Alana Stewart

Alana Stewart
Stewart in 2023
Born
Alana Kaye Collins

20th century
San Diego, California, U.S.
Other names
  • Alana Collins-Hamilton
  • Alana Hamilton
OccupationsActress, model, writer
Spouses
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(m. 1972; div. 1975)​
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(m. 1979; div. 1984)​
Children3, including Ashley Hamilton and Kimberly Stewart

Alana Hamilton Stewart (/əˈlɑːnə/; née Collins) (born 20th century) is an American actress, model and writer. She has also used her maiden name, Alana Collins, and her names from her first marriage, Alana Collins-Hamilton and Alana Hamilton, professionally.

Early life and education

Born Alana Kaye Collins in San Diego, California, she grew up in Nacogdoches, Texas, and Houston, Texas, before heading to New York to become a model. She said she grew up in poverty. Collins signed with Ford Models and traveled to Los Angeles for many television and commercial appearances.

Career

Stewart began her acting career in the early 1970s. Her first role was a bit part in the 1971 biographical film Evel Knievel, which starred her then-husband, George Hamilton. She later made guest appearances on television shows, including The Bionic Woman, Fantasy Island, Hart to Hart and The Love Boat.

In 1995, she and ex-husband, George Hamilton, hosted their own syndicated talk show, George & Alana. The series was cancelled the following year.

In 2003, Stewart was a contestant in the ABC reality series I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!

From 2006 to 2009, Stewart filmed and produced an Emmy Award–nominated, ninety-minute documentary, Farrah's Story, chronicling her friend and fellow model Farrah Fawcett's battle with cancer.

In 2012, she guest-starred in an episode of the Caruso|Portier web series DeVanity as Claudia Muller, the mother of Lara Muller DeVanity and Dr. Portia Muller Roth.

Personal life

Stewart married actor George Hamilton in 1972. They had one child, a son named Ashley Hamilton. The couple divorced in 1975.

In 1979, she married singer Rod Stewart. The couple had two children, Kimberly and Sean. They divorced in 1984, but she retained his surname.

In the early 1990s, Stewart discovered she had the Epstein-Barr virus after suffering from symptoms caused by the virus for two decades. In 1994, she began speaking out about her illness and revealed that she removed her breast implants because she felt they contributed to her illness.

Stewart was a close friend of Farrah Fawcett, who died in 2009 after a long battle with cancer, and as of 2018 she was the president and chief executive officer of the Farrah Fawcett Foundation. Her 2009 New York Times best seller My Journey with Farrah: A Story of Life, Love, and Friendship is dedicated to her journey with Fawcett.

In 2012, she published a book titled Rearview Mirror: A Memoir, detailing her upbringing, her early career as a model, her marriages and subsequent divorces, and the deaths of her mother and Fawcett.

Political views

In 2014, Stewart, who is a Republican, endorsed her friend, Independent candidate Marianne Williamson, for U.S. Congress in California's 33rd district.

Stewart is a Donald Trump supporter, having voted for him in 2016 and 2020. After Fox News called the 2020 presidential election in Arizona for Joe Biden, she was among the list of conservatives who ceased supporting the news channel and switched to Newsmax.

Stewart opposes restrictions on gun ownership, aside from "stringent background checks". Post-divorce, she has lived alone and keeps her gun on her bedside table.

Stewart was a signatory of the bipartisan letter calling for Walmart to allow sales of the DVD and Blu-ray discs of the 2019 political documentary No Safe Spaces.

