[22], In 1956, Zimbalist married Loranda Stephanie Spalding. The son of violin virtuoso Efrem Zimbalist and acclaimed opera singer Alma Gluck, young Efrem initially appeared headed for a musical career himself. He was kicked out of Yale after two years over dismal grades, which he blamed on a playboy attitude. In 1917, he was elected as an honorary member of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, the national fraternity for men in music, by the fraternity's Alpha Chapter at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston. They don't investigate and research their information; they just copy it from other sources. However, he was mainly seen in TV movies and series, such as Remington Steele in the 80s (as the silver-tongued con artist Daniel Chalmers), in which his daughter Stephanie Zimbalist starred opposite Pierce Brosnan. Animated Made-for-TV-Movie directed by Toshihiko Masuda. Efrem Zimbalist Jr. was engaged to Kipp Hamilton (1960). "I get more joy from that than anything in my life," he said. Zimbalists parents, Alma Gluck and Efrem Zimbalist, were of Jewish descent but on emigrating to America, had left the religion. Following the war, Zimbalist returned to New York and made his Broadway acting debut in The Rugged Path,[10][11] starring Spencer Tracy. [17] Efrem Jr. portrayed Dandy Jim Buckley in Maverick opposite James Garner, and the lead characters in the television series 77 Sunset Strip and The FBI. Her reported salary for engagements and royalties was over $400,000, making her a very wealthy performer, but also a target in a bitter, much contested divorce from her first husband. Streaming, rent, or buy Remington Steele Season 3: You are able to buy Remington Steele Season 3 on Apple iTunes, Amazon Video as download. To bring you up to speed, Maria Zimbalist Goelet married a man from Philadelphia, Henry F Bennett on October 12, 1942. Granddaughter Alexis looks on as FBI director Robert Mueller show off the badge that was presented to the actor as an honorary special agent, the highest civilian honor awarded by the FBI, on June 8, 2009 in Los Angeles. Jack Warner supported Efrem Jr.'s plan to retire to raise his kids away from Hollywood. Thank you. In the meantime, Zimbalist continued in a few films, such as Wait Until Dark (1967), as the husband of a blind woman (Audrey Hepburn), who is terrorised in their apartment during his absence. (S 1: Ep 9), Episode: "A Little Left of Heaven (Pilot) (S 1:Ep 1), Episode: "Knights of the Round Table, Parts 1 and 2" (S 3: Ep 1 & S 3: Ep 2), Episode: "World's Finest, part 3" (S 2: Ep 18). Rachael O'Halloran (author) from United States on May 23, 2014: #Jodah, This was an awesome family to research. His father was the famous violinist Efrem Zimbalist Sr. and his mother was the equally famous singer Alma Gluck. Zimbalist Jr trained at the Yale School of Drama (from which he was expelled for bad grades) and the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York. This play ran until January 1946 at the Plymouth Theatre. Efrem Zimbalist Jr. dating history Relationships. The actor, who in recent years had retired to his ranch in Southern California's bucolic horse country, died there Friday at age 95. In 1985, Chip married Malinda Fitler Murphy, the daughter of Happy Rockefeller (widow of Nelson) and Dr. James Murphy. Comedian Leslie Jones to be the first guest host of The Daily Show on Tuesday, Pamela Anderson on surviving paparazzi, tabloids, and the stolen sex tape, Golden Globes 2023 highlights and winners, Golden Globes 2023: List of winners and nominees, "S.W.A.T." [15] Hoover held up Zimbalist as a model for F.B.I. Publicity photo for the US Steel Hour on television August 1, 1956. In 2003, he published his memoirs, My Dinner of Herbs, and a year later came out of retirement to act with his daughter again in a stage production of Tennessee Williams's Night of the Iguana in Ventura, California. Zimbalist was preceded in death by his second wife and by his daughter Nancy. 2022 - 2023 Times Mojo - All Rights Reserved He later taught there as well. His pupils included such distinguished musicians as Lynn Blakeslee, Aaron Rosand,[11] Oscar Shumsky, Norman Carol, Joseph Silverstein, Jascha Brodsky, John Dalley, Michael Tree, Felix Slatkin, Shmuel Ashkenasi, Harold Wippler, Leonid Bolotine, Takaoki Sugitani, Helen Kwalwasser, and Hidetaro Suzuki. Zimbalist was preceded in death by his second wife and by his daughter Nancy. Stephanie Zimbalist has since given strong, sympathetic performances portraying independent working women in the TV movie The Story Lady (1991) and in the off-Broadway surrogate-mother drama, The Baby Dance (1991). While he was in the Army, Efrem Jr. met actor-producer Garson Kanin and theirs was a friendship that would get his start in show business. Hiding whatever little money he had, Efrem Jr. ran off with just the summer clothing of the season. Alma's manager and piano accompanist Althea Jewell kept her in singing engagements and recording sessions which paid handsomely, so she could well afford to send her daughter to The Friends School, a private boarding school in Pennsylvania. His stepmother was the founder of the Curtis Institute of Music, Mary Louise Curtis Bok Zimbalist. going to the movies over 20 years ago. Spouse/Ex-: Emily Munroe McNair (m. 19451950), Loranda Stephanie Spaulding (m. 19562007), siblings: Marcia Davenport as half-sister (19031996), Mary (19152008), See the events in life of Efrem Zimbalist Jr in Chronological Order, http://www.prphotos.com/p/LRS-046362/efrem-zimbalist-jr-at-childhelp-usa-2002-charity-event--arrivals.html?