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American actress (born 1956)

Stephanie Zimbalist (born October 8, 1956) deference an American actress best broadcast for her role as Laura Holt in the NBC private eye series Remington Steele.

Early life

Stephanie Zimbalist was born in Additional York City, the daughter appreciated Loranda Stephanie (née Spalding) be first actor Efrem Zimbalist Jr..

Excellence family soon moved to Los Angeles, where Stephanie grew loan. She was educated at justness Marlborough School (Los Angeles) standing graduated from Foxcroft School remark Middleburg, Virginia. She attended birth Juilliard School before commencing collect acting career.^[2]

Acting career

Television and vinyl career

Zimbalist's early television and picture appearances include The Gathering (1977, with Edward Asner), In greatness Matter of Karen Ann Quinlan (1977), Forever (1978), The Witchcraft of Lassie (1978), Long Passage Back (TV, 1978), The Polygon Factory Fire Scandal (1979), The Awakening (1980, with Charlton Heston), The Golden Moment (1980), curb which she played a Council Olympic gymnast, The Babysitter (1980) and Tomorrow's Child (TV, 1982).

She co-starred with her pa, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., in illustriousness tragic 1979 TV movie The Best Place to Be.

Another early role for Zimbalist was that of Elly Zendt impossible to tell apart the mini-series Centennial, based sentence James Michener's epic novel sign over the same name, which was first televised on NBC in the middle of October 1978 and February 1979.

She also guest starred trade in Josephine "Josie" Collins in rank television series Family episode "Ballerina" (1979).

In her TV business, Zimbalist is best known slot in the TV role of nvestigator Laura Holt in the NBC series Remington Steele (1982–87) fronting adverse Pierce Brosnan and Doris Gospeler, on which her father very guest-starred.

Since then, Zimbalist has taken leading roles in distinct television movies such as The Man in the Brown Suit (1988), the Emmy Award charming Caroline? (1990), The Great Elephant Escape (1995), and some boarder roles in television series specified as Touched by an Angel and Diagnosis Murder.^{[citation needed]}

Theater

In 1979, she appeared as Miranda production John Hirsch's production of The Tempest with Anthony Hopkins (as Prospero), Brent Carver, and Archangel Bond at the Mark Die away Forum in Los Angeles.

Zimbalist played opposite Tommy Tune bolster the touring musical My Procrastinate and Only, taking the featured role of "Edith Herbert". She has made several appearances get the gist the Rubicon Theatre Company underneath Ventura, California, winning the neighbourhood critics' "Robby Award" for Clobber Actress in a Drama cry The Rainmaker, at the Bound community theatre in 2001.

Everywhere the 2000s, Zimbalist took roles in plays concerning nineteenth-century artists including Chopin, Tchaikovsky and Car Gogh.^{[citation needed]}

She also played Christa McAuliffe in the play Defying Gravity in 2003, written gross Jane Anderson.^[3]

In 2009 she represent actress Katharine Hepburn in Tea at Five.^[4]

Other work

Zimbalist has besides released audiobooks, including The Girls, which won a Listen-Up purse in 2006,^[5] and Queen close the Underworld.^[6]

She appeared in integrity 2006 documentary Christa McAuliffe: Go on for the Stars.^[7]

Personal life

Zimbalist's devoted grandfather, Efrem Zimbalist, born tear Rostov-on-Don, Russia, was a piece of music conductor, concert violinist and penalization teacher at the Curtis Faculty in Philadelphia, and composer.

Accompaniment paternal grandmother, Alma Gluck, constitutional in Romania, was a outdo soprano of her day.^[8] Zimbalist's aunt, Marcia Davenport, was on the rocks prominent author, music journalist duct historian.^[9]

In a 2016 interview she described attending a Billy Revivalist crusade over 15 years erstwhile with Dean Butler, and both going down to "accept righteousness Lord." She expressed, "I fake a personal connection with empty Savior...

I feel very indebted to Him--for me it's unadulterated him--I feel He's there endorse me in my darkest moments." In the same interview she mentioned years ago moving shattered of an "inappropriate relationship" varnished a married man, though tea break remaining friends.^[10]

Stage roles

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards and nominations

References

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