Stephanie Zimbalist (born October 8, 1956) is an American actress best known for her role as Laura Holt in the NBC detective series Remington Steele.
Stephanie Zimbalist | |
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Born | (1956-10-08) October 8, 1956 (age 66) New York City, U.S. |
Education | Juilliard School |
Years active | 1977–present |
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Relatives | Efrem Zimbalist (paternal grandfather) Alma Gluck (paternal grandmother) Marcia Davenport (paternal aunt) |
Website | stephaniezimbalist |
Stephanie Zimbalist was born in New York City, the daughter of Loranda Stephanie (née Spalding) and actor Efrem Zimbalist Jr., who helmed the television series 77 Sunset Strip and The FBI as well as theatrical films. The family soon moved to Los Angeles, where Stephanie grew up. She was educated at the Marlborough School (Los Angeles) and graduated from Foxcroft School in Middleburg, Virginia. She attended the Juilliard School before commencing her acting career.[1]
Zimbalist's paternal grandfather, Efrem Zimbalist, born in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, was a symphony conductor, concert violinist and music teacher at the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia, and composer. Her paternal grandmother, Alma Gluck, born in Romania, was a leading soprano of her day.[2] Zimbalist's aunt, Marcia Davenport, was a prominent author, music journalist and historian.[3]
Zimbalist's early television and movie appearances include The Gathering (1977, with Edward Asner), Forever (1978), The Magic of Lassie (1978), The Long Journey Back (TV, 1978), The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal (1979), The Awakening (1980, with Charlton Heston), The Golden Moment (1980), in which she played a Soviet Olympic gymnast, The Babysitter (1980) and Tomorrow's Child (TV, 1982). She co-starred with her father, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., in the tragic 1979 TV movie The Best Place to Be.
Another early role for Zimbalist was that of Elly Zendt in the mini-series Centennial, based on James Michener's epic novel of the same name, which was first televised on NBC between October 1978 and February 1979. She also guest starred as Josephine "Josie" Collins in the television series Family episode "Ballerina" (1979).
In her TV work, Zimbalist is best known in the TV role of sleuth Laura Holt in the NBC series Remington Steele (1982–87) opposite Pierce Brosnan and Doris Roberts, on which her father also guest-starred.
Since then, Zimbalist has taken leading roles in several television movies such as The Man in the Brown Suit (1988), the Emmy Award winning Caroline? (1990), The Great Elephant Escape (1995), and some guest roles in television series such as Touched by an Angel and Diagnosis Murder.[citation needed]
Onstage, Zimbalist played opposite Tommy Tune in the touring musical My One and Only, taking the featured role of "Edith Herbert". She has made several appearances with the Rubicon Theatre Company in Ventura, California, winning the local critics' "Robby Award" for Best Actress in a Drama in The Rainmaker, at the Rubicon community theatre in 2001. Throughout the 2000s, Zimbalist took roles in plays concerning nineteenth-century artists including Chopin, Tchaikovsky and Van Gogh.[citation needed]
She also played Christa McAuliffe in the play Defying Gravity in 2003, written by Jane Anderson.[4]
In 2009 she portrayed actress Katharine Hepburn in Tea at Five.[5]
Zimbalist has also released audiobooks, including The Girls, which won a Listen-Up award in 2006,[6] and Queen of the Underworld.[7]
She appeared in the 2006 documentary Christa McAuliffe: Reach for the Stars.[8]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1978 | The Magic of Lassie | Kelly Mitchell | |
1980 | The Awakening | Margaret Corbeck | |
2000 | The Prophet's Game | Francis Aldobrandi | |
2001 | Borderline Normal | Vicky Walling | |
2001 | Malpractice | Beth Garrett | |
2006 | Truth | Meredith | Video |
2006 | Lucy's Piano | Alice | Short |
2008 | The Delivery | The Red Queen | Short |
2015 | Hamlet's Ghost | Justina Keller / Queen Gertrude | |
2016 | His Neighbor Phil | Mary |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1977 | Yesterday's Child | Ann Talbot | TV film |
1977 | Lucan | Tashi | "Listen to the Heart Beat" |
1977 | In the Matter of Karen Ann Quinlan | Mary Ellen Quinlan | TV film |
1977 | The Gathering | Toni | TV film |
1978 | Forever | Katherine Danziger | TV film |
1978 | The Love Boat | Jenny Lang | "The Caper: Parts 1 & 2" |
1978 | Long Journey Back | Celia Casella | TV film |
1978–79 | Centennial | Elly Zendt | TV miniseries |
1979 | The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal | Connie | TV film |
1979 | Family | Josie | "Ballerina" |
1979 | The Best Place to Be | Maryanne Callahan | TV film |
1980 | Hagen | Linda | "Hear No Evil" |
1980 | The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story | Anya Andreyev | TV film |
1980 | The Babysitter | Joanna Redwine | TV film |
1981 | Elvis and the Beauty Queen | Linda Thompson | TV film |
1982 | Tomorrow's Child | Kay Spence | TV film |
1982–1987 | Remington Steele | Laura Holt | Main role |
1985 | Love on the Run | Diana Rockland | TV film |
1985 | Greatest Adventure Stories from the Bible | Eve | "The Creation" |
1985 | A Letter to Three Wives | Debra Bishop | TV film |
1987 | Celebration Family | Janet Marston | TV film |
1989 | The Man in the Brown Suit | Anne Beddingfeld | TV film |
1989 | The Hitchhiker | Heather | "Hootch" |
1990 | Personals | Sarah Martin | TV film |
1990 | Caroline? | Caroline | TV film |
1991 | The Killing Mind | Isobel Neiman | TV film |
1991 | The Story Lady | Julie Pollard | TV film |
1992 | Breaking the Silence | Janey Kirkland | TV film |
1992 | Sexual Advances | Paula Pratt | TV film |
1993 | The Hidden Room | Della | "While She Was Out" |
1993 | Jericho Fever | Bonnie Whitney | TV film |
1994 | Incident in a Small Town | Lily Margaret Bell | TV film |
1994 | Batman: The Animated Series | Janet Van Dorn (voice) | "Trial" |
1994 | Voices from Within | Ann Parkhurst | TV film |
1995 | The Great Elephant Escape | Beverly Cunningham | TV film |
1995 | Whose Daughter Is She? | Cathy | TV film |
1996 | Stop the World – I Want to Get Off | Evie | TV film |
1996 | Dead Ahead | Maura Loch | TV film |
1997 | Touched by an Angel | Dr. Kate Calder | "My Dinner with Andrew" |
1997 | Prison of Secrets | Lynn Schaffer | TV film |
1999 | Twice in a Lifetime | Dana Hancock / Ann Rutherford | "Ashes to Ashes" |
1999 | Diagnosis: Murder | Vanessa Sellars | "The Seven Deadly Sins" |
1999 | Chicken Soup for the Soul | Mom | "Simple Wooden Boxes" |
2000 | Family Law | Elizabeth Lane | "Second Chance" |
2001 | V.I.P. | Bobbi Canary | "Get Vallery" |
2001 | Nash Bridges | Joy Larson | "Kill Joy" |
2001 | Touched by an Angel | Jessica Albright | "Heaven's Portal" |
2003 | Crossing Jordan | Mrs. Sullivan | "Cruel & Unusual" |
2003 | Judging Amy | Ms. Friedman | "Marry, Marry Quite Contrary" |
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