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Hope Emerson (1897–1960)

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Although there may have been "bigger" actresses in Hollywood's history, there were few "larger" than Hope Emerson. At 6' 2" and 230 pounds, she towered over many of her male co-stars, and her size, brusque voice and stern demeanor typed her for a career in villainous roles, such as her star turn as the sadistic prison matron in Caged... See full bio »

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in Hawarden, Iowa, USA

Died:

(age 62) in Hollywood, California, USA
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1959-1960 The Dennis O'Keefe Show (TV series)
Amelia 'Sarge' Sargent / Amelia 'Sarge' Sergeant
– June Thursday (1960) … Amelia 'Sarge' Sergeant
– Send This Boy to Camp (1960) … Amelia 'Sarge' Sargent
– Marriage, Anyone? (1960) … Amelia 'Sarge' Sargent
– Dimples (1960) … Amelia 'Sarge' Sergeant
– The Regency Club (1960) … Amelia 'Sarge' Sargent
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1959 G.E. True Theater (TV series)
Ada
– Night Club (1959) … Ada
 
1958-1959 Peter Gunn (TV series)
Mother
– Crisscross (1959) … Mother (credit only)
– The Portrait (1959) … Mother
– The Coffin (1959) … Mother
– Vendetta (1959) … Mother
– Kill from Nowhere (1959) … Mother
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1958 Death Valley Days (TV series)
– Big Liz (1958)
 
1958 Rock-a-Bye Baby
Mrs. Rogers
 
1958 Playhouse 90 (TV series)
Mrs. Downey
– The Innocent Sleep (1958) … Mrs. Downey
 
1955-1958 Studio One in Hollywood (TV series)
Mrs. Bascomb / Mrs. Flower / Rosie McTaggart
– The McTaggart Succession (1958) … Rosie McTaggart
– A Likely Story (1955) … Mrs. Bascomb
– Millions of Georges (1955) … Mrs. Flower
 
1958 The Red Skelton Hour (TV series)
Sadie's Mother
– Bolivar's Beauty Salon (1958) … Sadie's Mother
 
1957 Goodyear Playhouse (TV series)
Caroline Barnes
– The House (1957) … Caroline Barnes
 
1957 The Guns of Fort Petticoat
Hannah Lacey
 
1957 All Mine to Give
Mrs. Pubmeister
 
1957 The Kaiser Aluminum Hour (TV series)
Mrs. Quincy
– So Short a Season (1957) … Mrs. Quincy
 
1956 The Bob Cummings Show (TV series)
– How to Handle Women (1956)
 
1956 It's a Great Life (TV series)
Hilda
– The Housekeeper (1956) … Hilda
 
1956 Lux Video Theatre (TV series)
Helen
– Millie's Daughter (1956) … Helen
 
1956 Medic (TV series)
Clara Mary Gallagher
– The Glorious Red Gallagher (1956) … Clara Mary Gallagher
 
1955 The 20th Century-Fox Hour (TV series)
Ma Grier
– The Ox-Bow Incident (1955) … Ma Grier
 
1955 Untamed
Maria DeGroot
 
1955 Make Room for Daddy (TV series)
– Daddy's Biography (1955)
 
1954 Schlitz Playhouse (TV series)
Keziah Potter
– The Whale on the Beach (1954) … Keziah Potter
 
1954 Casanova's Big Night
Duchess of Castelbello
 
1954 Medallion Theatre (TV series)
– The Teacher (1954)
 
1953 Private Secretary (TV series)
Female writer
– Weekend in Connecticut (1953) … Female writer
 
1953 Champ for a Day
Ma Karlsen
 
1953 A Perilous Journey
Olivia Schuyler
 
1953 The Lady Wants Mink
Mrs. Hoxie
 
1952 I Married Joan (TV series)
Minerva Parker
– Pilot (1952) … Minerva Parker
 
1952 Doc Corkle (TV series)
– Episode #1.1 (1952)
 
1951 Westward the Women
Patience Hawley
 
1951 Belle Le Grand
Emma McGee
 
1951 Double Crossbones
Mistress Ann Bonney
 
1950 Copper Canyon
Ma Tarbet
 
1950 Caged
Evelyn Harper
 
1949 Dancing in the Dark
Mrs. Schlaghammer
 
1949 Adam's Rib
Olympia La Pere
 
1949 Roseanna McCoy
Levisa Hatfield
 
1949 Thieves' Highway
Midge, a buyer
 
1949 House of Strangers
Helena Domenico
 
1948 Kobb's Corner (TV series)
Host (1948-49)
 
1948 That Wonderful Urge
Mrs. Riley (uncredited)
 
1948 Cry of the City
Rose Given
 
1935 Object Not Matrimony (short)
 
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1959 Peter Gunn (TV series)
– Let's Kill Timothy (1959) (performer: "Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home?", "Oh! Look at That Baby")
 
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1951 Challenge the Wilderness (documentary short)
Herself
 
1948 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #2.14 (1948) … Herself
 
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House of Strangers -- Trailer for this drama about a house divided Caged -- Trailer for this women in prison drama
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Personal Details

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Active on Broadway in the following productions: See more »

Height:

6' 2" (1.88 m)
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Did You Know?

Trivia:

Was the voice of Elsie the Cow for Borden Milk commercials. See more »

Star Sign:

Scorpio