He died in 1985, at the age of 95. 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. #DDE Thank you for reading and commenting. There were two spellings shown of family name - Feinsohn and Fiersohn, The link shows Alma's correct birth year. He changed his name to Menotti shortly after his adoption. Jun 17, 2018 - Efrem Zimbalist Jr. with his daughter, Stephanie, circa 1978. His and Alma's son, Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., and their granddaughter, Stephanie Zimbalist, both became popular actors. [15] Hoover held up Zimbalist as a model for F.B.I. 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 also recurred in the television dramatic series Hotel . Emily died from cancer in 1950. But it was always interesting to see who the names and faces were and what they were wanted for. Zimbalists parents, Alma Gluck and Efrem Zimbalist, were of Jewish descent but on emigrating to America, had left the religion. He became proficient at violin and composing music with several compositions to his credit. Linda Bilyeu from Orlando, FL on June 01, 2014: Outstanding tribute to an awesome actor!! 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. 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. 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. In October 1956 their daughter Stephanie was born. 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. If I can live that long, I hope to be as healthy to be able to enjoy it. He retired as a violinist in 1949, but returned in 1952 to give the first performance of the Violin Concerto by Gian Carlo Menotti. 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. The couple had two kids, Efrem and Nancy. Sugar & Spice, Malice & Vice: Directed by Vincent McEveety. 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. After being expelled from the university, he returned to New York City in 1936 to land on-air roles at NBC radio. The actor's son,. She went on to star in a number of movies and television programs, most notably Remington Steele with Pierce Brosnan. 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. His partner in life and work, Samuel Barber died in 1981. It was not a happy marriage because Ogden's family controlled his fortune and the couple had to rely on an allowance for support. Efrem Zimbalist Jr. was born in New York City on Nov. 30, 1918. In the early '90s, he played Don Alejandro de la Vega in "Zorro" on the Family Channel. (1991). The couple had two kids, Efrem and Nancy. Freeze: SubZero, Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman; he also played villain Doctor Octopus in Spider-Man: The Animated Series. going to the movies over 20 years ago. The overhaul failed and the show ended in 1964. 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. 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. They had two sons and Malinda died in 2005. [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. Taking some down time, they married June 1914 in London England. 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). 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. Dora Weithers from The Caribbean on May 21, 2014: Thank you for the facts on the handsome, accomplished Efrem Zimbalist. What a gentleman and what an accomplished life! 2014 The Associated Press. He was a remarkable man and had great talent. Granddaughter Stephanie played the female lead in Remington Steele opposite Pierce Brosnan. [2] He had an older sister, Mary (19152008),[3] along with a half-sister from his mother's first marriage, author Marcia Davenport (19031996). and she gave birth to their daughter Stephanie. This led to a stage career as both actor and producer. They had a daughter, actress Stephanie Zimbalist. During the 1980s, he had roles in the dramas Remington Steele and Hotel. Jackie Lynnley from the beautiful south on May 23, 2014: My mom was crazy about this man and he was so handsome and smooth. 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. In 1990, he played the father of Zorro in the Christian Broadcasting Network's The New Zorro. 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. He then enlisted in the army and during service in Europe was wounded and received the Purple Heart. Family film directed and written by Margaret Raphael. Copyright 2023 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. 2023 The Arena Media Brands, LLC and respective content providers on this website. 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. In 1945, Zimbalist married Emily McNair and they had a daughter, Nancy, and son, Efrem III. officer and language expert whose partner was an Ivy League Ph.D. Both were much looked forward to in our house, and probably in your house too. In 1950, tragedy struck their new family. Oh, how we looked forward to that show in my house! After serving in World War II, he made his stage debut in "The Rugged Path," starring Spencer Tracy, and appeared in other plays and a soap opera before being called to Hollywood. 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 Zimbalist, Jr. died at age 94 and his father. 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[8] Selected for officer candidate school, after graduation in 1943 he received his commission as a second lieutenant of Infantry. 