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. Efrem Zimbalist Sr. (21 April[O.S. Emily died from cancer in 1950. 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. 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. It certainly is a great tribute - I hadn't thought about Efrem Zimbalist Jr for many a year. Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. died at age 94 and his father. Zimbalist is survived by his three children son Efren, daughters Stephanie an actress and our girl Nancy Zimbalist. One wonders if his step-grandmother's exposure groomed him to be as successful as she was. Rachael O'Halloran (author) from United States on June 01, 2014: #Thank you to all for reading and commenting. Thanks for reading and commenting. Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. 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. Because he was well-liked, he wouldn't be out of work for long. 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) . Efrem Zimbalist Jr. was born in New York City on Nov. 30, 1918. . I'm touched by his regret that his mother did not get to share in his wonderful life; but then she has no memory of his screw-ups either. "I didn't want to do television, but it was in my contract," Zimbalist recalled. Two years later, he was commissioned as a second lieutenant of the infantry division. His parents left him very little money because the Russian government confiscated it from travelers. 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. The actor, who in recent years had retired to his ranch in Southern California's bucolic horse country, died there Friday at age 95. 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. She was almost six years older than he. . She had been suffering with a deadly form of cirrhosis of the liver (non-alcoholic too) for over seven years and only close family members knew about it. Wasn't he the narrator of the early Twilight Zone series? [23] Moreover, Efrem Zimbalist stated, "As far as I am concerned, there has been no Jew in the family for sixty-five years. Efrem Jr. enjoyed a personal friendship with J Edgar Hoover as technical adviser to the show. Getty Images His mother, reasoning. Jun 17, 2018 - Efrem Zimbalist Jr. with his daughter, Stephanie, circa 1978. His sister Maria had been boarded with a family in Moscow. Menotti played at the Metropolitan Opera House, a place close to the Zimbalist family's heart. 1946 was a busy year for the actor, simultaneously appearing in three plays, two at the same theater. The family now following the Episcopal faith, Alma then sought out the best Episcopalian prep school in Boston for her son, the Fay School, where Efrem Jr. attended until grade nine. In 1956, he married his second wife, Loranda Stephanie Spalding. 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. 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. Zimbalist Jr trained at the Yale School of Drama (from which he was expelled for bad grades) and the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York. His partner in life and work, Samuel Barber died in 1981. "[23], Zimbalist was baptized in the Episcopal Church. Today. officer and language expert whose partner was an Ivy League Ph.D. But Jack Warner said, 'Look, television is the business today. Victor W. Kwok from Hawaii on May 23, 2014: This is an amazing tribute hub. His baritone voice was instantly recognizable on television and most notably as Alfred the butler on Batman: The Animated Series (FOX 1992-1995), and in Christian circles on The Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) announcing the TBN station identification at the chime every hour (1979-2014), on Christian programs featuring his reading the Bible on TBN and the 700 Club, and as narrator on audio books. I didn't know anything about his private life however, so this was very informative. At age 12 he entered the Saint Petersburg Conservatory and studied under Leopold Auer. 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. He was one of those Hollywood stars you never heard a scandal about. He was 65 years old. He was its director from 1941 to 1968. 110. Efrem Zimbalist Jr. said this about J Edgar Hoover in an interview: "He never came on the set, but I knew him. "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. 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. At the end of each episode the series would post real photos from the FBI's most-wanted list. He returned to Hollywood five years later, marrying Loranda Stephanie Spalding in 1956, and she gave birth to their daughter Stephanie. The family soon moved to Los Angeles, where Stephanie grew up. Efrem Jr. and Maria were both christened there, and the couple placed Efrem in an Episcopal boarding school in New Hampshire. Efrem Zimbalist Junior was a charismatic, clever and handsome actor who dominated American television in the nineteen fifties and nineteen . Still working on the stepmother who brought a great literary legacy which Efrem Zimbalist III (Skip) carries on to this day. . Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Edward Asner, Ed Begley Jr. I forgot he was in all those TV shows and film. Unable to break into radio as an actor, he studied at the famed Neighborhood Playhouse. His suave good looks made him a favorite actor for many. Batman: The Animated Series (1992-1995) Episode: Feat of Clay Part I (1992) Unrated | 22 min | Animation . Awards 2022 - 2023 Times Mojo - All Rights Reserved They had a daughter, actress Stephanie Zimbalist. 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. [10], In 1928, Zimbalist began teaching at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. 