The Society of Former Special Agents of the FBI honored Efrem's character "Lewis Erskine" in 1985 with a special set of retired credentials. In 1963, Dragnet's Jack Webb was hired as consultant to overhaul the show. In 2008, a few weeks before he turned 90, his daughter Stephanie threw him a surprise birthday party. The family soon moved to Los Angeles, where Stephanie grew up. 2022 - 2023 Times Mojo - All Rights Reserved Zimbalist wrote an autobiography, My Dinner of Herbs, published by Limelight Editions, New York.[13]. Two years later, he had his first recurring role, that of a gambler named Dandy Jim Buckley, on the dramatic series Maverick. On loan to Columbia, he was Lana Turner's illicit lover in the lurid melodrama By Love Possessed (1961). He briefly attended Yale University but was expelled, reinstated and expelled a second time on account of low grades. I never knew of anyone in my neighborhood who was caught as a result; I guess I lived in a good neighborhood. 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. After being expelled from the university, he returned to New York City in 1936 to land on-air roles at NBC radio. In 2003, he published his autobiography "My Dinner of Herbs." Today. 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. [7] Inducted into the United States Army, he completed his initial training at Fort Dix, New Jersey. He had an elder sister named Mary as well as a step-sister, author Marcia Davenport, from his mothers side. She had two sons; one was a Philadelphia Judge and the other was a diamond trader and owner of the Deepdene Diamonds. It was an unheard of salary in the days when many US workers were earning less than a dollar a day. 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. 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]. 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. [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. His daughter Stephanie announced the news saying he was 95 years old, a devout Christian. 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. 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. Efrem Jr.'s sister Maria, at age 23, was engaged to marry Ogden Goelet, heir of the second wealthiest family in the world. In 2007, Loranda also died from cancer. Zorro, fictional character created in 1919 by writer Johnston McCulley. If I can live that long, I hope to be as healthy to be able to enjoy it. During the 1980s, he had roles in the dramas Remington Steele and Hotel. Menotti died in 2007 at the age of 95 in Monte Carlo, Monaco with his adopted son at his side. He became acquainted with Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) and it is his voice you hear at the top of every hour announcing the station's name. Actor Efrem Zimbalist Jr. and 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, June 8, 2009 in Los Angeles. In 19541955, he co-starred in his first television series, Concerning Miss Marlowe.[11]. It was Efrem Sr.'s first marriage and Alma's second. It's a site that collects all the most frequently asked questions and answers, so you don't have to spend hours on searching anywhere else. What year is Zorro set in? Alma traveled rarely to see her husband in concert unless it was in New York. In the meantime, Zimbalist had produced a double bill of Gian Carlo Menotti operas, The Medium and The Telephone, on Broadway. Freeze: SubZero, Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman; he also played villain Doctor Octopus in Spider-Man: The Animated Series. Following the war, Zimbalist returned to New York and made his Broadway acting debut in The Rugged Path,[10][11] starring Spencer Tracy. She is the author of 8 books in total, two of which caught the eyes of Hollywood producers: "The Valley of Decision" starred Greer Garson & Gregory Peck, and. I have them on auto publish until we get unpacked in our new home. "[23], Zimbalist was baptized in the Episcopal Church. 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. Once it gets circulated on the internet and shows up in enough places, people begin to believe what they see. Jun 17, 2018 - Efrem Zimbalist Jr. with his daughter, Stephanie, circa 1978. 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. Remington Steele is an American crime drama television series co-created by Robert Butler and Michael Gleason. In a five-minute segment called "The Word" aired on TBN at 25 minutes after the hour, Zimbalist would read a verse from the Bible, eventually completing the entire text, verse by verse. Still working on the stepmother who brought a great literary legacy which Efrem Zimbalist III (Skip) carries on to this day. 