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. 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. was born in New York City on Nov. 30, 1918. . 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). Marcia died 1996 in Monterey, CA just before her 93rd birthday. He did much to popularize the performance of classical music in his adopted country. [10], In 1928, Zimbalist began teaching at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. 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. It was Efrem Sr.'s first marriage and Alma's second. 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 Jr. enjoyed a personal friendship with J Edgar Hoover as technical adviser to the show. He also had a recurring role in the hit Western series "Maverick," playing con man Dandy Jim Buckley. Streaming, rent, or buy Remington Steele Season 3: You are able to buy Remington Steele Season 3 on Apple iTunes, Amazon Video as download. That role, he said, "has made me an idol in my little grandchildren's eyes.". [30], Zimbalist died at the age of 95, the same age his father had died at, on May 2, 2014, from natural causes. 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. In the same year, he married Stephanie Spaulding, and, thanks to the director Joshua Logan, gained a contract with Warner Bros, which exploited his good looks and suave, though rather bland, personality in secondary roles. His first association was with Jim Bakker and Tammy Faye Bakker's PTL ministry. Efrem Zimbalist (18891985), Russian violinist, father of Efrem Jr. Efrem Zimbalist Jr. (19182014), American actor, son of Efrem and father of Stephanie. For several years, he was a member of the PTL board. An interview about his book appears in a video below. If I can live that long, I hope to be as healthy to be able to enjoy it. pp. 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. 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. 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. He studied at Fay School in Massachusetts and later boarded at St. Paul's School in New Hampshire. He received his education at a boarding school and later briefly attended Yale University. An awesome thought hear from you. Stephanie Zimbalist (born 1956), American actress, daughter of Efrem Jr. What year was Efrem Zimbalist Jr born? Efrem Zimbalist Jr.'s half-sister - Marcia Davenport, born in 1903 as Abigail Marcia Glick from Alma's first marriage to Bernard Glick. This play ran until January 1946 at the Plymouth Theatre. In 2003, he published his autobiography "My Dinner of Herbs." 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. Pompton Plains, NJ: Amadeus Press, 2004. That age might not seem extraordinary to some readers, but it does to me. I speak as a Mom here, not from any inside knowledge. All characters were let go except for Efrem, whose new role was to travel the world as an investigator with his OSS background. Pierce Brosnan and Stephanie Zimbalist did not get along. He often brought many guests back to their homes and it was one of the reasons why Alma wanted her children to attend boarding school, fearing the exposure to so many different kinds of people was a bad influence. He didn't understand a word of Ukrainian. [24] Zimbalist said his faith gave him comfort when Emily died. She had two sons; one was a Philadelphia Judge and the other was a diamond trader and owner of the Deepdene Diamonds. He was 95. In 1958, Zimbalist played the co-lead Stuart "Stu" Bailey in 77 Sunset Strip, a popular detective series running until 1964. [23] Moreover, Efrem Zimbalist stated, "As far as I am concerned, there has been no Jew in the family for sixty-five years. While playing Bailey, Zimbalist found time to appear in several more films. . I looked forward to seeing those photos at the end of each show each week, if only for morbid idle curiosity. 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. Both parents converted to Anglican Christianity and regularly attended the Episcopal Church. Episode: "Hereafter, Part 1" (S 2: Ep 19), This page was last edited on 7 January 2023, at 19:39. The FBI series was right behind 77 Sunset Strip. (S 1: Ep 9), Episode: "A Little Left of Heaven (Pilot) (S 1:Ep 1), Episode: "Knights of the Round Table, Parts 1 and 2" (S 3: Ep 1 & S 3: Ep 2), Episode: "World's Finest, part 3" (S 2: Ep 18). Publicity photo for the US Steel Hour on television August 1, 1956. He also wrote an opera, Landara, which premiered in 1956.[12]. Efrem Zimbalist Jr. married Emily Munroe McNair in December 1941. 2014 The Associated Press. Six months after Maria's wedding to Ogden Goelet, Alma died on October 27, 1938 at age 54 of liver failure. With Angela Lansbury, Donna Bullock, Len Cariou, James Handy. Home | About | Contact | Copyright | Report Content | Privacy | Cookie Policy | Terms & Conditions | Sitemap. In 1945, Zimbalist married Emily McNair and they had a daughter, Nancy, and son, Efrem III. Zimbalist had better luck with "The F.B.I.," which endured for a decade as one of TV's most popular shows. They both have captivating voices. He was cool and smart as Bailey, an Ivy Leaguer with a background in second world war intelligence who set up his own detective agency in Los Angeles. Wasn't he the narrator of the early Twilight Zone series? It was not a happy marriage because Ogden's family controlled his fortune and the couple had to rely on an allowance for support. Zimbalist was generous in his praise of producer Martin and of his own experience starring in the show. Thanks for reading and commenting. Efrem Zimbalist Jr. was cast as Inspector Lewis Erskine in the police drama The F.B.I. The show that ran from 1965 to 1974 for 241 episodes chronicles a group of FBI officials trying to defend the American Government from mysterious threats. Due to his portrayal Lewis Erskine on The F.B.I., there was a surge of applicants to the F.B.I. I also remember Efrem Zimbalist Jr from the FBI and his daughter Stephanie who starred with Pierce Brosnan in Remington Steele. She was almost six years older than he. Both were much looked forward to in our house, and probably in your house too. Efrem Zimbalist Jr. was engaged to Kipp Hamilton (1960). During the 1980s, he had roles in the dramas Remington Steele and Hotel. Zimbalist married the famous American soprano Alma Gluck and they toured together for a time. In January 1979, Efrem Jr. embraced the evangelical television programs, often watching them late into the night. A year later in 1938, Alma was seriously ill and dying with liver disease. From 1992 to 1995, the actor lent his voice to the character of Alfred Pennyworth in the superhero series Batman: The Animated Series. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. In the 1980s, he had a recurring role as Daniel Chalmers on his daughter Stephanie Zimbalist's TV series "Remington Steele." by Roy Malan. Birthday: November 30, 1918 (Sagittarius). He and his partner Jeff Spencer (played by Roger Smith) operated from an office in the center of Hollywood where, aided by their sometime helper, Kookie, a jive-talking beatnik type who doubled as a parking lot attendant, they tracked down miscreants. "I didn't want to do television, but it was in my contract," Zimbalist recalled. In 1912, he played the Glazunov Concerto in a concert marking Leopold Stokowski's first appearance with the London Symphony Orchestra. [4] His stepmother was Mary Louise Curtis Bok Zimbalist, the founder of the Curtis Institute of Music. In 1990, he played the father of Zorro in the Christian Broadcasting Network 's The New Zorro. Zimbalist was born in New York, grew up on an estate in the Connecticut countryside and received an expensive education in New England. 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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. 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). Who was Efrem Zimbalist? I forgot he was in all those TV shows and film. Maybe the actors wanted to move on; maybe they were out of scripts. 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. He also voiced characters in the series The Legend of Prince Valiant and Spider-Man. What a gene pool to come from people who habitually live past age 90. 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