Efrem Zimbalist Jr. was born on November 30, 1918, in New York City, New York, USA. He later taught there as well. He had nothing but praise for his experience on the show. Several composers dedicated their works to Zimbalist, including: Pablo Casals writes in his biography, Joys and Sorrows, that Zimbalist was a member of the 's Committee to Aid Spanish Democracy which Casals founded and chaired in 1936.[14]. Stephanie Zimbalist was born in New York City, the daughter of Loranda Stephanie (ne Spalding) and actor Efrem Zimbalist Jr. Still working on the stepmother who brought a great literary legacy which Efrem Zimbalist III (Skip) carries on to this day. Efrem Zimbalist Jr. made his Broadway debut in the 1945 play The Rugged Path. So, till date, she is neither married nor has any children. [14], In 1959, he was awarded the Golden Globe for "Most Promising Newcomer Male". Who was Efrem Zimbalist? What a gene pool to come from people who habitually live past age 90. Because the Russian government only allowed people to leave with whatever they amount of money they came into the country with, he and his sister hid their money from Russian officials in order to escape by train from Moscow to Paris. The clothing bills he sent home to be paid didn't win over his parents either. Active on Broadway in the following productions: Zimbalist died on May 2, 2014 from natural causes at the age of 95, outliving his father's age of 94 by one year. Nev and Efrem Zimbalist Jr. of En cino, Calif., the actor in the television series "The F.B.I November 1947 he played in an ensemble cast in "What Every Woman Knows" which ran until February 1947. [citation needed], Apart from 77 Sunset Strip, Zimbalist was most widely known for his starring role as Inspector Lewis Erskine in the Quinn Martin television production The F.B.I., which premiered on September 19, 1965, and aired its final episode on September 8, 1974. 5). and 77 Sunset Strip died Saturday in California. The 77 Sunset Strip show was considered to be one of the most swinging on television in the late 1950s and early 60s. Efrem Jr.'s new stepmother, Mary Louise Curtis Bok Zimbalist was the heir to the Curtis Publishing Company who published the Ladies' Home Journal - founded by her mother. Efrem starred next to Spencer Tracy. Acting seemed to be his calling but getting him to crack down to seriously study acting was another matter because Efrem Jr. was all playboy. American Actor Efrem Zimbalist Jr. was born on 30th November, 1918 in New York City, New York, USA and passed away on 2nd May 2014 Solvang, California, USA aged 95. He had an elder sister named Mary as well as a step-sister, author Marcia Davenport, from his mothers side. In 1945, Zimbalist married Emily McNair and they had a daughter, Nancy, and son, Efrem III. about they stopped making. By that time, Efrem Jr. and Emily McNair had two children, Nancy and Efrem "Skip" Zimbalist III. . In 1956, he married his second wife, Loranda Stephanie Spalding. Each generation remembers him in a different way - series television, stage plays, movies, the opera. [25], He had a nine-year association with the practice of Transcendental Meditation as taught by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. Two years later, he was commissioned as a second lieutenant of the infantry division. In 1941, he was drafted in the United States Army. For Love of Ivy Ossie Davis Ossie Davis Efrem Jr. played tennis with Jack Warner, head of Warner Brothers and often joked that playing tennis with him was what kept acting parts coming his way. 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. 1947) and Nancy (19442012). As the sly, silver-haired mentor of Pierce Brosnan's title character on Remington Steele, he appeared on the 1982-87 NBC series with his daughter on a handful of episodes. Early in his career he owned the "Titian" Stradivarius violin. #DDE Thank you for reading and commenting. The overhaul failed and the show ended in 1964. PTL's principal televangelistic successor, the Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN),[26] engaged Zimbalist to make its many announcements including the station's idents every half hour, which aired between 1992 and 2012. Alma Gluck's birthdate discrepancy resulted because Marston Records took creative license with Alma's biography and life event dates, including the relationship status of first marriage as a loveless type of marriage. There were two spellings shown of family name - Feinsohn and Fiersohn, The link shows Alma's correct birth year. Rachael O'Halloran (author) from United States on June 01, 2014: #Thank you to all for reading and commenting. Bureau. Those who worked with him were equally admiring of the star's professionalism and likable personality. So I won't be able to acknowledge each comment as I have in the past. Her autobiography, "Too Strong For Fantasy" was published in 1967. 