Her autobiography, "Too Strong For Fantasy" was published in 1967. The men remained mutual admirers for the rest of Hoover's life. Voice, Direct-to-video animated film directed by Curt Geda. 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. Early in his career he owned the "Titian" Stradivarius violin. His suave good looks made him a favorite actor for many. Efrem Jr. threw himself into studying and composing music, and became dean of students in 1954. Zimbalist died on May 2, 2014, at the age of 95. 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. and she gave birth to their daughter Stephanie. Rachael O'Halloran (author) from United States on May 23, 2014: #Jodah, This was an awesome family to research. During an extremely candid interview with Gentlemans Journal for their Summer 2021 issue, the 68-year-old star reflected on his own childhood and how it defined his approach to parenting. And I'm not done yet. 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. #bravewarrior - hello! He was 65 years old. The actor soon started taking up roles in television series and films as well. Efrem Zimbalist Jr. 30 November 1918-2 May 2014 (Age 95)New York City, New York, United States The Life Summary of Efrem Efrem Zimbalist Jr. was born on 30 November 1918, in New York City, New York, United States. Menotti studied at The Curtis Institute of Music at the same time as Leonard Bernstein and Samuel Barber. [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. 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 . Efrem Jr.'s sister, Maria, also lived in Reno and she died there in 1981 at age 66. star Shemar Moore announces he will be a first-time dad at 52. She was almost six years older than he. [13] "[23], Zimbalist was baptized in the Episcopal Church. His father was the famous violinist Efrem Zimbalist Sr. and his mother was the equally famous singer Alma Gluck. Animated short film directed and co-written by Scott Trowbridge. She wanted her mother to see her get married, so they were married in the Zimbalist home on April 19, 1938. It's hardly surprising that the son of renowned Russian-born concert In the early '90s, he played Don Alejandro de la Vega in "Zorro" on the Family Channel. His last acting job was The Delivery in 2008. Two years later, he was commissioned as a second lieutenant of the infantry division. 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. Oh, how we looked forward to that show in my house! Due to his portrayal Lewis Erskine on The F.B.I., there was a surge of applicants to the F.B.I. Zimbalist died Friday t hi home in Solvang, Calif., rding t a statement issued b hi daughter, actress Stephanie Zimbalist, nd n Efrem Zimbalist III. 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. He had an elder sister named Mary as well as a step-sister, author Marcia Davenport, from his mothers side. It ran for six years, and Zimbalist became a household name. [5], Zimbalist boarded at St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire, taking part in school plays. 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. I found the above video and it brings back memories for me when I hear the FBI announcer's voice all these years later. Unable to break into radio as an actor, he studied at the famed Neighborhood Playhouse. [30], Zimbalist died at the age of 95, the same age his father had died at, on May 2, 2014, from natural causes. In addition to his son and other daughter, Stephanie, he is . Efrem Zimbalist Junior was a charismatic, clever and handsome actor who dominated American television in the nineteen fifties and nineteen . On February 12, 1956, Efrem Zimbalist Jr. married Loranda Stephanie Spaulding. In 1990, Zimbalist featured as the father of Zorro in the series The New Zorro. 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. 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. In the latter, he played the husband of Audrey Hepburn, a blind woman terrorized by thugs in a truly frightening film. Dora Weithers from The Caribbean on May 21, 2014: Thank you for the facts on the handsome, accomplished Efrem Zimbalist. 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 returned to Hollywood five years later, marrying Loranda Stephanie Spalding in 1956, and she gave birth to their daughter Stephanie. And it was true too. 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. In 1990, he played the father of Zorro in the Christian Broadcasting Network 's The New Zorro. Episode: "Hereafter, Part 1" (S 2: Ep 19), This page was last edited on 7 January 2023, at 19:39. 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. HubPages is a registered trademark of The Arena Platform, Inc. Other product and company names shown may be trademarks of their respective owners. Awards Efrem Zimbalist Jr. starred as "Lewis Erskine" in this series from September 1965 to September 1974. ^. He had two children to support and he was seriously thinking of retirement from acting to get a steady job. What a gentleman and what an accomplished life! For over twenty years of his later career, Zimbalist provided the voice for many characters on various animated TV series, including Alfred Pennyworth on "Batman.". 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. Filming of the American television series Remington Steele starring Stephanie Zimbalist and Pierce Brosnan is underway at Ashford Castle in County Mayo. He was back on Broadway in Noel Coward's "Fallen Angels. Today. Returning to the United States, Efrem Jr. was fortunate enough that his parents could well afford two stints at Yale University. In 1986, he was in Charleston to co-host the festival's 10th gala at the Gaillard Auditorium with actress Colleen Dewhurst. 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." 