'60s Bombshell Connie Stevens Looks Unrecognizable While Celebrating 88th Birthday — Decades After Dating Elvis and Marrying Elizabeth Taylor's Ex
Connie Stevens formerly worked as an actress and a singer.
Aug. 21 2026, Published 7:10 p.m. ET
Famed Hollywood actress and '60s pop star Connie Stevens has turned 88 years old.
On August 8, her daughter Tricia Leigh Fisher took to Instagram to share a rare photo and birthday tribute to her mom, RadarOnline.com has learned. While the octogenarian looked almost unrecognizable from her much-younger years, fans still thought she looked as stunning as ever.
'My Beautiful Mama Lion'
Connie Stevens turned 88 on August 8.
"88 on 8/8! My beautiful Mama Lion…'I love you in a place where there’s no space and time,'" Tricia captioned a snapshot of her mother in a brightly colored outfit.
The Sixteen Reasons singer wore a yellow beaded top with spaghetti straps, and she accessorized the look with a rainbow scarf.
"You are a treasure to all who know you," Tricia continued. "Happy Birthday."
Fans Praise Connie Stevens
Connie Stevens is known for her work in 'Rock-a-Bye Baby.'
Fans flooded the comments section with love for the Starting From Scratch star.
One Instagram user wrote, "Happy 88th birthday to your beautiful mother, Connie. She is a national treasure. I have loved her since her early movie days, where she played alongside Troy Donahue in Susan Slade and Parrish."
Another person chimed in, "I love Connie. I remember cutting out her pictures from magazines when I was young because she was a favorite and putting them into scrapbooks."
A third fan added, "Connie Stevens was so lovely. Still beautiful."
Inside Connie Stevens' Career
Connie Stevens had guest roles in 'Baywatch', 'Fantasy Island' and 'The Love Boat.'
The blonde bombshell began acting and singing professionally in the mid-to-late 1950s.
She is best known for her supporting role alongside Jerry Lewis in Rock-a-Bye-Baby, as well as for playing "Cricket" in the ABC detective drama Hawaiiain Eye from 1959 to 1963. She even had a role in Grease 2 in the early '80s.
Aside from her work in movies, she also had many notable guest roles in television, including Fantasy Island, Baywatch, Murder, She Wrote, Tales From the Darkside and The Love Boat.
Some of her hit songs include Too Young to Go Steady and Kookie, Kookie (Lend Me Your Comb).
Connie Stevens' Marriage to Elizabeth Taylor's Ex Eddie Fisher
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Connie Stevens married Eddie Fisher in 1967.
Hollywood starlet Elizabeth Taylor was famously married eight times to seven different men. One of them was singer and television personality Eddie Fisher.
The Cleopatra actress, who passed away in 2011 at 79, tied the knot with Fisher in 1959. They got divorced roughly five years later.
As for Stevens and Fisher, the pair met in 1966 at a nightclub in Los Angeles. According to reports, they dated for only a few months before they got married in a private Las Vegas ceremony in February 1967.
The couple went on to welcome two daughters, Joely and Tricia Fisher.
Still, their marriage was short-lived. Their own divorce was finalized in 1969.
Aside from her marriage to Fisher, Steven had several other high-profile romances, including with actors such as James Stacy and Glenn Ford, as well as the King of Rock 'n' Roll himself, Elvis Presley, who she reportedly dated on and off for two years.