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. EMMY NOMINATIONS 2022: Outstanding Limited Or Anthology Series, EMMY NOMINATIONS 2022: Outstanding Lead Actress In A Comedy Series, EMMY NOMINATIONS 2022: Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Comedy Series, EMMY NOMINATIONS 2022: Outstanding Lead Actress In A Limited Or Anthology Series Or Movie, EMMY NOMINATIONS 2022: Outstanding Lead Actor In A Limited Or Anthology Series Or Movie. I do recall 77 SunsetStrip and FBI. His mother, reasoning that living amid the musical elite was not the best upbringing for a boy, sent him to boarding schools. In 1990, he played the father of Zorro in the Christian Broadcasting Network 's The New Zorro. He is survived by his daughter Stephanie and his son, Efrem Zimbalist III. Efrem Zimbalist Jr. had a Spoleto Fesitval connection. Her last public recital was in 1924 at the Metropolitan Opera House, a place that would hold much sentiment for her husband and children long after she was gone. She went on to star in a number of movies and television programs, most notably Remington Steele with Pierce Brosnan. The actor's son,. Efrem Zimbalist Jr. was born in New York, New York, the son of famed violinist Efrem Zimbalist, Sr. (1890-1985), born in the southwestern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don, and operatic soprano Alma Gluck (1884-1938), who had been born as Reba Feinsohn in Iai, Romania. 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). When there might have been a rough patch in the marriage where Efrem Jr. had gone to Reno, Nevada in 1961 to get a divorce from Loranda, some accounts say he never went through with a divorce. Also in the 1990s, Zimbalist played Alfred Pennyworth in Batman: The Animated Series as well as in Superman: The Animated Series, The New Batman Adventures, Justice League, Static Shock, and the animated films Batman: Mask of the Phantasm, Batman & Mr. LOS ANGELES - Handsome, debonair and blessed with a distinguished voice that reflected his real-life prep school upbringing, Efrem Zimbalist Jr. seemed born to play the television roles that made him famous, that of hip Hollywood detective and brilliant G-man. He fired the cast except for Zimbalist, whom he made a world-traveling investigator. The cases of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation. The actor, who in recent years had retired to his ranch in Southern California's bucolic horse country, died there Friday at age 95. He also did voiceover work for other evangelical programs, including readings of the Bible and narrating special programming. I can see that a lot of effort was put into this. He changed his name to Menotti shortly after his adoption. [23] Moreover, Efrem Zimbalist stated, "As far as I am concerned, there has been no Jew in the family for sixty-five years. In 1924, after her retirement, Alma split time between their homes in Connecticut and New York, being a benefactor to other bright hopeful sopranos and musicians, and helping out with musical and community organizations. Zimbalist also appeared in "By Love Possessed," ''Airport 1975," ''Terror Out of the Sky" and "Hot Shots.". He also appeared in leading and supporting roles in several feature films, including Harlow, A Fever in the Blood (a film about a ruthless politician), Wait Until Dark and Airport 1975. Efrem Zimbalist Jr. said this about J Edgar Hoover in an interview: "He never came on the set, but I knew him. :). In 1956, Zimbalist was put under contract by Warner Bros. and moved to Hollywood. 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. I don't know why they only give shows a 5 year run and other shows (sometimes terrible shows) get to run for so much longer. In 1990, Zimbalist featured as the father of Zorro in the series The New Zorro. Because the young viewer audience was enamored of "Kookie" constantly combing his hair, a song "Kookie, Lend Me Your Comb" was released in 1959, making it a national catch-phrase. They had a daughter, actress Stephanie Zimbalist. [29], In 1963 and 1964, Zimbalist joined fellow actors William Lundigan, Chill Wills and Walter Brennan in making appearances on behalf of U.S. Efrem Zimbalist Jr.'s half-sister - Marcia Davenport, born in 1903 as Abigail Marcia Glick from Alma's first marriage to Bernard Glick. 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. However, World War I was going on and the couple were very much in demand to perform at military installations all over the world. Efrem Zimbalist Jr., the elegant actor with the mellifluous baritone who costarred as the suave private eye Stuart Bailey on TV's "77 Sunset Strip" beginning in the late 1950s and later. His and Alma's son, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., and their granddaughter, Stephanie Zimbalist, both became popular actors, primarily in television. He was back on Broadway in Noel Coward's "Fallen Angels. It certainly is a great tribute - I hadn't thought about Efrem Zimbalist Jr for many a year. Marcia Davenport had an interesting life and made her mark in literature with her first book, Mozart, the first published American biography of composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. He returned to acting in 1954, in a daytime television soap called Concerning Miss Marlowe, and to Broadway in 1956, in Nol Coward's Fallen Angels, in which he played the seductive Frenchman Maurice Duclos. I found the above video and it brings back memories for me when I hear the FBI announcer's voice all these years later. He is also known as recurring character "Dandy Jim Buckley" in the series Maverick and as the voice behind the character Alfred Pennyworth in the DC Animated Universe. Zimbalist had a recurring role as Daniel Chalmers, a white-collar con man, on his daughter Stephanie Zimbalist 's 1980s television detective series Remington Steele. Efrem Jr. was devastated. Her mother started the Ladies' Home Journal magazine and she would be the catalyst to keep the magazine published until her death in 1970. The year 1970 witnessed him in various roles in the religious-themed anthology series 'Insight. 