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American actress (born )

Stephanie Zimbalist (born October 8, ) is an American actress best known for her role as Laura Holt in the NBC detective series Remington Steele.

Early life

Stephanie Zimbalist was born in New York City, the daughter of Loranda Stephanie (née Spalding) and actor Efrem Zimbalist Jr..

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.^[2]

Acting career

Television and film career

Zimbalist's early television and movie appearances include The Gathering (, with Edward Asner), In the Matter of Karen Ann Quinlan (), Forever (), The Magic of Lassie (), Long Journey Back (TV, ), The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal (), The Awakening (, with Charlton Heston), The Golden Moment (), in which she played a Soviet Olympic gymnast, The Babysitter () and Tomorrow's Child (TV, ).

She co-starred with her father, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., in the tragic 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 and February She also guest starred as Josephine "Josie" Collins in the television series Family episode "Ballerina" ().

In her TV work, Zimbalist is best known in the TV role of sleuth Laura Holt in the NBC series Remington Steele (–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 (), the Emmy Award winning Caroline? (), The Great Elephant Escape (), and some guest roles in television series such as Touched by an Angel and Diagnosis Murder.^{[citation needed]}

Theater

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

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 Throughout the s, 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 , written by Jane Anderson.^[3]

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

Other work

Zimbalist has also released audiobooks, including The Girls, which won a Listen-Up award in ,^[5] and Queen of the Underworld.^[6]

She appeared in the documentary Christa McAuliffe: Reach for the Stars.^[7]

Personal life

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.^[8] Zimbalist's aunt, Marcia Davenport, was a prominent author, music journalist and historian.^[9]

In a interview she described attending a Billy Graham crusade over 15 years prior with Dean Butler, and both going down to "accept the Lord." She expressed, "I have a personal connection with my Savior I feel very beholden to Him--for me it's a him--I feel He's there for me in my darkest moments." In the same interview she mentioned years ago moving out of an "inappropriate relationship" with a married man, though still remaining friends.^[10]

Stage roles

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards and nominations

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