Stephanie Zimbalist- Biography

About Stephanie Zimbalist

Zimbalist played a kidnap victim in "Yesterday's Child"; a grieving family member in "In the Matter of Karen Ann Quinlan"; and a lovelorn teenager in "Forever". She is probably best known for her role as stylish sleuth Laura Holt on the long-running detective series, "Remington Steele" (NBC, 1982-87), opposite Pierce Brosnan. Zimbalist has since given strong, sympathetic performances portraying independent working women in the TV movie "The Story Lady" and in the off-Broadway surrogate-mother drama, "The Baby Dance" (both 1991).

Family

Father

Efrem Zimbalist. November 30, 1923; parents were virtuoso violinist Efrem Zimbalist and mother was opera singer Alma Gluck; first wife Emily McNair (married 1945), died in 1950; married Loranda Stephanie Spalding in 1956 (divorced and remarried in 1972); best remembered as the star of the TV series, "The F.B.I."

Grandfather

Efrem Zimbalist.

Grandmother

Alma Gluck.

Mother

Loranda Stephanie Zimbalist.

Career Milestones

Grew up in Encino, CA

1977

TV movie debut, "Yesterday's Child"

1978

Feature film debut in "The Magic of Lassie"

1979

TV miniseries debut, "Centennial"

1982

Appeared in "The Cherry Orchard" at the Long Wharf Theatre, New Haven, CT

1982

Starred as Laura Holt on the TV series "Remington Steele"

1987

Toured in the musical, "My One and Only"

1990

Had title role in the award-winning TV-movie "Caroline?" (CBS)

1991

Co-starred in the Off-Broadway play "The Baby Dance"

1998

Appeared in an L.A. revival of the musical "Wonderful Town" with Lucie Arnaz