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. Sugar & Spice, Malice & Vice: Directed by Vincent McEveety. In November 1945, he made his stage debut in New York as reporter Gil Hartnick in "The Rugged Path" directed by his friend Garson Kanin. With large sums of money changing hands, Alma got her divorce in 1912, leaving the way for Efrem Sr. and Alma to marry. Efrem Jr. later became active in evangelical circles and was one of the founders of Trinity Broadcasting Network.[16]. St. Petersburg Times - Newspaper interview 1979 talking about his new church, TBN, Marcia Davenport - Wikipedia and Movie Database. The quality of her voice was gone, she was often physically ill, although there are no mentions as to what was wrong at that time. Efrem Sr. married twice and both times to very accomplished women who left their mark on society. The daughter of actor Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Stephanie Zimbalist was raised on the family's Encino, California ranch and educated at . They had two children, Efrem "Skip" Zimbalist III (b. Alma had just been discovered in 1909 and by 1911 she was already on her way to stardom at the Metropolitan Opera, earning an amazing $700 a week. Both women were older than he, and both came into the marriage with children, which made for a very interesting extended family for Efrem Jr. Efrem Sr.'s second wife was equally impressive, especially her family tree. [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. During this period, he made several concurrent appearances in other Warner Bros. television shows, such as Hawaiian Eye, The Alaskans, and Bronco. Efrem Zimbalist Jr. was a very interesting man who came from an interesting family background, leaving behind a wonderful legacy. 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. by Roy Malan. He would have been handsome in any generation! Jackie Lynnley from the beautiful south on May 23, 2014: My mom was crazy about this man and he was so handsome and smooth. He is survived by his daughter Stephanie and his son, Efrem Zimbalist III. Efrem Jr. says in his book "My Dinner of Herbs" that because of his playboy ways and throwing away a good education at Yale, he felt a great sadness that his mother never lived to see any of his success and that he "regrets she died knowing he was a screwup.". Efrem Zimbalist Jr. was engaged to Kipp Hamilton (1960). Pierce Brosnan and Stephanie Zimbalist did not get along. He returned to Hollywood five years later, marrying Loranda Stephanie Spalding in 1956, and she gave birth to their daughter Stephanie. He also kept the name tradition going and has a son Efrem Zimbalist, III (nicknamed Chip) who owns a multi-media company and works as an actor. 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. Efrem Zimbalist Jr. was a TV actor, the star of 77 Sunset Strip and The FBI. And it was true too. [21] He performed as the narrator in "Good Morning, America" by Elinor Remick WarrenCambria CD #1042 (1993). Zimbalist married the famous American soprano Alma Gluck and they toured together for a time. ("Oh! violinist. During summer breaks between his two hit series, Warner Bros. cast Zimbalist in several feature films, including "Too Much Too Soon," ''Home Before Dark," ''The Crowded Sky," ''The Chapman Report" and "Wait Until Dark." Do Men Still Wear Button Holes At Weddings? In January 1979, Efrem Jr. embraced the evangelical television programs, often watching them late into the night. One of the most sophisticated and professional actors of the small screen, Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. rose to fame in the late 1950s and early 1960s on the strength of two popular television series: "77 Sunset Strip" (ABC, 1958-1964) and "The FBI" (ABC, 1965-1974). His daughter Stephanie announced the news saying he was 95 years old, a devout Christian. 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. Efrem Zimbalist Jr. was born in New York City on Nov. 30, 1918. Hoover held up Efrem as a role model to incoming agents and to all FBI employees so they could emulate his personal appearance. Menotti is just another fascinating life that intersected with Efrem Zimbalist Jr. During this time in the late 1940s, Efrem Jr. sponsored several students from the Curtis Institute of Music and would go on to sponsor many more aspiring students for the rest of his life. Byrnes made a record, Kookie, Kookie (Lend Me Your Comb), that was a transatlantic hit and spawned a catchphrase. I never knew of anyone in my neighborhood who was caught as a result; I guess I lived in a good neighborhood. Coupled with his baritone voice, he easily won over the ladies but he had no interest in the curriculum or in getting a job to support his extravagant lifestyle. Efrem