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. His father was the famous violinist Efrem Zimbalist Sr. and his mother was the equally famous singer Alma Gluck. "A job like this should pay off in one of two ways: satisfaction or money. Efrem Zimbalist Jr. dating history Relationships. [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. Do Men Still Wear Button Holes At Weddings? Maybe the actors wanted to move on; maybe they were out of scripts. Efrem Jr. is one of the few Hollywood actors who never had a scandal around him. 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]. Linda Bilyeu from Orlando, FL on June 01, 2014: Outstanding tribute to an awesome actor!! Malan, Roy (2004). He changed his name to Menotti shortly after his adoption. Zimbalist was born in New York, grew up on an estate in the Connecticut countryside and received an expensive education in New England. However, she shares a fair share of relationship with a handful of stars. As had his father and grandfather before him, the family traveled to the Ukraine in the former Soviet Union so Alma and Efrem Sr. could tour western Europe. He also lived to be 95 years old. He actively enjoyed his life to the last day, showering love on his extended family, playing golf and visiting with close friends. While playing Bailey, Zimbalist found time to appear in several more films. He didn't understand a word of Ukrainian. The cases of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation. The show, one of the first TV series hits from the Warner Brothers studio, ran on ABC from 1958-64. (21 April 1889 February 22, 1985) was a concert violinist, composer, conductor and director of the Curtis Institute of Music. She fought to keep the magazine as a monthly publication until 1970, when it was sold to a larger publishing firm. 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. There were two spellings shown of family name - Feinsohn and Fiersohn, The link shows Alma's correct birth year. He is survived by his daughter Stephanie and his son, Efrem Zimbalist III. The son of renowned artists soprano Alma Gluck and violinist Efrem Zimbalist he was the father of actress Stephanie Zimbalist, who survives him. Gian Carlo Menotti's interesting story appears in the sidebar. He refers to those years as the years he went overboard in his fundamentalist associations. At the end of each episode, the series would always post real photos of the FBI's most wanted list. Zimbalist was discharged as the war ended, earning many awards, including the Purple Heart and Bronze Star Medal. 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]. Born in New York City on November 30, 1918, surrounded by people of wealth and privilege throughout his childhood, Efrem Zimbalist Jr. received a boarding school education. (See: List of music students by teacher: T to Z#Efrem Zimbalist. He died in 1985, at the age of 95. He became proficient at violin and composing music with several compositions to his credit. Did Stephanie Zimbalist and Pierce Brosnan get along? violinist. I had no idea he was still alive until this month and that Stephanie was his daughter! For his father, the musician, see, Mary Evertz, "At 65 Still a Sex Symbol: Veteran Actor Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. is Back on Stage,", Society of Former Special Agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, The Batman Superman Movie: World's Finest, "Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Star of '77 Sunset Strip' and 'The F.B.I. Efrem Zimbalist Sr. died in 1985 when he was also nearly 94 years old. Pompton Plains, NJ: Amadeus Press, 2004. His projects for that year also included the movies The Deep Six, 'Girl on the Run', and 'Home Before Dark'. Zimbalist relinquished the role after the program's first season because of the filming at studios outside Madrid, Spain, and the role subsequently went to Henry Darrow. 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. His only outlet was acting in campus plays. . After four years of flirting with each other, Laura Holt and Remington Steele finally tie the knot on Saturday`s episode of Remington Steele (9 p.m. on NBC-Ch. In 1954, he was cast in his first television project, titled Concerning Miss Marlowe. Actor Efrem Zimbalist Jr. and daughter, actress Stephanie Zimbalist attend the City of Hope's National Convention closing night gala on July 19, 2004. SOLVANG, Calif., May 3 (UPI) -- Efrem Zimbalist Jr., the star of two popular crime television series, The F.B.I. They divorced in 1941. His producing successes included bringing three Gian Carlo Menotti operas to Broadway, one of which, The Consul,[12] won the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 1950. [4] His stepmother was Mary Louise Curtis Bok Zimbalist, the founder of the Curtis Institute of Music. The age of 90 plus years is a theme you may have noticed in several places in this article. ", In the 1990s, Zimbalist returned to television, recording the voice of Alfred the butler in the cartoon version of the "Batman" TV series. Other reports say they did divorce on December 5, 1961, and they remarried in 1962 . 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 . . [29], In 1963 and 1964, Zimbalist joined fellow actors William Lundigan, Chill Wills and Walter Brennan in making appearances on behalf of U.S. Touch device users, explore by touch or with . Efrem Zimbalist Jr. married Emily Munroe McNair in December 1941. Bureau. Her school, The Curtis Institute of Music was like a home to the Zimbalist family as they sponsored each new protg, helped produce opera on Broadway (never done before in a stage performance until Menotti) and the endowment this school received when she died supported many graduating talents. St. Petersburg Times - Newspaper interview 1979 talking about his new church, TBN, Marcia Davenport - Wikipedia and Movie Database. Pierce Brosnan and Stephanie Zimbalist did not get along. The Society of Former Special Agents of the FBI honored Efrem's character "Lewis Erskine" in 1985 with a special set of retired credentials. Following his training in acting at Neighborhood Playhouse, he went on to serve in the United States Army during the World War II. employees undergo a background check. 