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 . Voted up. With Angela Lansbury, Donna Bullock, Len Cariou, James Handy. Click link to see the amazing list of magazines his firm publishes. (See: List of music students by teacher: T to Z#Efrem Zimbalist. Bureau. She fought to keep the magazine as a monthly publication until 1970, when it was sold to a larger publishing firm. He joked that being Jack Warner's tennis partner kept acting parts coming his way. He said that when growing up he was taken to church every Sunday. But yes, now I remember Ephrem Zimblast Jr. as the voice of many shows I watched as a child. 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. She is buried in Town Hill Cemetery in New Hartford, Litchfield County, Connecticut near the family's summer home. In the meantime, Zimbalist had produced a double bill of Gian Carlo Menotti operas, The Medium and The Telephone, on Broadway. However, she shares a fair share of relationship with a handful of stars. His daughter Nancy Zimbalist died in 2012 of cancer. [27] In 1989, he said, "for a while I did go overboard in my association with a fundamentalist group". In 1912, he played the Glazunov Concerto in a concert marking Leopold Stokowski's first appearance with the London Symphony Orchestra. pp. 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. Batman: The Animated Series (1992-1995) Episode: Feat of Clay Part I (1992) Unrated | 22 min | Animation . I thought this was one of the best shows of the 1980s with a good mix and match of actors. Other reports say they did divorce on December 5, 1961, and they remarried in 1962 . That role, he said, "has made me an idol in my little grandchildren's eyes.". Throwing themselves into selling Liberty Bonds, helping with the Red Cross and performing as much as four nights a week, it soon took its toll on Alma's voice while they were in Europe. Hiding whatever little money he had, Efrem Jr. ran off with just the summer clothing of the season. 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. He studied at Fay School in Massachusetts and later boarded at St. Paul's School in New Hampshire. 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 Jr. had a Spoleto Fesitval connection. 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. Rachael O'Halloran (author) from United States on May 23, 2014: #Jodah, This was an awesome family to research. [21] He performed as the narrator in "Good Morning, America" by Elinor Remick WarrenCambria CD #1042 (1993). Hoover took him on a tour of the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia. Efrem Zimbalist Jr. was born in New York City on Nov. 30, 1918. More shows were planned, but since there was no money left, the production had to cease. 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. Efrem Jr. enjoyed a personal friendship with J Edgar Hoover as technical adviser to the show. In 1956, Zimbalist was put under contract by Warner Bros. and moved to Hollywood. Touch device users, explore by touch or with . ", Efrem Jr.'s mother was famous opera singer Alma Gluck. All characters were let go except for Efrem, whose new role was to travel the world as an investigator with his OSS background. To each of you, please accept my thanks for taking the time to read them. 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. 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. And it was true too. His father, the Russian-born virtuoso, did much to revive interest in early violin music, and became director of the Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia. The movies I used to be fanatic Maria was firmly esconced at The Friends School in Pennsylvania, as was Marcia before her. 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. Zorro, fictional character created in 1919 by writer Johnston McCulley. Efrem Zimbalist Jr. dating history Relationships. "I walked onstage in a play at prep school, and with childish naivet, told myself, 'Wow, I'm an actor!'" 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. Efrem Zimbalist (18891985), Russian violinist, father of Efrem Jr. Efrem Zimbalist Jr. (19182014), American actor, son of Efrem and father of Stephanie. 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. 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. Six months after Maria's wedding to Ogden Goelet, Alma died on October 27, 1938 at age 54 of liver failure. 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 had two sons; one was a Philadelphia Judge and the other was a diamond trader and owner of the Deepdene Diamonds. He did much to popularize the performance of classical music in his adopted country. In 1990, he played the father of Zorro in the Christian Broadcasting Network 's The New Zorro. He served as a juror of the International Tchaikovsky Competition in 1962 and 1966. Three years later, the actor played The Player King in Hamlet at the same theatre company. Animated Made-for-TV-Movie directed by Toshihiko Masuda. Zimbalist said in an interview in 2004, that fans of the show occasionally approached him to say they had joined the FBI or had become police officers because of his portrayal of the calm and authoritative government agent on the series. 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. 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. Pompton Plains, NJ: Amadeus Press, 2004. 