Jr. attended Fay School in Southborough, Massachusetts. [22], Zimbalist's parents, Alma Gluck and Efrem Zimbalist, were of Jewish descent but, on emigrating to America, had left the religion. Roger Smith is married to Ann-Margret and suffers with Myasthenia Gravis, a serious Autoimmune Disease. UPDATE: He was the embodiment of a federal agent on "The F.B.I." after playing a private eye on another popular ABC series, "77 Sunset Strip." Amadeus Press. This led to a stage career as both actor and producer. Family film directed and written by Margaret Raphael. Gian Carlo Menotti, a famous composer and opera singer, was given a letter of introduction to The Curtis Institute of Music by Arturo Toscanini, who had also introduced Efrem's mother Alma to the Metropolitan Opera. Update: Roger Smith died June 4, 2017 at age 84. Birth Name: Efrem Aleksandrovich Zimbalist, Jr. Parents: Father Efrem Zimbalist, Sr.,(1889-1985 age 95) world famous violinist and composer, and Mother Reba Feinsohn (Alma Gluck 1884-1938 age 54) operatic concertist; Stepmother -Mary Louise Curtis Bok (1876-1970 age 94), Siblings: Abigail Marcia Glick Davenport (1904-1996 age 92), Maria Zimbalist (1915 -1981 age 66), Marriages: Emily Munroe McNair (1945-1950 her death), Loranda Stephanie Spaulding (1956-2007 her death, age 74), Children: with Emily McNair -Efrem Zimbalist III (Chip), Nancy (died 2012);with Loranda Stephanie Spaulding - Stephanie Zimbalist (b. He was one of those Hollywood stars you never heard a scandal about. Efrem Zimbalist Jr, actor, born 30 November 1918; died 2 May 2014 Topics US television Television Broadway. 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. The film won first place in fantasy at the Dragon*Con Film Festival and was an official selection at the Los Angeles International Children's Festival and the Reel Women International Film Festival in 2009. Senator Barry Goldwater, the Republican candidate, in his election campaign against U.S. President Lyndon B. An interview about his book appears in a video below. In October 2004, he starred in the stage production of Night of the Iguana that premiered at Rubicon Theatre Company. When the show faltered in 1963, Jack Webb of "Dragnet" fame was hired for an overhaul. (that we know of). He retired as a violinist in 1949, but returned in 1952 to give the first performance of the Violin Concerto by Gian Carlo Menotti. They had two sons and Malinda died in 2005. In January 1950, Emily died from cancer. Efrem Sr. became her violin accompanist in 1912 and they fell in love, but Alma was still married to her first husband, Bernard, with whom had a small daughter, Marcia. In Home Before Dark (1958), with Jean Simmons as a psychiatric patient, he was a gentle pipe-smoking professor who faces antisemitism. Efrem Zimbalist Jr. married his first wife, Emily Munroe McNair, daughter of Captain Laurence McNair U.S.N., on December 22, 1945 at Church of the Transfiguration, a Catholic church in Annapolis, Maryland. He graduated from the Conservatory in 1907 after winning a gold medal and the Rubinstein Prize, and by age 21 was considered one of the world's greatest violinists.[9]. Thanks for sharing his life story with us. But it wouldn't hurt to see a return to good sidekick detective shows. Efrem Zimbalist Jr, actor, born 30 November 1918; died 2 May 2014, Suave actor known for his starring roles in the TV series 77 Sunset Strip and The FBI, Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning, Efrem Zimbalist Jr, right, with William Reynolds, left, in a 1968 episode of The FBI. They had a daughter, actress Stephanie Zimbalist. Zimbalist is survived by his three children son Efren, daughters Stephanie an actress and our girl Nancy Zimbalist. #Ms. Dora, I'm sure she looked down from heaven and celebrated every one of his successes. His mother, reasoning that living amid the musical elite was not the best upbringing for a boy, sent him to boarding schools where he could be toughened by others his age. In 1949, he was cast as one of the four sons (the cruellest) of a ruthless businessman (Edward G Robinson) in Joseph L Mankiewicz's film noir House of Strangers. They started making another kind of movie, Susanna", "All Quiet Along the Potomac Tonight"), 1962 - February 5, 2007 (her death, 1 child). He was a political hopeful in A Fever in the Blood (1961), opposite Angie Dickinson one of his few leads, Warners hoping to cash in on his TV fame and a sex therapist in George Cukor's The Chapman Report (1962). Efrem Zimbalist Jr. produced several of Gian Carlo Menotti's operas on Broadway and was a lifelong supporter of the Metropolitan Opera where his mother had performed. Efrem Jr.'s sister, Maria, also lived in Reno and she died there in 1981 at age 66. The program brought Zimbalist an Emmy nomination in 1959, but after a few seasons he tired of the long hours and what he believed were the bad scripts. The actor, who in recent years had retired to his ranch in Southern California's bucolic horse country, died there Friday at age 95. Zimbalist was born in 1918 in Brooklyn to Jewish immigrants Efrem Zimbalist Sr. (18891985), a famous Russian-born violinist [1] and symphony conductor, and Alma Gluck (18841938), an equally famous Romanian-born operatic soprano. He