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. He died in 1985, at the age of 94. I think Troy Donahue was also an actor in the show. Thanks for reading and commenting. He was 95 years old, active up until the end, playing golf three times per week and attending his church on Sundays. The son of renowned artists soprano Alma Gluck and violinist Efrem Zimbalist he was the father of actress Stephanie Zimbalist, who survives him. When daughter Marcia started at Wellesley College in 1923, she decided to elope, giving birth to a daughter a year later in 1924. It has never been out of print. He actively enjoyed his life to the last day, showering love on his extended family, playing golf and visiting with close friends. The actor's son,. [15], Zimbalist maintained a strong personal relationship with F.B.I. He packed up his two children and moved to Philadelphia where his father was director of The Curtis Institute of Music. 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). His wife Stephanie died in 2007; and his daughter Nancy in 2012. He began a lifelong affiliation with the Trinity Broadcast Network (TBN). His wife died of cancer in the same year, leaving their two children, Efrem and Nancy. He later reprised his role in The New Batman Adventures as well as the animated movies Batman: Mask of the Phantasm and Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman. 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. (See: List of music students by teacher: T to Z#Efrem Zimbalist. [13] "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. [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 joked that he got the contract because Jack Warner, the head of studio, was his tennis partner. 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. Shauna L Bowling from Central Florida on May 22, 2014: Ah, you're so right, Rachael. 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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. Efrem Zimbalist Sr. (21 April[O.S. He also recurred in the television dramatic series Hotel . Emily died from cancer in 1950. His father was an internationally famous violinist and composer; his mother was a famous Metropolitan opera concertist (pronounced con-chair-tist), who still holds the world's record of being the only operatic star whose 174 recordings have sold one million records. 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. To bring you up to speed, Maria Zimbalist Goelet married a man from Philadelphia, Henry F Bennett on October 12, 1942. [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. [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, actor, born 30 November 1918; died 2 May 2014 Topics US television Television Broadway. He and his daughter also appeared on stage together in his later years, their first being "The Night of the Iguana". In 1941, he was drafted in the United States Army. From this record listing US Census of 1900, it shows the occupants the residence of Herman and Cecile Goldstein, Alma's sister. 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. Efrem Jr. and Maria were both christened there, and the couple placed Efrem in an Episcopal boarding school in New Hampshire. Roger Smith is married to Ann-Margret and suffers with Myasthenia Gravis, a serious Autoimmune Disease. The 77 Sunset Strip show was considered to be one of the most swinging on television in the late 1950s and early 60s. He studied violin for seven years under the tutelage of Jascha Heifetz's father, but eventually developed more interest in theater. Linda Bilyeu from Orlando, FL on June 01, 2014: Outstanding tribute to an awesome actor!! [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. 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: A Life. This play ran until January 1946 at the Plymouth Theatre. 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. I also remember Efrem Zimbalist Jr from the FBI and his daughter Stephanie who starred with Pierce Brosnan in Remington Steele. About. Efrem Jr. attended Fay School in Southborough, Massachusetts. and 77 Sunset Strip died Saturday in California. [15] Zimbalist subsequently spent a week in contact with Hoover in Washington, D.C. and at the F.B.I. I do recall 77 SunsetStrip and FBI. Efrem Zimbalist Jr.'s half-sister lived to be 92. to Frank Clarke, April 23, 1923 and divorced 1925, one daughter. Returning to the United States, Efrem Jr. was fortunate enough that his parents could well afford two stints at Yale University. In January 1979, Efrem Jr. embraced the evangelical television programs, often watching them late into the night. This led to a stage career as both actor and producer. Bureau. 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. He also lived to be 95 years old. Jun 17, 2018 - Efrem Zimbalist Jr. with his daughter, Stephanie, circa 1978. 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. . Copyright 2023 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. He married Emily Munroe McNair in December 1941, in United States. 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. 110. They had two children, Efrem "Skip" Zimbalist III (b. 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." All characters were let go except for Efrem, whose new role was to travel the world as an investigator with his OSS background. He was apparently watering the lawn and was found lying on the grass by a handyman. The 1930 NYC census reports show that Efrem Sr and Alma Zimbalist resided at 237 East 49th Street in Manhattan, New York. 