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
1971Evel KnievelNurse #1
1972Night Call NursesJanis
1973MedusaEleana
1975Funny LadyGirl with Nick
1979RavagersMiriam
1984Where the Boys Are '84Maggie
1984Swing ShiftFrankie Parker
1989Small SacrificesNeighbor Woman
1997Meet Wally SparksAlana Stewart
1998Mom, Can I Keep Her?Eva Blairdirect-to-video
1999Wasted in BabylonLily
2002Camel Toe the MovieKiller
2002Naked MovieThe Wife
2005BetweenDianne's Mother
2011DeliveredMarilyn
2017The Fabulous Allan CarrHerselfdocumentary
2018SwipedSunny
Television
Year Title Role Notes
1974–76TattletalesHerself25 episodes
1977The Love BoatMrs. Stanfieldepisode: "Julie's Old Flame/The Jinx/The Identical Problem"
1977The Bionic WomanCarolepisode: "Over the Hill Spy"
1978Fantasy IslandNikkiepisode: "Bet a Million/Mr. Irresistible"
1982Hart to HartClaire Austenepisode: "Blue and Broken-Harted"
1984MasqueradeChristineepisode: "The French Correction"
1985The Fall GuyBarbara Hackettepisode: "I Love Paris"
1986The Love BoatMiss Entyepisode: "The Art Lover/Couples/Made for Each Other"
1995–96George & AlanaHerself180 episodes
2003I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!Herself10 episodes (2nd celebrity to leave)
2009Farrah's StoryHerselftelevision documentary
2012DeVanityClaudia Mullerepisode: "Other People's Bodies"
2015Stewarts & HamiltonsHerself8 episodes

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Author". Alana Stewart. May 21, 2019. Archived from the original on September 22, 2020. Retrieved February 21, 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Mallorie, Carole (September 14, 2012). "A Look at Alana Stewart's 'Rearview Mirror'". TheWrap. Retrieved February 21, 2021.
  3. ↑ Jerome, Jim (February 5, 1979). "'Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?'". People. Archived from the original on September 21, 2016. Retrieved July 29, 2008.
  4. 1 2 Schindehette, Susan (November 16, 1995). "Ex Marks the Spot". People. Archived from the original on August 30, 2016. Retrieved July 29, 2008.
  5. 1 2 "George Hamilton Biography (1939-)". filmreference.com. Retrieved July 29, 2008.
  6. ↑ Susman, Gary (January 15, 2003). "Welcome to the Jungle". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on October 13, 2008. Retrieved July 29, 2008.
  7. ↑ Tourtellotte, Bob (July 16, 2009). "Emmy Nod Bittersweet for Maker of 'Farrah's Story'". Reuters. Retrieved February 21, 2021.
  8. ↑ "DeVanity: Season 2, Episode 7 "Other People's Bodies"". devanity.com. Archived from the original on September 22, 2015. Retrieved February 17, 2013.
  9. ↑ "Stewart to Be Father Again at 60". CNN. June 1, 2005. Retrieved July 29, 2008.
  10. ↑ Armstrong, Lois; Cunneff, Tom; Johnson, Kristina; Ramsay, Carolyn; Sanderson, Jane; Matsumoto, Nancy (January 23, 1995). "I Married a Wanted Man". People. Archived from the original on June 21, 2008. Retrieved July 29, 2008.
  11. ↑ "Alana Stewart Bounces Back from Epstein-Barr". USA Today. July 31, 2001. Retrieved July 29, 2008.
  12. ↑ "Farrah Fawcett Being Remembered at LA Funeral". Deseret News. Associated Press. June 30, 2009. Retrieved February 21, 2021.
  13. ↑ "Farrah Fawcett Foundation – Board of Directors". Farah Fawcett Foundation. Retrieved March 30, 2018.
  14. ↑ Fortini, Amanda (April 25, 2014). "Marianne Williamson Is Campaigning for a Miracle". Elle. Retrieved February 21, 2021.
  15. ↑ [dead link] "Alana Stewart Talks About if Donald Trump Will Damage Media Freedom of Press While Shopping in Bever". The Paparazzi Gamer via YouTube. September 13, 2017.
  16. 1 2 Nolan, Emma (November 4, 2020). "Conservatives Turn Against Fox News over Election Coverage, Change Channel to Newsmax". Newsweek. Retrieved February 21, 2021.
  17. 1 2 McKay, Hollie (December 20, 2014). "Alana Stewart: Hollywood Honchos 'Hypocritical' When It Comes to Guns". Fox News. Retrieved February 21, 2021.
  18. ↑ Bond, Paul (June 23, 2020). "Conservative, Liberal Celebs Urge Walmart to Allow Sale of Free Speech Film". Newsweek. Retrieved February 21, 2021.
  19. ↑ Vagg, Stephen (September 18, 2025). "The Nurses Cycle Part 2 – Private Duty Nurses and Night Call Nurses". FilmInk. Retrieved September 18, 2025.