Naomi Stevens

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Naomi Stevens
Stevens as Rose Montefusco in The Montefuscos (1975)
Born	Naomi Ruth Stevens (1925-11-29)November 29, 1925 Trenton, New Jersey, U.S.
Died	January 13, 2018(2018-01-13) (aged 92) Reseda, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1956–1989
Spouse	Robert Burns Jr. ​ ​ (m. 1948; died 2012)​
Children	1

Naomi Ruth Stevens^[1] (November 29, 1925 – January 13, 2018^[2]) was an American character actress of film and television from the 1950s through the 1980s. She appeared in almost 100 roles over the years, usually depicting mothers, landladies, gossips, or neighbors.^{[citation needed]}

Stevens began entertaining in vaudeville at age 2. She had expanded into radio, film, and theater by age 5.^[3] She appeared on a radio program on KNX in Los Angeles and was featured in Paramount Pictorials.^[4] Stevens attended the Grace Waugh Bowman School of Theatricals.^[1]

Her most frequent characterizations were Italian, Jewish, Latin, or East European, and usually with a comic touch. She appeared in many television series and in such feature films as