We just had to keep that bubble in the air. In its day, Hart To Hart was a global television hit, unusual in its mix of high glamour and adventure combined with an uncomplicated love story. The whole family enjoyed it. Living on a beautiful estate in Bel Air, the Harts led a jetset lifestyle, which was constantly interrupted by ludicrous crimes, forcing them to work as amateur sleuths.
Powers say she and Wagner, now 89, remain very close: 'We can still push each other's buttons today. We laugh all the time. He lives in Aspen with his wife, actress Jill St John, but always looks Stefanie up when he comes to town. She says they have a quasi-sibling relationship.
She finds it hard to put into words the magic of their chemistry: 'If I knew what the ingredients were, I would bottle it and make a fortune. When the show started, both had real-life partners. Robert was married to actress Natalie Wood and Stefanie was in a relationship with William Holden, an American film star 24 years her senior.
But, in November , both Wood and Holden died — Wood by drowning when she and Wagner were on a weekend sailing trip. When I ask Powers how Wagner copes with the never-ending speculation surrounding the circumstances of Wood's death he has been named as a 'person of interest' by the authorities investigating her death , she says: 'There are people who, whenever they can, try to make some money off of selling the story. Holden, a known alcoholic, died by tripping and gashing his head in his Santa Monica apartment after drinking vodka.
But Hart To Hart was mid-series — and the show had to go on. Did the double tragedy bring her and Wagner closer? From the Depths of My Hart in Pictured: Robert Wagner and Stefanie Powers. At the time of his death, Powers and Holden had separated as she could no longer cope with his alcoholism. But she still spoke to him every day. Together for nine years, Powers says that, for most of that time, he was sober. They were bookended [by alcoholism]. Alcohol was his mistress.
It was inevitable that something bad was going to happen. Although she has been married twice — once to actor Gary Lockwood from to and later to a French count, Patrick Houitte de la Chesnais to , it is clear that Holden was the love of her life.
She has no children, but says today: 'I would have had a child with Bill, had he been able to. I just wanted to have a little more of him. But he had a very unfortunate infection due to a botched-up vasectomy which could not be reversed. The parrot they shared, Papuga, now 46, perches on her shoulder for some of our interview, heartily interjecting on occasion. Born in in Hollywood to Polish parents, Powers describes her childhood as happy 'once my father was out of the house'.
Her parents divorced when she was six. A cheerleader at Hollywood High School, Powers first trained as a dancer. I was always running around with the boys.
After dance, she turned to acting, signing with Columbia at the age of She played John Wayne's daughter in McLintock! My Darling! But Wagner, who'd worked with Powers before, thought she was the best choice. Powers says: 'It was not an overnight success, but once people discovered us, it took off.
I remember the screams of fans when we won the People's Choice Awards [in ] and we suddenly realised: 'Oh my God, they really like us! Pictured, Stefanie and Robert. Unlike some actors, who find it irritating to be associated with just one role, Powers is proud of her time as Jennifer Hart. My contractor [she has a team of builders working on her house] said he was channel-surfing last night and he found Hart To Hart. He said: 'I was transfixed.
They would have never been able to have a child. Despite this, Powers once called Holden her soulmate while recalling how happy they were together. Theirs was indeed the ultimate love story. In addition to her two ex-husbands and Holden, Powers has been linked to some other popular men in Hollywood over the years.
After the end of her second marriage, Powers met Thomas Caroll, a widely known auditor in the United States, at a benefit concert. The host of the concert reportedly introduced the actress to Caroll, and interestingly they clicked—well enough to fix their first date for the following day. Because of her failed marriages, Powers noted that she was initially hesitant to get involved with another person, but to her, Caroll was an absolute delight.
The couple would end up dating for 14 years before Caroll's death in August He was 74 at the time and had only just retired a few months before. Another high-profile man Powers has been linked to is Robert Wagner—but not in the way many speculated.
They are simply friends who share a fantastic bond. Wagner and Powers met while filming the popular series "Hart to Hart," where they acted as an on-screen couple, Jonathan and Jennifer Hart. Not only did the series shoot them both further into the spotlight, but Powers and Wagner were also lucky to have ended "Hart to Hart" with a solid friendship between them. In , Powers opened up about her and Wagner's love for each other and revealed it was more like sibling love than a romantic one.
This love made it easy for the pair to hold up and be there for each other when both of their partners died only days apart in November Through their friendship, Wagner and Powers have become a formidable pair, and now, the two veteran stars look forward to enjoying the rest of their days.
Women with Will. TV Shows. Inspirational Stories. Wagner began dating his Melrose Place love interest Heather Locklear in ; they became engaged in August This was the subject of Wagner's "personal story" in his Dancing with the Stars performance on April 2, What did Bill Holden die from? Can Robert Wagner play the trumpet? Wagner is scarcely persuasive as the soulful trumpet player, but he does play one climactic scene with passionate conviction.
Dropping to his knees on the steps outside St. How old is Stephanie Powers now? How did Scott Holden die? How many languages does Stefanie Powers speak? Deaths of life partner William Holden and good friend Natalie Wood wife of her Hart to Hart co-star, Robert Wagner , occurred within days of each other in November Took karate lessons for a time.
Powers is reportedly fluent in six languages. How many Hart to Hart movies were there?
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