returned home over four years later with Purple Heart Medal for a shrapnel wound in his leg. In the early '90s, he played Don Alejandro de la Vega in "Zorro" on the Family Channel. "I had a horror of being stuck in some series and never being heard from again. When the program's run ended in 1964, Zimbalist segued seamlessly into "The F.B.I." They both have captivating voices. But his joy was short-lived. Michael Hagarty needs Jessica's help when he tries to prevent his estranged daughter's engagement to a man who is later found dead. At the end of each episode the series would post real photos from the FBI's most-wanted list. He then enlisted in the army and during service in Europe was wounded and received the Purple Heart. Red Holt Steele, was also a fan favorite dramatic episode which included the destruction of Lauras house in an explosion. 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. Emily died from cancer in 1950. SOLVANG, Calif., May 3 (UPI) -- Efrem Zimbalist Jr., the star of two popular crime television series, The F.B.I. In 2008, he appeared in the short film The Delivery, in which he played a professor who helps a young girl in her struggles for literacy. At the end of the fourth season, in what was to be the final episode, Bonds of Steele, Laura and Remington finally get married, and theoretically live happily ever after, with actor Pierce Brosnan slated to be the next James Bond. He became a producer to bring the not yet famous opera composer Gian Carlo Menotti's modern operas to Broadway in New York City, namely "The Telephone" and "The Medium" in 1947. He was a remarkable man and had great talent. His roles in ascending order were a Roman soldier in George Bernard Shaw's Androcles and the Lion (1946); The Duke of Suffolk in Shakespeare's Henry VIII (1946); and Eilert Lovborg in Ibsen's Hedda Gabler (1948), with Eva Le Gallienne in the title role, and Zimbalist's wife, Emily McNair, as Thea Elvsted. We'll keep an eye on you. Zimbalist died on May 2, 2014, at the age of 95. https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/efrem-zimbalist-jr-48080.php, 20th Century Film & Theater Personalities, 21st Century Film & Theater Personalities, 20th Century American Film & Theater Personalities, 21st Century American Film & Theater Personalities. Less than a year later in 1915, their daughter Maria was born but with manager Althea Jewell taking care of her and Marcia safely in a Pennsylvania boarding school, the couple didn't slow down their performances. His smooth baritone was also used to narrate and do voiceovers. Voice, Direct-to-video animated film directed by Curt Geda. [25] Afterward he joined the Anglican Church of Our Savior in Santa Barbara; he was an occasional reader there and requested donations be made to them (among others) in his obituary. 1957 brought Efrem Jr. a seven year contract with Warner Brothers studio. At any rate, they remained married until her death of lung cancer on February 5, 2007. She wanted her mother to see her get married, so they were married in the Zimbalist home on April 19, 1938. In 1974, Menotti adopted an adult actor and figure skater Francis "Chip" Phelan (born 1938) who had been appearing as a mime in Gian Carlo's operatic performances. He was always well-dressed and his nicely tanned skin made him more handsome. Efrem Zimbalist, Sr. (21 April [O.S. To bring you up to speed, Maria Zimbalist Goelet married a man from Philadelphia, Henry F Bennett on October 12, 1942. The son of renowned artists soprano Alma Gluck and violinist Efrem Zimbalist he was the father of actress Stephanie Zimbalist, who survives him. In 1959, Zimbalist got an Emmy nomination but after a few sessions, he felt the hours were long and the scripts were bad. As the heir apparent to wealthy parents, his taste for expensive suits purchased at the best men's shoppes of Hartford and New Haven made him popular at school. Thanks for reading and commenting. Menotti studied at The Curtis Institute of Music at the same time as Leonard Bernstein and Samuel Barber. At the end of each episode, the series would always post real photos of the FBI's most wanted list. A prolific actor who also appeared in numerous films and stage productions, Zimbalist became a household name in 1958 as Stu Bailey, the wisecracking private investigator who was a co-partner in a swinging Hollywood detective agency located at the exclusive address of "77 Sunset Strip.". During World War II he served in the infantry, receiving a Purple Heart for a shrapnel wound in his leg. The FBI series was right behind 77 Sunset Strip. Efrem Zimbalist Jr. was born in New York City on Nov. 30, 1918. He retired again in 1955. Sometimes there was an arrest posted with the wanted names, which was updated on a later show or you would hear about it on the evening news. Afraid to go home, he stayed with a friend in New York City for three months, working as a page at NBC headquarters, where he was dazzled by the famous radio stars. Devika Primi from Dubrovnik, Croatia on May 21, 2014: Hi RachaelOhalloran, I had no idea of this person until now a very interesting write up here and you certainly enlightened me to perfection. (Lewis Erskine), voice of Alfred the butler on Batman:The Animated Series, Died: