Kramer was born and raised in Los Angeles, California.
Professional life Kramer's professional acting career started in the late 1970s, while she was still in school. She guest-starred in several television shows, such as
Starsky & Hutch,
Dynasty,
Bosom Buddies, and
Knots Landing. Kramer graduated from
The American Academy of Dramatic Arts/West, where she has later taught as a guest instructor. After a rough start, the show became an international hit, being broadcast for seven seasons. Kramer starred in six of them, a total of 130 episodes. Already in 1986, Kramer said that she was working on a rock album with composer
Mike Post, who had composed music for
Hunter. She also announced that an album might be published the following year. That never happened, but in 1990 Kramer announced her departure from
Hunter. Although the press claimed it was to concentrate on her music career, Kramer said in a television news interview, "I have been most fortunate in that I've acted, written, and directed while on
Hunter. It is time for me to move on to the next phase of my life, both professionally and personally." Shortly after leaving
Hunter, she began recording an album in England with producer
Nils Lofgren. The album was never released. In 1992, Kramer married and moved to
Colorado. Two years later she gave birth to a daughter. After her divorce in 2001 she and her daughter moved back to Los Angeles. She continued to write music and star in successful made-for-TV movies and indie films. She is a trained mezzo-soprano,
The Great American Song Book, her second album, came out early in 2008. On it, Kramer covers 14 classic songs recorded live in a one-woman show which she performs on the road in various national performance venues. In 2008, she represented the U.S. by performing at the International Music Festival in Queretero, Mexico. As a singer, she has performed around the globe. Kramer was honored by "The First Americans in the Arts Awards" in 1995, 2002 and 2003 by winning the award for Outstanding Performer as a lead actress. After her departure from
Hunter, she continued her work as an actress appearing in several TV shows and movies. Her most notable movie projects include:
Coins in the Fountain (1990),
Twin Sisters (1992),
Beyond Suspicion (1994),
Deceived by Trust (1995),
Abducted: A Fathers Love (1996),
Thrill (1996),
The Dogwalker (1999) and
The Cutting Edge: Going for the Gold (2006). She also reprised her role as Dee Dee McCall in the two
Hunter television movies (2002 and 2003). She has a podcast on YouTube called "Reflections with Stepfanie Kramer" offering insight into weekly quotes, and is in production on an interview podcast called "The Other Side" with Stepfanie Kramer.
Personal life Kramer married Mark Richards on May 24, 1992; the couple divorced in February 2001. They have a daughter, Lily Richards, who was born in 1994, who is also an actress, writer and director. According to Kramer's official website, her daughter is the greatest production she has ever been involved in. == Filmography ==