Born Stefania Federkiewicz, she is a lead actress of routine Hollywood films of the '60s and '70s. Soon after graduating from Hollywood High, she debuted onscreen in 1961; early in her career she was billed as Taffy Paul. She starred in the TV series Girl from U.N.C.L.E. and Hart to Hart. From 1966-74 she was married to actor Gary Lockwood, then she became the constant companion of aging actor William Holden; following his death in 1981, she continued being active with the William Holden Wildlife Foundation, which worked to create a big-game preserve and study center in Kenya.
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- Began her acting career at 15 in a stage production of West Side Story, but was replaced when her age was discovered.
- Made her film debut in the 1961 comedy Tammy Tell Me True, under the name Taffy Paul.
- Took bullfighting lessons in Mexico in the early '60s.
- Helped establish the William Holden Wildlife Foundation in Africa, and has served as its president since Holden's death in 1981.
- Reunited with her Hart to Hart co-star Robert Wagner in the early '90s for London and U.S. stage productions of A.R. Gurney's Love Letters.
- Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1992.
- Has starred in a workout video and an instructional video on horseback riding.
- Released her debut CD, On the Same Page, in 2003.
- Works on species-survival programs at zoos in Atlanta and Cincinnati, among others.
- Speaks French, Italian, Mandarin Chinese, Polish, Spanish and Swahili.