Exclusive Photo: Happy Birthday to Actress Stefanie Powers of ‘Hart to Hart’

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CHICAGO – For years, her signature TV series – and subsequent TV movie run – was the iconic “Hart to Hart,” co-starring Robert Wagner. Stefanie Powers began her career in the Swingin’ 1960s, and her career includes one of the signature TV shows from that era. HollywoodChicago.com wishes Stefanie Powers a Happy Birthday on November 2nd, 2017, with this Exclusive Portrait from photographer Joe Arce at “The Hollywood Show” from the Chicago gathering in March of this year.

Stefanie Powers at ‘The Hollywood Show,’ in Chicago in March of 2017
Photo credit: Joe Arce of Starstruck Foto for HollywoodChicago.com

She was born Stefanie Federkiewicz in Hollywood, California. She graduated from Hollywood High School, and made her film debut in a small role in “Tammy Tell Me True” (1961). She co-starred with John Wayne and Maureen O’Hara in “McClintock!” in 1963, and her distinctive look got her a role as April Dancer in a spin-off of the TV show “The Man from U.N.C.L.E.,” aptly entitled “The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.” In the 1970s, she starred in two Walt Disney live action pictures, “The Boatniks” (1970) and “Herbie Rides Again” (1974), before landing “Hart to Hart” in 1979. This became her defining moment, and she would do eight more TV “Hart” movies through 1996.

Stefanie Powers appeared at “The Hollywood Show,” an exciting gathering of celebrities and memorabilia for movies, TV and pop culture fans. The next edition in Chicago will be March 16th-18th, 2018 (details below).

By PATRICK McDONALD Writer, Editorial Coordinator HollywoodChicago.com pat@hollywoodchicago.com