May 2, 2014, at age 95 of natural causes. From this record listing US Census of 1900, it shows the occupants the residence of Herman and Cecile Goldstein, Alma's sister. [2] He had an older sister, Mary (19152008),[3] along with a half-sister from his mother's first marriage, author Marcia Davenport (19031996). According to Doris Roberts in her 2005 interview with The Archive of American Television, the two did not speak when not in character in fact they didnt even say good morning to one another on the set. In 1943, having been a widower for five years, he married the Curtis Institute of Music's founder, Mary Louise Curtis Bok,[15] daughter of publisher Cyrus Curtis and Louisa Knapp Curtis, and 14 years his senior. Menotti died in 2007 at the age of 95 in Monte Carlo, Monaco with his adopted son at his side. Zimbalist was preceded in death by his second wife and by his daughter Nancy. Zimbalist wrote an autobiography, My Dinner of Herbs, published by Limelight Editions, New York.[13]. 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. He had a minor role in the sci-fi series Babylon 5 in 1997. The son of violin virtuoso Efrem Zimbalist and acclaimed opera singer Alma Gluck, young Efrem initially appeared headed for a musical career himself. All Rights Reserved. 9-Sep-1944, d. 17-Nov-2012 cancer) Son: Efrem "Skip" Zimbalist III (CEO of Active . Efrem Jr.'s political involvement became disillusioned in 1964 and ceased altogether with the election campaign of U S Senator Barry Goldwater when he actively campaigned for him in 1963 and 1964 against U S President Lyndon B Johnson. He and his daughter also appeared on stage together in his later years, their first being "The Night of the Iguana". On February 12, 1956, Efrem Zimbalist Jr. married Loranda Stephanie Spaulding. He also recurred in the television dramatic series Hotel. 1947, 1948 and 1949 found him cast in several plays - Androcles and the Lion, Yellow Jack, A Pound on Demand, and Hedda Gabler (appearing with his new wife, Emily). The following is a video of one of the news services announcing his death: When his father Efrem Zimbalist Sr. arrived in the United States in 1911, he was much in demand as a violinist, especially with the orchestra at the Metropolitan Opera House. Gian Carlo Menotti's interesting story appears in the sidebar. Zimbalist was generous in his praise of producer Martin and of his own experience starring in the show. The men remained mutual admirers for the rest of Hoover's life. This is the home her sister and husband raised their family in, and hosted her mother and siblings when she brought them over from Romania. They divorced in 1941. What a charmer he was, handsome and sophisticated. On June 8, 2009, FBI Director Robert Mueller presented him with a plaque as honorary special agent for his work on The F.B.I. In 1990, he played the father of Zorro in the Christian Broadcasting Network's The New Zorro. I speak as a Mom here, not from any inside knowledge. 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. He studied at Fay School in Massachusetts and later boarded at St. Paul's School in New Hampshire. . Six months after Maria's wedding to Ogden Goelet, Alma died on October 27, 1938 at age 54 of liver failure. Father Daughter Relationship (6) Fear (6) Femme Fatale (6) Fire (6) Fistfight (6) Flashback (6) Henchman (6) Hospital (6) Husband Wife Relationship (6) Hyena (6) . After 77 Sunset Strip, he appeared in other series, including CBS's short-lived The Reporter starring Harry Guardino as journalist Danny Taylor of the fictitious New York Globe. It would have been difficult to predict, when Efrem Zimbalist Jr was growing up in New York, the son of the concert violinist Efrem Zimbalist and the opera singer Alma Gluck, surrounded by leading lights in the arts world, that his main claim to fame later in life would be playing a private investigator in the television series 77 Sunset Strip and a police inspector in The FBI. A charming man, extremely Virginia formal and an extraordinary command of the language," Zimbalist said Hoover opened the bureau's files to the show's producers and even allowed background shots to be filmed at real FBI offices. 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. 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. [28], In later life, Zimbalist joined the congregation of an Episcopal parish near to his home. 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. After serving in WW II, in 1945, Efrem Jr. enrolled to study acting at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York City. "We are heartbroken to announce the passing into peace of our. One wonders if his step-grandmother's exposure groomed him to be as successful as she was. But it was always interesting to see who the names and faces were and what they were wanted for. I don't even know the people who are making movies today. He briefly attended Yale University but was expelled, reinstated and expelled a second time on account of low grades. Efrem Zimbalist Jr. starred as "Lewis Erskine" in this series from September 1965 to September 1974. I agree, #travmaj Thank you for reading and commenting :), #Flourish Anyway - I am always in awe of people who live well and live into their 90's or