See Blonde Bombshell Connie Stevens Now At 83 - Best Life

In the late 1950s, Connie Stevens came to fame for her acting and singing career, and became especially popular for her starring role on the series Hawaiian Eye. Stevens played Cricket on the detective show from 1959 to 1963. Around the same time, she found success with her music with the singles “Sixteen Reasons” and “Kookie, Kookie (Lend Me Your Comb).”

As time went on, Stevens continued acting regularly, with guest roles on popular series like The Love Boat and Fantasy Island, and in more recent decades, Clueless and 8 Simple Rules. She was also in movies like Scorchy and Grease 2 and became a nightclub performer. Now 83, she had been steadily working up until the past couple years. Read on to find out more about her career and life today.

RELATED: See Former Teen Idol Frankie Avalon Now at 81.

Connie Stevens has been acting for several decades.

Stevens has tried out directing, too. She helmed her first feature film, Saving Grace B. Jones, in 2009. She had previously directed the documentary A Healing in 1997.

“I started this film at 70,” Stevens told The Hollywood Reporter of Saving Grace B. Jones, “so I’m very proud of my accomplishment. I have asked, but I don’t think there is another female [movie director] that has ever done that.” She was also planning to direct another movie, Prairie Bones, but it hasn’t yet come to fruition.

RELATED: For more celebrity news delivered straight to your inbox, sign up for our daily newsletter.

Stevens suffered a health setback in 2016.