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." Zimbalists parents, Alma Gluck and Efrem Zimbalist, were of Jewish descent but on emigrating to America, had left the religion. He then settled in the United States. Votes: 2,308. 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. :). Because he was well-liked, he wouldn't be out of work for long. 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. Hoover wanted nothing more than to make sure FBI agents were shown in a favorable light and to make sure the show was accurate. Jun 17, 2018 - Efrem Zimbalist Jr. with his daughter, Stephanie, circa 1978. Finally, in Love Among the Steele the agency acquires a 1936 Auburn Speedster. 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[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. 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. Susanna", "All Quiet Along the Potomac Tonight"), 1962 - February 5, 2007 (her death, 1 child). From 1992 to 1995, the actor lent his voice to the character of Alfred Pennyworth in the superhero series Batman: The Animated Series. 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. 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. At any rate, they remained married until her death of lung cancer on February 5, 2007. His projects for that year also included the movies The Deep Six, 'Girl on the Run', and 'Home Before Dark'. which was written in 1954, was optioned for a movie for many years, but never filmed, possibly because of controversy after the real life connection to the story was learned. 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. He began a lifelong affiliation with the Trinity Broadcast Network (TBN). He is survived by his daughter Stephanie and his son, Efrem Zimbalist III. Efrem Zimbalist Sr. was born on April 9, 1888,[5][6][7] O. S., equivalent to April 21, 1889, in the Gregorian calendar, as reported in many newspaper obituaries, in the southwestern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don, the son of Jewish parents Maria (ne Litvinoff) and Aron Zimbalist (, Russian pronunciation [tsmbalist]), who was a conductor. In the 1990s he became interested in stem cell therapy, its uses and merits. Voted up. 9 April] 1889 or 1890 [2] - February 22, 1985) was an internationally known concert violist, composer, teacher, conductor and director of the Curtis . He joked that being Jack Warner's tennis partner kept acting parts coming his way. Efrem Zimbalist (18891985), Russian violinist, father of Efrem Jr. Efrem Zimbalist Jr. (19182014), American actor, son of Efrem and father of Stephanie. 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. 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.". Zimbalist had better luck with "The F.B.I.," which endured for a decade as one of TV's most popular shows. Efrem Zimbalist Jr. was a TV actor, the star of 77 Sunset Strip and The FBI. [15], Zimbalist maintained a strong personal relationship with F.B.I. Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. reportedly left the show because he did not like living in Spain. 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. 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. Batman: The Animated Series (1992-1995) Episode: Feat of Clay Part I (1992) Unrated | 22 min | Animation . "[25], In the late 1970s, he was drawn to the Charismatic Christianity movement. Warner Bros. signed him to a contract and cast him in minor film roles. Efrem passed his background check, then was called to be interviewed by Hoover the following week in Washington, DC. 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. Efrem Zimbalist Jr.'s stepmother lived to be 94. Born in New York City to a popular violinist and a singer, Zimbalist grew up with an elder sister in a quite wealthy household. After his wife died in 1950 he gave up acting for a time to teach at the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia, where his father was an artist in residence. They boarded Efrem Jr. at a Conservatory in Kiev for one year. The magazine went digital in 1995. Efrem Jr.'s son, Efrem Zimbalist III got involved in the publishing business and today is the publisher of over 50 weekly and monthly magazines at Active Interest Media. 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. lol Thank you. Both parents converted to Anglican Christianity and regularly attended the Episcopal Church. 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. Did Stephanie Zimbalist and Pierce Brosnan get along? He and his daughter also appeared on stage together in his later years, their first being "The Night of the Iguana". Efrem Jr. was almost 20 years old and had a few regrets after his mother died. Stephanie Zimbalist (born 1956), American actress, daughter of Efrem Jr. What year was Efrem Zimbalist Jr born? Loranda's middle name was given to their daughter, actress Stephanie Zimbalist. 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. the following year and that program aired until 1974. His sister Maria had been boarded with a family in Moscow. The creators used it symbolically in several subsequent episodes. They had two sons and Malinda died in 2005. At age 12 he entered the Saint Petersburg Conservatory and studied under Leopold Auer. She went on to star in a number of movies and television programs, most notably Remington Steele with Pierce Brosnan. Alma traveled rarely to see her husband in concert unless it was in New York. 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. 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. At the end of each episode the series would post real photos from the FBI's most-wanted list. Many of his former co-stars and friends were there, especially James Garner of Maverick and Rockford Files fame and Roger Smith from 77 Sunset Strip. He said that when growing up he was taken to church every Sunday. Efrem Zimbalist Jr. made his Broadway debut in the 1945 play The Rugged Path. . about they stopped making. The F.B.I. 