older. "I walked onstage in a play at prep school, and with childish naivet, told myself, 'Wow, I'm an actor!'" the following year and that program aired until 1974. She was buried later in June 1950 in Town Hill Cemetery in New Hartford, Litchfield County, Connecticut, where the Zimbalist family maintains a residence and a cemetery holding. Pompton Plains, NJ: Amadeus Press, 2004. That doesn't mean his life didn't have any hiccups, they just weren't front page news. "East Side, West Side" starred Barbara Stanwyk, James Mason, Nancy Reagan, Ava Gardner and Van Heflin. On loan to Columbia, he was Lana Turner's illicit lover in the lurid melodrama By Love Possessed (1961). It ran for six years, and Zimbalist became a household name. [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. He and his daughter also appeared on stage together in his later years, their first being "The Night of the Iguana". He was kicked out of Yale after two years over dismal grades, which he blamed on a playboy attitude. He actively enjoyed his life to the last day, showering love on his extended family, playing golf and visiting with close friends. In 1950, tragedy struck their new family. ^. 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." Zimbalist had better luck with "The F.B.I.," which endured for a decade as one of TV's most popular shows. She went on to star in a number of movies and television programs, most notably Remington Steele with Pierce Brosnan. Her father had a recurring role in that show, again playing a con man. There he met his future wife, the newly named Alma Gluck. John Hansen from Australia (Gondwana Land) on May 21, 2014: What a wonderful tribute hub. [22], In 1956, Zimbalist married Loranda Stephanie Spalding. He also starred as the lead in several feature films for Warners, such as Bombers B-52, The Deep Six, A Fever in the Blood and The Chapman Report. Loranda's middle name was given to their daughter, actress Stephanie Zimbalist. Pierce Brosnan and Stephanie Zimbalist did not get along. director J. Edgar Hoover, who requested that the show be technically accurate and portray his agents in the best possible light, and he insisted actors playing F.B.I. Efrem Zimbalist Jr. was an American actor who is best remembered for his portrayals of Dandy Jim Buckley in the TV series Maverick and the animated character Alfred Pennyworth in the superhero series Batman: The Animated Series and its spin-offs. What year is Zorro set in? In October 1956 their daughter Stephanie was born. Born in New York City to a popular violinist and a singer, Zimbalist grew up with an elder sister in a quite wealthy household. Zimbalist was born in New York, grew up on an estate in the Connecticut countryside and received an expensive education in New England. You never saw headlines about him causing a scene, being arrested in any nightclubs and you never heard about a mud slinging divorce like you did with other Hollywood stars. Returning to the United States, Efrem Jr. was fortunate enough that his parents could well afford two stints at Yale University. I have them on auto publish until we get unpacked in our new home. The son of renowned artists soprano Alma Gluck and violinist Efrem Zimbalist he was the father of actress Stephanie Zimbalist, who survives him. When Menotti died, he became sole heir to his vast fortune, Yester Castle in Scotland (which he sold in 2010 to Lady Gaga), homes in Monaco and Philadelphia, his copyrights and royalties. [7] Inducted into the United States Army, he completed his initial training at Fort Dix, New Jersey. Although he continued to consider himself ethnically Jewish, he found himself attracted, along with his wife Alma, to Anglican Christianity, and they regularly attended the Episcopal Church in New Hartford. While in the army, Zimbalist got acquainted with the director Garson Kanin, who gave him his first professional acting role in the Broadway play The Rugged Path. His partner in life and work, Samuel Barber died in 1981. [13] The Twilight Zone was Rod Sterling, who also wrote most of the episodes. Zimbalist was preceded in death by his second wife and by his daughter Nancy. More challenging than in California. He also had a recurring role in the hit Western series "Maverick," playing con man Dandy Jim Buckley. 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. She had two sons; one was a Philadelphia Judge and the other was a diamond trader and owner of the Deepdene Diamonds. In 1986, he was in Charleston to co-host the festival's 10th gala at the Gaillard Auditorium with actress Colleen Dewhurst. Efrem Zimbalist Jr.'s family announced that he died on Friday, May 2, 2014 of natural causes at his Solvang ranch in Southern California's beautiful horse country. Efrem Zimbalist Jr. discusses his book in Part Two which follows Part One in this article. Zorro, fictional character created in 1919 by writer Johnston McCulley. Guy Williams, who played the swashbuckling black-masked hero Zorro on television in the late 1950s, was found dead Saturday, apparently of a heart attack, at his apartment in Buenos Aires, the Buenos Aires police said yesterday. He said, "I feel like I was in heaven for a day and back.. Its critical and surprising commercial success led to