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. 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. Born in New York City on November 30, 1918 , surrounded by people of wealth and privilege throughout his childhood, Efrem Zimbalist Jr. He was a southern officer in Band of Angels (1957), which starred Clark Gable and Yvonne De Carlo; a playboy army flyer wooing Natalie Wood in Bombers B-52 (1957); and in uniform again on a second world war cruiser in The Deep Six (1958), with Alan Ladd. Pinterest. But young Efrem was bashful and withdrawn in school. For some reason, I have the two men in the same genre. Zimbalist was preceded in death by his second wife and by his daughter Nancy. He didn't understand a word of Ukrainian. Both parents converted to Anglican Christianity and regularly attended the Episcopal Church. violinist. 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. Efrem Zimbalist Jr. discusses his book in Part Two which follows Part One in this article. His daughter Stephanie also took up acting -- and small-screen detective work, in the hit 1980s TV series "Remington Steele." He was kicked out of Yale after two years over dismal grades, which he blamed on a playboy attitude. 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. After graduation he debuted in Berlin (playing the Brahms Concerto) and London in 1907 and in the United States in 1911, with the Symphony Orchestra.[which?] He then settled in the United States. The film, directed by Raoul Walsh, starred Yvonne De Carlo, Sidney Poitier, and Clark Gable. Efrem Zimbalist Jr. starred as "Lewis Erskine" in this series from September 1965 to September 1974. ", Efrem Jr.'s mother was famous opera singer Alma Gluck. In 1950, he won the Pulitzer Prize for Music for his production of "The Consul," which Efrem Jr. produced. Jackie Lynnley from the beautiful south on May 23, 2014: My mom was crazy about this man and he was so handsome and smooth. I looked forward to seeing those photos at the end of each show each week, if only for morbid idle curiosity. HubPages is a registered trademark of The Arena Platform, Inc. Other product and company names shown may be trademarks of their respective owners. The movies I used to be fanatic Zimbalist was preceded in death by his second wife and by his daughter Nancy. Efrem Jr. was devastated. Don't worry. Efrem Zimbalist Jr. (November 30, 1918 May 2, 2014) was an American actor best known for his starring roles in the television series 77 Sunset Strip and The F.B.I. "I had a horror of being stuck in some series and never being heard from again. 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. 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. Susanna", "All Quiet Along the Potomac Tonight"), 1962 - February 5, 2007 (her death, 1 child). Efrem Zimbalist Sr. died in 1985 when he was also nearly 94 years old. 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. His parents were among the most famous musicians of their time. 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. I forgot he was in all those TV shows and film. Hiding whatever little money he had, Efrem Jr. ran off with just the summer clothing of the season. 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. by Roy Malan. [27] In 1989, he said, "for a while I did go overboard in my association with a fundamentalist group". Do Men Still Wear Button Holes At Weddings? In the early '90s, he played Don Alejandro de la Vega in "Zorro" on the Family Channel. 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. He died in 1985, at the age of 95. Ephrem Zimbalist Jr. reads from the Bible the Book of John (4 mins). November 1947 he played in an ensemble cast in "What Every Woman Knows" which ran until February 1947. Rachael O'Halloran (author) from United States on June 01, 2014: #Thank you to all for reading and commenting. He said, "I feel like I was in heaven for a day and back.. He is survived by his daughter Stephanie and his son, Efrem Zimbalist III. It would be Alma's last residence. "My Brother's Keeper." He also recurred in the television dramatic series Hotel. He fired the cast except for Zimbalist, whom he made a world-traveling investigator. Efrem Zimbalist Jr. made his Broadway debut in the 1945 play The Rugged Path. He served as a juror of the International Tchaikovsky Competition in 1962 and 1966. "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. Michael Hagarty needs Jessica's help when he tries to prevent his estranged daughter's engagement to a man who is later found dead. 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. He had a minor role in the sci-fi series Babylon 5 in 1997. But it wouldn't hurt to see a return to good sidekick detective shows. 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. Efrem Zimbalist Jr. was born in New York City on Nov. 30, 1918. employees' personal appearance. 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.
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