Hope Emerson
Hope Emerson | |
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Hollywood, California , U.S. | |
Occupation(s) | Actress, vaudeville performer, strongwoman, nightclub performer |
Years active | 1900–1960 |
Hope Emerson (October 29, 1897[1] – April 24, 1960;[2]) was an American actress, vaudevillian, nightclub performer, and strongwoman. An imposing person physically, she weighed between 190 and 230 pounds (86 and 104 kilograms) and stood 6 feet 2 inches (188 cm) tall in her prime.
Career
Emerson made her
Some of Emerson's more memorable roles were as a circus strongwoman in the film Adam's Rib (1949), lifting actor Spencer Tracy up in the air; as a nefarious masseuse-conspirator in the noirish Cry of the City (1948); and as a mail-order bride in Westward the Women (1952); as a prospector in an episode of Death Valley Days ("Big Liz") (1958). Her most famous character, however, was the sadistic prison matron Evelyn Harper in Caged (1950), a role that garnered her an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress.[5]
On television, Emerson guest-starred in "Housekeeper", the final episode of the series
She had suffered from a lengthy liver ailment. She was well enough to drive from
References
- ^ "Iowa, U.S., Births (series) 1880-1904, 1921-1944 and Delayed Births (series), 1856-1940". search.ancestrylibrary.com.
- ^ New York Times obituary dated April 25, 2016 (stating she died "last night"), nytimes.com; accessed April 24, 2016. (subscription required)
- ^ Atkinson, Brooks (January 10, 1947). "New York Times" – via ProQuest.
- ^ "Hope Emerson profile". Soylent Communications. Retrieved August 30, 2012.
- ^ Alex Heigl (June 15, 2016). "From Caged to Orange Is the New Black: A Brief History of Incarcerated Women on Screen". People. Retrieved August 12, 2016.
- ^ "Hope Emerson profile". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved August 16, 2016.
- ^ https://www.newspapers.com/image/531645076/?match=1&terms=Hope%20Emerson Sioux City Journal, April 26, 1960, p. 5
- ^ https://www.newspapers.com/image/684280497/?match=1&terms=Hope%20Emerson Los Angeles Evening Citizen News, April 25, 1960, p.1
External links
- Hope Emerson at IMDb
- Hope Emerson at the Internet Broadway Database
- Profile, Turner Classic Movies website; accessed April 23, 2016
- Hope Emerson at Find a Grave
- http://sumshee.com/hope-emerson.html