his following it up with Menotti's The Consul (1950), which won the New York Drama Critics' award and the Pulitzer prize for the best musical in 1950. Episode "Stopover at Sublimity" (S 3:Ep 30), Episode: "The Trial of Reno McKee" (S 1: Ep 14), Episode: "The Prince of Darkness" (S 4: Ep 2), Episode: "Host: Efrem Zimbalist Jr." (S 1: Ep 9), Inspector Lewis Erskine (archive footage), Episode: "Stranger In My Shoes" (S 7:Ep 37), Episode: "The Day God Died" (S 10: Ep 25), Episode: "He Lived With Us, Ate With Us, What Else, Dear?" Hoover and Efrem Jr. remained friends until Hoover's death. In 2009 the FBI honored Zimbalist with his own special agent's badge, making him an honorary G-man in recognition of the contributions his show and his character made to the agency's reputation. They don't investigate and research their information; they just copy it from other sources. He became proficient at violin and composing music with several compositions to his credit. Efrem Zimbalist (18891985), Russian violinist, father of Efrem Jr. Efrem Zimbalist Jr. (19182014), American actor, son of Efrem and father of Stephanie. His big-spender days were over after being expelled from Yale a second time; it was time to get serious about his direction in life. Birthday: November 30, 1918 (Sagittarius). Efrem Zimbalist Sr. died in 1985 when he was also nearly 94 years old. In 2007, Loranda also died from cancer. Stephanie Zimbalist (born 1956), American actress, daughter of Efrem Jr. What year was Efrem Zimbalist Jr born? His charismatic good looks made him memorable as an accomplished actor, appearing first on stage and in several movies, but becoming more widely known for his work on television. He continued to act on the Broadway stage with the American Repertory Theatre. At the end of each episode, after Zimbalist and his fellow G-men had captured that week's mobsters, subversives, bank robbers or spies, the series would post real photos from the FBI's most-wanted list. Jun 17, 2018 - Efrem Zimbalist Jr. with his daughter, Stephanie, circa 1978. 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. "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. In October 1956 their daughter Stephanie was born. [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. Efrem Jr. kept the tradition going and learned the violin. [30], Zimbalist died at the age of 95, the same age his father had died at, on May 2, 2014, from natural causes. She was buried in the family plot at Town Hill Cemetery in New Hartford, Litchfield County, Connecticut. The couple had two kids, Efrem and Nancy. His and Alma's son, Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., and their granddaughter, Stephanie Zimbalist, both became popular actors. Wife: Emily McNair (stage actress, m. 1945, d. 1950, cancer, one daughter, one son) Daughter: Nancy Zimbalist (b. She is buried in Town Hill Cemetery in New Hartford, Litchfield County, Connecticut near the family's summer home. He had a small recurring role in the 1990s hit science fiction television series Babylon 5 as William Edgars. I think Troy Donahue was also an actor in the show. 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. Johnson. His wife died of cancer in the same year, leaving their two children, Efrem and Nancy. He then settled in the United States. Efrem Zimbalist Jr. at his Encino, CA home with wife Loranda Stephanie Spaulding and daughter Stephanie Zimbalist1961 1978 Sid Avery All images in our archive are available for professional licensing and as fine art prints. Other reports say they did divorce on December 5, 1961, and they remarried in 1962 . While he was away, his father married for the second time in 1943 to Mary Louise Curtis Bok, heir to the Curtis Publishing Company and founder of the Curtis Institute of Music where he was the Director. Wasn't he the narrator of the early Twilight Zone series? In the 1980s, he had a recurring role as Daniel Chalmers on his daughter Stephanie Zimbalist's TV series "Remington Steele." Click link to see the amazing list of magazines his firm publishes. That role, he said, "has made me an idol in my little grandchildren's eyes.". His character, "Stu Bailey," as a former OSS officer and language expert, along with Roger Smith's Ivy League PhD character "Jeff Spence," ran a private eye office at the famed address in Hollywood. If something has been repeated often enough, people figure it must be the truth. He died in 1985, at the age of 94. Hoover took him on a tour of the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia. A great presentation! Dora Weithers from The Caribbean on May 21, 2014: Thank you for the facts on the handsome, accomplished Efrem Zimbalist. He also lived to be 95 years old. Following an appearance in the drama movie The Crowded Sky (1960), he did the film A Fever in the Blood (1961), which was based on William Pearsons 1959 novel of the same name. His only outlet was acting in campus plays. ", Efrem Jr.'s mother was famous opera singer Alma Gluck. More shows were planned, but since there was no money left, the production had to cease. 2022 - 2023 Times Mojo - All Rights Reserved The show was revived in the 1980s as Today's FBI starring Mike Connors. 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