Stefanie Powers | 1942
Changing names to be more palatable to the American audience is nothing new. Stefanie Powers, whose real name is Stefania Zofya Paul Federkiewicz, had to make that change at the age of 16 years old when Columbia Pictures signed her in. Lawyers for the production company inserted the name change provision as part of the deal. They agreed on Powers, as the more Anglo-Saxon sounding name.
When Powers was in high school, she attended along with Linda Evans and she was also in the same ballet class with Natalie Wood and Jill St John. Ballet is not her only passion as she also took karate lessons, so even at her ripe age, it would not be a good idea to make her angry. As an actress, she has appeared in several films like Herbie Rides Again and several TV programs like Mistral’s Daughter and Three for the Road.