---
name: "Risë Stevens"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/rise-stevens"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "11 June 1913"
died: "20 March 2013"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-20T01:12:54.702265+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Risë Stevens

Actor. Born 11 June 1913 in Bronx, New York City, New York, USA. Died 20 March 2013.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 11 June 1913, Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
- **Died:** 20 March 2013
- **Also known as:** Rise Stevens
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ris%C3%AB_Stevens, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2707974, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0828715/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1025724

## Biography

Risë Stevens was an American operatic mezzo-soprano and actress. Born Risë Gus Steenberg on 11 June 1913 in the Bronx, New York, she made her Metropolitan Opera début in 1938 and sang with the company until 1961. She was particularly noted for her performances as Carmen.

She appeared in feature films as Maria Lanyi in *The Chocolate Soldier* (1941) and as Genevieve Linden in *Going My Way* (1944). Stevens also performed on television and provided the voice of Glinda in the animated film *Journey Back to Oz* (1974). She was married to actor Walter Surovy from 1939 until his death in 2001; their son Nicolas Surovy became an actor.

After retiring from the operatic stage, Stevens held administrative posts including co-director of the Metropolitan Opera National Company and president of the Mannes College of Music. She died on 20 March 2013 in Manhattan.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, nytimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Going My Way* (1944), Fi1m 74, as Genevieve Linden — [page](https://film.one/film/going-my-way.md)

## Complete filmography (5)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Journey Back to Oz* (1972), as Glinda (voice)
- *Hansel and Gretel* (1958), as Mother
- *Carnegie Hall* (1947), as Risë Stevens
- *Going My Way* (1944), as Genevieve Linden — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/going-my-way.md)
- *The Chocolate Soldier* (1941), as Maria Lanyi

## Gallery

- ![Photo of vocalist Rise Stevens.](https://film.one/media/person/1234416/gallery-f29029b06538.jpg) Photo of vocalist Rise Stevens. — Photo by Bender, NY (at lower right of uncropped copy), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/06/Rise_Stevens_1959.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Risë Stevens](https://film.one/media/person/1234416/gallery-2b0f885e04bf.png) Risë Stevens — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/91/Ris%C3%AB_Stevens.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Risë Stevens](https://film.one/media/person/1234416/gallery-19b2dc6994e0.jpg) Risë Stevens — Image via TMDB
- ![Risë Stevens](https://film.one/media/person/1234416/gallery-70567017449b.jpg) Risë Stevens — Image via TMDB
- ![Risë Stevens](https://film.one/media/person/1234416/gallery-f6586a8e9d29.jpg) Risë Stevens — Image via TMDB
- ![Risë Stevens](https://film.one/media/person/1234416/gallery-1ff8b2fdcf6b.jpg) Risë Stevens — Image via TMDB

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