stewardess

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Corinne Conley, now 96, co-starred as stewardess Janet, who helped Spencer land the aircraft.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

On an airplane, recently, she noticed that when the stewardess came around offering coffee and tea, a surprising number of adults opted for hot chocolate.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025

In 1958, when Mary Pat Laffey Inman became a stewardess — as they were then called — for Northwest Airlines, she was 20 years old and the clock was already ticking.

From New York Times • Feb. 19, 2024

David Zucker: My favorite has always been when the stewardess says, "I've never been so scared, and besides, I am 26 and I'm not married."

From Salon • Oct. 3, 2023

The stewardess showed us how to buckle our seat belts.

From "The Lions of Little Rock" by Kristin Levine