Alana Stewart

Early life

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

Acting career

In the early 1970s, she began an acting career. Her first role was a bit part in the biographical film Evel Knievel which starred her then-husband, George Hamilton. She later appeared in small roles in television shows such as The Bionic Woman and Fantasy Island.

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

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

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

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

In 1979, she married rock star Rod Stewart. The couple had a daughter, Kimberly, and a son, Sean. Alana and Rod Stewart divorced in 1984, but she retained his surname.

In the early 1990s, Stewart discovered she had the Epstein-Barr virus after having suffered 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.

Alana was a close friend of Farrah Fawcett and helped her through her battle against cancer.

Television