Stevens, K.T. (1919–1994)

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Stevens, K.T. (1919–1994)

American actress. Name variations: Katharine Stevens, Baby Gloria Wood. Born Gloria Wood, July 20, 1919, in Hollywood, CA; died June 13, 1994, in Brentwood, CA; dau. of Clara L. (Roush) Wood and Sam Wood (director); sister of Jeane Wood (actress, 1909–1997); m. Hugh Marlowe (actor), 1946 (div. 1968); children: 2 sons, including Chris Marlowe (sportscaster).

Began career as Baby Gloria Wood in the film Peck's Bad Boy (1921); under the name Katharine Stevens, made Broadway debut in Land is Bright (1941); as K. T. Stevens, appeared in such films as Address Unknown, Port of New York, Harriet Craig, Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice, and Corrina, Corrina; on tv, appeared as Vanessa Prentiss on the long-running soap "The Young and the Restless."

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