She started her acting profession in 1959 and featured in such well-known movies as Girls! Ike Jones Anthony Soglio Life Story of Inger StevensAs a child she moved to Manhattan, Kansas, where she lived all the way through high school.
Stevens and Ike got married in Tijuana, Mexico in November 1961.
The movie featured the legendary Bing Crosby as Earl while Inger portrayed the role of Nina Wylie, a lady who assists Earl in the custody battle and eventually falls in love with him.