His parents eventually divorced and both remarried other people. But it wouldn't hurt to see a return to good sidekick detective shows. 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. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. 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. Each generation remembers him in a different way - series television, stage plays, movies, the opera. Zimbalist described the Maharishi Yogi as a "fascinating character", but found the meditation method "was a total waste of energy for me. He appeared on the Trinity Broadcasting Network[20] and as himself in the 1998 Smithsonian Institution production of Gemstones of America. The show was revived in the 1980s as Today's FBI starring Mike Connors. At the end of the fourth season, in what was to be the final episode, Bonds of Steele, Laura and Remington finally get married, and theoretically live happily ever after, with actor Pierce Brosnan slated to be the next James Bond. Due to his portrayal Lewis Erskine on The F.B.I., there was a surge of applicants to the F.B.I. In 1985, Chip married Malinda Fitler Murphy, the daughter of Happy Rockefeller (widow of Nelson) and Dr. James Murphy. His big-spender days were over after being expelled from Yale a second time; it was time to get serious about his direction in life. He is best known to the world for being an actor, and one of the most recognizable voice actors of all time. Menotti played at the Metropolitan Opera House, a place close to the Zimbalist family's heart. "I had a horror of being stuck in some series and never being heard from again. Finally, in Love Among the Steele the agency acquires a 1936 Auburn Speedster. ^. At any rate, they remained married until her death of lung cancer on February 5, 2007. Zimbalist was born in 1918 in New York City to Jewish immigrants Efrem Zimbalist Sr. (18891985), a famous Russian-born violinist, and Alma Gluck (18841938), an equally famous Romanian-born operatic soprano. Hoover took him on a tour of the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia. Pinterest. You may not remember Efrem Zimbalist Jr.'s name, but you only had to hear his voice and you placed him instantly. Following the war, Zimbalist returned to New York and made his Broadway acting debut in The Rugged Path,[10][11] starring Spencer Tracy. The clothing bills he sent home to be paid didn't win over his parents either. 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. Efrem Zimbalist Junior was a charismatic, clever and handsome actor who dominated American television in the nineteen fifties and nineteen . Academy in Quantico, Virginia. [28], In later life, Zimbalist joined the congregation of an Episcopal parish near to his home. Don't worry. [8] Selected for officer candidate school, after graduation in 1943 he received his commission as a second lieutenant of Infantry. Efrem Jr. enjoyed a personal friendship with J Edgar Hoover as technical adviser to the show. Zimbalist wrote an autobiography, My Dinner of Herbs, published by Limelight Editions, New York.[13]. 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. Thanks for reading and commenting. [23] Moreover, Efrem Zimbalist stated, "As far as I am concerned, there has been no Jew in the family for sixty-five years. "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. Hoover and Efrem Jr. remained friends until Hoover's death. "A Quinn Martin and Warner Brothers Production.". He said that when growing up he was taken to church every Sunday. 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. In addition to his son and other daughter, Stephanie, he is survived by four grandchildren and several great-grandchildren. 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. While in the army, Zimbalist got acquainted with the director Garson Kanin, who gave him his first professional acting role in the Broadway play The Rugged Path. Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. was born Nov. 30, 1918, in New York with what some might call a silver spoon in his mouth. 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. 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. Actor Efrem Zimbalist Jr. and daughter, actress Stephanie Zimbalist attend the City of Hope's National Convention closing night gala on July 19, 2004. Two years later, he was commissioned as a second lieutenant of the infantry division. [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. From this record listing US Census of 1900, it shows the occupants the residence of Herman and Cecile Goldstein, Alma's sister. 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. He retired again in 1955. Efrem Jr.'s daughter is Stephanie Zimbalist, (best known for the TV series Remington Steele) who also studied music at Julliard, although she didn't take up the opera or the violin. 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. Once it gets circulated on the internet and shows up in enough places, people begin to believe what they see. : With Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Philip Abbott, William Reynolds, Stephen Brooks. He was always well-dressed and his nicely tanned skin made him more handsome. What a gene pool to come from people who habitually live past age 90. Devika Primi from Dubrovnik, Croatia on May 21, 2014: Hi RachaelOhalloran, I had no idea of this person until now a very interesting write up here and you certainly enlightened me to perfection. "We are heartbroken to announce the passing into peace of our. 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. When the program's run ended in 1964, Zimbalist segued seamlessly into "The F.B.I." Efrem Sr. lived in Reno Nevada until his death in 1985 at age 94. 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. He did much to popularize the performance of classical music in his adopted country. But young Efrem was bashful and withdrawn in school. His suave good looks made him a favorite actor for many. I agree, #travmaj Thank you for reading and commenting :), #Flourish Anyway - I am always in awe of people who live well and live into their 90's or older. 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. They started making another kind of movie, [citation needed], Zimbalist was drafted in 1941. Awards 9 April] 1889 or 1890 [2] - February 22, 1985) was an internationally known concert violist, composer, teacher, conductor and director of the Curtis . Do Remington Steele and Laura Holt get married? [10], In 1928, Zimbalist began teaching at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. [25], He had a nine-year association with the practice of Transcendental Meditation as taught by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. [27] In 1989, he said, "for a while I did go overboard in my association with a fundamentalist group". #Ms. Dora, I'm sure she looked down from heaven and celebrated every one of his successes. and she gave birth to their daughter Stephanie. Andrew Zimbalist (born 1947), American economist, father of Jeff. Who was Efrem 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. One wonders if his step-grandmother's exposure groomed him to be as successful as she was. :). 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. 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. :). She died in Reno Nevada in 1981 at the age of 66. The series, starring Stephanie Zimbalist and Pierce Brosnan, was produced by MTM Enterprises and first broadcast on the NBC network from October 10, 1982, to February 17, 1987. Menotti died in 2007 at the age of 95 in Monte Carlo, Monaco with his adopted son at his side. 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