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. As the sly, silver-haired mentor of Pierce Brosnans title character on Remington Steele, he appeared on the 1982-87 NBC series with his daughter on a handful of episodes. Streaming, rent, or buy Remington Steele Season 3: You are able to buy Remington Steele Season 3 on Apple iTunes, Amazon Video as download. Two season one episodes were filmed on the St. Is the third of five generations of women in her family (so far) to go to Brown Ledge Camp in Malletts Bay, Vermont. Once it gets circulated on the internet and shows up in enough places, people begin to believe what they see. "East Side, West Side" starred Barbara Stanwyk, James Mason, Nancy Reagan, Ava Gardner and Van Heflin. The clothing bills he sent home to be paid didn't win over his parents either. Zimbalist married the famous American soprano Alma Gluck and they toured together for a time. Andrew Zimbalist (born 1947), American economist, father of Jeff. In 1821 Old California, mysterious black-caped masked avenger of the oppressed, Don Diego de la Vega-Zorro-lands in jail after once again humiliating the evil Spanish governor . Filming of the American television series Remington Steele starring Stephanie Zimbalist and Pierce Brosnan is underway at Ashford Castle in County Mayo. He said, "I feel like I was in heaven for a day and back.. 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. [citation needed], Zimbalist was drafted in 1941. She wanted her mother to see her get married, so they were married in the Zimbalist home on April 19, 1938. For some reason, I have the two men in the same genre. In 2007, Loranda also died from cancer. In 1963, Dragnet's Jack Webb was hired as consultant to overhaul the show. She died in Reno Nevada in 1981 at the age of 66. Efrem Zimbalist: A Life. 2023 The Arena Media Brands, LLC and respective content providers on this website. 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. Freeze: SubZero, Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman; he also played villain Doctor Octopus in Spider-Man: The Animated Series. Efrem Zimbalist Jr. made his Broadway debut in the 1945 play The Rugged Path. Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. reportedly left the show because he did not like living in Spain. (that we know of). Efrem Jr.'s sister, Maria, also lived in Reno and she died there in 1981 at age 66. He retired again in 1955. Update: Roger Smith died June 4, 2017 at age 84. Efrem Zimbalist Jr. was born on the 30 th November 1918 in New York City, New York, USA of Russian and Romanian ancestry, and passed away on the 2 nd May 2014 in Solvang, California, USA, of natural causes at the age of 95. Then "77 Sunset Strip" debuted, starring Zimbalist as a cultured former O.S.S. An engaging read about a talented man. An interview about his book appears in a video below. Through the years, whenever anyone wrote about Efrem Zimbalist Jr. or introduced him at gatherings, they always used the same terms: suave, handsome, dashing, debonair. "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. 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. 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. In 2008, a few weeks before he turned 90, his daughter Stephanie threw him a surprise birthday party. Efrem Jr. was devastated. Efrem Jr. attended Fay School in Southborough, Massachusetts. He had a small recurring role in the 1990s hit science fiction television series Babylon 5 as William Edgars. Hoover wanted nothing more than to make sure FBI agents were shown in a favorable light and to make sure the show was accurate. I also remember Efrem Zimbalist Jr from the FBI and his daughter Stephanie who starred with Pierce Brosnan in Remington Steele. Alma traveled rarely to see her husband in concert unless it was in New York. His last acting job was The Delivery in 2008. 1947) and Nancy (19442012). When the show faltered in 1963, Jack Webb of "Dragnet" fame was hired for an overhaul. Warner Bros. signed him to a contract and cast him in minor film roles. He packed up his two children and moved to Philadelphia where his father was director of The Curtis Institute of Music. It remained his favourite screen role. 2014 The Associated Press. With large sums of money changing hands, Alma got her divorce in 1912, leaving the way for Efrem Sr. and Alma to marry. (Lewis Erskine), voice of Alfred the butler on Batman:The Animated Series, Died: May 2, 2014, at age 95 of natural causes. In addition to his son and other daughter, Stephanie, he is . Zorro, fictional character created in 1919 by writer Johnston McCulley. His first association was with Jim Bakker and Tammy Faye Bakker's PTL ministry. He had an elder sister named Mary as well as a step-sister, author Marcia Davenport, from his mothers side. Zimbalist also appeared in "By Love Possessed," ''Airport 1975," ''Terror Out of the Sky" and "Hot Shots.". Stephanie Zimbalist on the Importance of Trump. The creators used it symbolically in several subsequent episodes. He briefly attended Yale University but was expelled, reinstated and expelled a second time on account of low grades. [21] He performed as the narrator in "Good Morning, America" by Elinor Remick WarrenCambria CD #1042 (1993).
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