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Hope Emerson
Deceased

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Life & Death

Died aged 62
GenderFemaleNationalityUnited StatesBorn29/10/1897Born inHawarden, Iowa, USADied25/04/1960 (aged 62)Died inHollywoodCauseliver diseaseWikidataQ456166 ↗Buried atGrace Hill CemeteryTMDb#85449 ↗

Hope Emerson was an American actress, vaudevillian, nightclub performer, and strongwoman. Emerson started acting when she was three years old during a production with her mother. Her career started when she advertised sheet music by playing the piano at a 10-cent store. Emerson made her Broadway debut in Lysistrata in 1930. She starred in other plays, radio programs, films, television shows, and commercials. She often played the role of a villain in comedies and dramas.

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Filmography26 titles

YearTitleCharacterAge at
release
1959The Dennis O'Keefe ShowSeriesAmelia 'Sarge' Sargent62
1958Peter GunnSeriesMother61
1957All Mine to GiveMovieMrs. Pubmeister60
1957The Guns of Fort PetticoatMovieHannah Lacey60
1955The 20th Century Fox HourSeries—58
1955UntamedMovieMaria DeGroot58
1954Casanova's Big NightMovieDuchess of Castelbello57
1953General Electric TheaterSeriesAda56
1953A Perilous JourneyMovieOlivia Schuyler56
1952This Is Your LifeSeriesSelf55
1952Doc CorkleSeriesNellie Corkle55
1951Schlitz Playhouse of StarsSeriesKeziah Potter54
1951Double CrossbonesMovieMistress Ann Bonney54
1951The Red Skelton ShowSeries—54
1951Belle Le GrandMovieEmma McGee54
1950CagedMovieEvelyn Harper53
1950Copper CanyonMovieMa Tarbet53
1949Thieves' HighwayMovieMidge52
1949Adam's RibMovieOlympia La Pere52
1949Dancing in the DarkMovieMrs. Schlaghammer52
1949Roseanna McCoyMovieLevisa Hatfield52
1948Studio OneSeriesMrs. Flo Flower - Landlady51
1948Studio OneSeriesRosie McTaggart51
1948The Ed Sullivan ShowSeriesSelf51
1948Cry of the CityMovieRose Given51
1934Rough NeckingMovieMiss Bigelow - the Detective37