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. . He was 95. During World War II he served in the infantry, receiving a Purple Heart for a shrapnel wound in his leg. In 1941 Efrem Jr. was hired as a page for NBC radio in New York City, hoping to get work by going on lots of auditions, but his aspirations of a career were cut short when he got drafted in the Army Infantry for World War II. That age might not seem extraordinary to some readers, but it does to me. In the 1990s he became interested in stem cell therapy, its uses and merits. During this period, he made several concurrent appearances in other Warner Bros. television shows, such as Hawaiian Eye, The Alaskans, and Bronco. He married Emily Munroe McNair in December 1941, in United States. Two years later, he had his first recurring role, that of a gambler named Dandy Jim Buckley, on the dramatic series Maverick. 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. His first association was with Jim Bakker and Tammy Faye Bakker's PTL ministry. She was 73 years old. I forgot he was in all those TV shows and film. 1946 was a busy year for the actor, simultaneously appearing in three plays, two at the same theater. 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. (21 April 1889 February 22, 1985) was a concert violinist, composer, conductor and director of the Curtis Institute of Music. If something has been repeated often enough, people figure it must be the truth. Birthday: November 30, 1918 (Sagittarius). He also did voiceover work for other evangelical programs, including readings of the Bible and narrating special programming. Zimbalist married twice in his lifetime and had three children. 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. 5). He refers to those years as the years he went overboard in his fundamentalist associations. [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. The repair work failed, and the series ended the following year. employees' personal appearance. Thank you. In 1957, the actor played Lt. Ethan Sears in the romantic film Band of Angels. When the program's run ended in 1964, Zimbalist segued seamlessly into "The F.B.I." For his son, the actor, see, Zimbalist with his violin, circa 19151920, Efrem Zimbalist: A Life. 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. 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. 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. Andrew Zimbalist (born 1947), American economist, father of Jeff. ("Oh! In 2008, a few weeks before he turned 90, his daughter Stephanie threw him a surprise birthday party. To bring you up to speed, Maria Zimbalist Goelet married a man from Philadelphia, Henry F Bennett on October 12, 1942. His suave good looks made him a favorite actor for many. It certainly is a great tribute - I hadn't thought about Efrem Zimbalist Jr for many a year. He is survived by his daughter Stephanie and his son, Efrem Zimbalist III. Stephanie Zimbalist on the Importance of Trump. 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. "I get more joy from that than anything in my life," he said. Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. reportedly left the show because he did not like living in Spain. All he wanted to do was get his sister and go to meet his parents in Paris. I didn't know anything about his private life however, so this was very informative. 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. His wife Stephanie died in 2007; and his daughter Nancy in 2012. He was 95 years old, active up until the end, playing golf three times per week and attending his church on Sundays. Efrem Zimbalist Jr. was a very interesting man who came from an interesting family background, leaving behind a wonderful legacy. 1947) and Nancy (19442012). 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 . (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). The birthday party concluded with a film to look back over his career. It would be Alma's last residence. 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. Efrem Jr. was almost 20 years old and had a few regrets after his mother died. The clothing bills he sent home to be paid didn't win over his parents either. He attended St. Paul's School, an Episcopal boarding school in New Hampshire. 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. More significant, however, was Girl on the Run (1958), which served as a pilot for 77 Sunset Strip. Those who worked with him were equally admiring of the star's professionalism and likable personality. [13] 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. Acting in school plays, he later trained briefly at the Yale School of Drama but didnt apply himself enough and quit. Two of his television series were extremely popular - 77 Sunset Strip and The F.B.I. Following the war, Zimbalist returned to New York and made his Broadway acting debut in The Rugged Path,[10][11] starring Spencer Tracy. [29], In 1963 and 1964, Zimbalist joined fellow actors William Lundigan, Chill Wills and Walter Brennan in making appearances on behalf of U.S. . They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. 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." Johnson. 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. 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. Zimbalist died on May 2, 2014, at the age of 95. 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. "A Quinn Martin and Warner Brothers Production.". 'S run ended in 1964 States on May 23, 2014: Outstanding to... 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