&ps=3&x-start=6, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbqFEihvdC8, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Efrem_Zimbalist_Jr.JPG, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eseZ77t5jGM. I also remember Efrem Zimbalist Jr from the FBI and his daughter Stephanie who starred with Pierce Brosnan in Remington Steele. He was cool and smart as Bailey, an Ivy Leaguer with a background in second world war intelligence who set up his own detective agency in Los Angeles. The cases of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation. But yes, now I remember Ephrem Zimblast Jr. as the voice of many shows I watched as a child. Hoover and Efrem Jr. remained friends until Hoover's death. "We could not have asked for a better character, or a better man, to play his role," FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III said at the time. Even though findagrave.com shows a marker and info that she is buried in the family plot at Town Hill Cemetery in New Hartford, CT, I researched this enough to be sure her body is not there and that she was buried in Monterey, CA. In 1990, he played the father of Zorro in the Christian Broadcasting Network's The New Zorro. Hoover wanted nothing more than to make sure FBI agents were shown in a favorable light and to make sure the show was accurate. The show was revived in the 1980s as Today's FBI starring Mike Connors. The year 1970 witnessed him in various roles in the religious-themed anthology series 'Insight. Michael Hagarty needs Jessica's help when he tries to prevent his estranged daughter's engagement to a man who is later found dead. In the early '90s, he played Don Alejandro de la Vega in "Zorro" on the Family Channel. [citation needed], Jack Warner lent him to Columbia Pictures for By Love Possessed in exchange for adding several years to his Warners' contract, but he refused to let Zimbalist appear in BUtterfield 8 for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. After the war, the director and writer Garson Kanin, a friend of the family, gave Zimbalist his first professional role in his Broadway production of Robert E Sherwood's The Rugged Path (1945), which starred Spencer Tracy. Rachael O'Halloran (author) from United States on June 01, 2014: #Thank you to all for reading and commenting. The film, directed by Raoul Walsh, starred Yvonne De Carlo, Sidney Poitier, and Clark Gable. [9] Zimbalist was assigned as a platoon leader in Company L, 60th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division and participated in combat in Europe following the Normandy landings. He was healthy, playing golf three days a week, and always in his garden, Zimbalists son said. Those who worked with him were equally admiring of the star's professionalism and likable personality. She was 73 years old. November 1946 brought the part of the Duke of Suffolk in the play "King Henry VIII" which ran until February 1947 at the International Theatre. At age 19, he found work as a musician with his father in New York and Philadelphia, where his father had taken a position at the famous Curtis Institute of Music. The actor, who in recent years had retired to his ranch in Southern California's bucolic horse country, died there Friday at age 95. The Arena Media Brands, LLC and respective content providers to this website may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website. So I won't be able to acknowledge each comment as I have in the past. Some of them led to arrests, which helped give the show the complete seal of approval of the agency's real-life director, J. Edgar Hoover. [9] He was discharged at the end of the war, and his awards and decorations included the Bronze Star Medal and Combat Infantryman Badge, in addition to the Purple Heart he received for a shrapnel wound to his leg during the battle of Hrtgen Forest.