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.". He refers to those years as the years he went overboard in his fundamentalist associations. For some reason, I have the two men in the same genre. He also voiced characters in the series The Legend of Prince Valiant and Spider-Man. 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. 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. He attended St. Paul's School, an Episcopal boarding school in New Hampshire. Bureau. Zimbalist was generous in his praise of producer Martin and of his own experience starring in the show. 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. Efrem Zimbalist Sr. (21 April[O.S. Why did Efrem Zimbalist Jr leave Zorro? He also recurred in the television dramatic series Hotel. 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. "He actively enjoyed his life to the last day, showering love on his extended family, playing golf and visiting with close friends.". The movies I used to be fanatic So, till date, she is neither married nor has any children. It is through her that we see a connection to the Ladies' Home Journal magazine and the prestigious Curtis Institute of Music both of which became important establishments in our society through the 20th century. In 1950, tragedy struck their new family. An interview about his book appears in a video below. ", Efrem Jr.'s mother was famous opera singer Alma Gluck. 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. Emily died from cancer in 1950. (See: List of music students by teacher: T to Z#Efrem Zimbalist. Michael Hagarty needs Jessica's help when he tries to prevent his estranged daughter's engagement to a man who is later found dead. Thanks for reading and commenting. 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. 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. [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. 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. 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 Angela Lansbury, Donna Bullock, Len Cariou, James Handy. Efrem Zimbalist Jr. was born in New York City on Nov. 30, 1918. . Efrem Zimbalist Jr. dating history Relationships. Thanks for reading and commenting. Thanks for sharing his life story with us. In 1963, Dragnet's Jack Webb was hired as consultant to overhaul the show. In 1945, Zimbalist married Emily McNair and they had a daughter, Nancy, and son, Efrem III. It was not a happy marriage because Ogden's family controlled his fortune and the couple had to rely on an allowance for support. For several years, he was a member of the PTL board. The family soon moved to Los Angeles, where Stephanie grew up. The son of renowned artists soprano Alma Gluck and violinist Efrem Zimbalist he was the father of actress Stephanie Zimbalist, who survives him. 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. Update: Roger Smith died June 4, 2017 at age 84. 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. 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?] "East Side, West Side" starred Barbara Stanwyk, James Mason, Nancy Reagan, Ava Gardner and Van Heflin. ), His own compositions include a violin concerto, a piano concerto (1959), the American Rhapsody, a tone poem called Daphnis and Chloe, a Fantasy on themes from The Golden Cockerel by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, a Fantasy on Bizet's Carmen (1936), and a piece called Sarasateana, for viola and piano. Do Men Still Wear Button Holes At Weddings? 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. 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. 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. On loan to Columbia, he was Lana Turner's illicit lover in the lurid melodrama By Love Possessed (1961). 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. That role, he said, "has made me an idol in my little grandchildren's eyes.". Efrem Jr.'s father was a world famous violinist, Efrem Zimbalist, Sr. as was his father before him. He let music fall to the sidelines for a time, but never far out of sight. To each of you, please accept my thanks for taking the time to read them. Hoover took him on a tour of the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia. [22], In 1956, Zimbalist married Loranda Stephanie Spalding. Copyright 2023 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. 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. His partner in life and work, Samuel Barber died in 1981. He would have been handsome in any generation! His only outlet was acting in campus plays. "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. He and his daughter also appeared on stage together in his later years, their first being "The Night of the Iguana". 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. What a gene pool to come from people who habitually live past age 90. 1946 was a busy year for the actor, simultaneously appearing in three plays, two at the same theater. I forgot he was in all those TV shows and film. and 77 Sunset Strip died Saturday in California. Mrs. Zimbalist was a daughter of Cyrus H. K. Curtis, founder of the Curtis Publish ing Company. [29], In 1963 and 1964, Zimbalist joined fellow actors William Lundigan, Chill Wills and Walter Brennan in making appearances on behalf of U.S. Actors who hired to play FBI agents were required to have a background check by Hoover and if they passed, they were approved to take the part on the television show. 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. "I think you play the hand the way it's dealt, that's all. He also had a recurring role in the hit Western series "Maverick," playing con man Dandy Jim Buckley. ("Oh! Pierce Brosnan and Stephanie Zimbalist did not get along. 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