank Javier Garcia Berumen Stella Garcia In the film she played Hopper's girlfriend,Dennis Hopper: Interviews Edited by Nick Dawson Page 57 and the review from Variety included positive recognition for her part in the movie. Soon after, she was cast by Universal Studios as the female lead in the western Joe Kidd (1972), starring Clint Eastwood. She played Helen Sanchez, a Mexican-American activist and lover of Luis Chama, played by John Saxon.Latino Image Makers in Hollywood: Performers, Filmmakers and Films Since the 1960s Frank Javier Garcia Berumen Stella GarciaThe Schenechtady Gazette Saturday August 18, 1979 Page 5 'Joe Kidd'- Loner Battles Against Gangs In Range WarWesterns in a Changing America, 1955–2000 R. Philip Loy Page 130 Her performance received positive reviews, especially from the Los Angeles Times. Despite the attention she attracted for The Last Movie and Joe Kidd, her acting career subsequently began to decline.Latino Image Makers in Hollywood: Performers, Filmmakers and Films Since the 1960s Frank Javier Garcia Berumen Stella Garcia She appeared in one other film during the 1970s, the Albert Band-directed She Came to the Valley, as a Christmas party guest.Artist Direct She Came to the Valley, Cast
Later years In 1996, she played the part of Maria in the film Eye for an Eye which starred Sally Field and Kiefer Sutherland.TV Guide Eye For An Eye 1996 Movie, Cast & Crew Her final film role was in 1997, as a South African businesswoman in the film Playing God.New York Times Movies, Playing God (1997), Acting Credits
She attended the April 25, 2014 screening of Dennis Hopper's The Last Movie at Paramount Studios, Hollywood, California.Zimbio Paris Photo Los Angeles: Day 1, 1 of 3Zimbio Paris Photo Los Angeles: Day 1, 2 of 3Zimbio Paris Photo Los Angeles: Day 1, 3 of 3 Garcia arrived at the event with Jodi Wille, director of the documentary The Source Family.The New York Times Style Magazine April 28, 2014 Art and Film Luminaries Salute Dennis Hopper at Paris Photo Los Angeles By Steffie Nelsongraphics8.nytimes.com Picture 2 (1LAX-jumbo.jpg)
Filmography Title Year Role Director Notes The Private Lives of Adam and Eve 1960 Friday Mickey Rooney, Albert Zugsmith Fun in Acapulco 1963 Señorita at Torito's Richard Thorpe Uncredited Change of Habit 1969 Singer William Graham drama; Uncredited The Last Movie 1971 Maria Dennis Hopper Uncredited, Recognition for her role in a review from Variety Joe Kidd 1972 Helen Sanchez John Sturges Positive reviews, incl. one from LA Times. She Came to the Valley 1973 Christmas Party Guest #20 Albert Band Eye for an Eye 1996 Maria John Schlesinger Playing God 1997 South African Businesswoman Andy Wilson (final film role)
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