[9]. Do Remington Steele and Laura Holt get married? Emily died from cancer in 1950. [14], In 1959, he was awarded the Golden Globe for "Most Promising Newcomer Male". And it was true too. Efrem Jr. is one of the few Hollywood actors who never had a scandal around him. Watch. In October 1956 their daughter Stephanie was born. But he would always be best known as a TV star, ironic for an actor who told The Associated Press in 1993 that when Warner Bros. hired him he had no interest in doing television. Efrem Zimbalist Jr. produced several of Menotti's operas on Broadway and was a lifelong supporter of the Metropolitan Opera where his mother had performed. I speak as a Mom here, not from any inside knowledge. Efrem Zimbalist Jr. played con man "Dandy Buckley" in the western series Maverick and in 1958 started work on the series 77 Sunset Strip which was to last until 1964. I have my daughter uploading several of the hubs that are ready to go so they will be published a couple per day until she cleans them all out of the waiting list. 1956), Occupation: Actor, TV Host (Word From The Holyland on TBN), Author (My Dinner of Herbs, 2003), Singer, Violinist and Composer (8-part choral 150th Psalm, Zimbalist Sonatas), Producer of Lyric Operas for Gian Carlo Menotti - The Consul (1950 Pulitzer Prize Winner for Music), The Medium (1949), and The Telephone (1949), Best Known For: his baritone voice, 77 Sunset Strip (Stu Bailey), The F.B.I. There he met his future wife, the newly named Alma Gluck. Stephanie Zimbalist was born in New York City, the daughter of Loranda Stephanie (ne Spalding) and actor Efrem Zimbalist Jr., who helmed the television series 77 Sunset Strip and The FBI as well as theatrical films. "We are heartbroken to announce the passing into peace of our beloved father, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., today at his Solvang ranch," the actor's daughter Stephanie Zimbalist and son Efrem Zimbalist III said in a statement. Kookie's character, played by Edd Byrnes, helped draw young viewers to the show, and his constant hair combing created the national catchphrase, "Kookie, Lend Me Your Comb.". Efrem Jr. later became active in evangelical circles and was one of the founders of Trinity Broadcasting Network.[16]. Dora Weithers from The Caribbean on May 21, 2014: Thank you for the facts on the handsome, accomplished Efrem Zimbalist. Warner Bros. signed him to a contract and cast him in minor film roles. Wasn't he the narrator of the early Twilight Zone series? From this record we also learn that Alma's father is dead (never made the trip to US) since her mother is listed as a widow who had 7 children, 4 survived. When it came time to take over the role that was played first by Douglas Fairbanks in the 1920 film The Mark of Zorro and then by Tyrone Power in the 1940 version, Mr. Williams took a refresher course with the Belgian fencing master Fred Cavens, who had taught both Fairbanks and Power. Efrem Jr. threw himself into studying and composing music, and became dean of students in 1954. Remington Steele is an American crime drama television series co-created by Robert Butler and Michael Gleason. Zimbalist married twice in his lifetime and had three children. On February 5, 2007, aged 73, Loranda died from lung cancer. Who was Efrem Zimbalist? Because he was well-liked, he wouldn't be out of work for long. Their daughter, also named Stephanie ( Stephanie Zimbalist ), is the well-known actress who appeared with Pierce Brosnan in the Remington Steele (1982) television series, in which Zimbalist had a recurring role. Her mother's obituary Zara Fiersohn shows she died at age 74 on August 5, 1916. About. #Ms. Dora, I'm sure she looked down from heaven and celebrated every one of his successes. Andrew Zimbalist (born 1947), American economist, father of Jeff. (1991). Michael Tylo left the show because he did not like having to be away from his family. He appeared on the Trinity Broadcasting Network[20] and as himself in the 1998 Smithsonian Institution production of Gemstones of America. Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Edward Asner, Ed Begley Jr. In addition to his son and other daughter, Stephanie, he is survived by four grandchildren and several great-grandchildren. [2] He moved back to New York City in 1936 to work as a page for NBC radio where he had small on-air roles as well as presenting shows. The family soon moved to Los Angeles, where Stephanie grew up. For some reason, I have the two men in the same genre. In January 1950, Emily died from cancer. The age of 90 plus years is a theme you may have noticed in several places in this article. Zimbalist died peacefully at his Solvang home of natural causes at the age of 95 on May 2, 2014; he had been outside watering his lawn at his Solvang, Calif., ranch when a handyman found him lying dead in the grass. The actor soon started taking up roles in television series and films as well. I had no idea he was still alive until this month and that Stephanie was his daughter! Why did Efrem Zimbalist Jr leave Zorro? After serving in World War II, he made his stage debut in "The Rugged Path," starring Spencer Tracy, and appeared in other plays and a soap opera before being called to Hollywood. Both the programs established him as a household name. , I 'm sure she looked down from heaven and celebrated every one of his.. 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