Podcast 111 : REMINGTON STEELE INTERVIEW WITH STEPHANIE ZIMBALIST -- PART TWO

Steele Chatting: Susan and Sharon continue their talk with award-winning stage, TV and film actress Stephanie Zimbalist who created the 80s icon, Laura Holt…
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The Conversation

  • Working with her real-life dad – showbiz legend Efrem Zimbalist Jr – How he became a father figure for co-star Pierce Brosnan. (And how he taught Stephanie the secret to “playing drunk”…!)
  • Her decades-long friendship with Alec Baldwin.
  • When Jimmy Stewart was almost on Remington!
  • The Amazing Remington Steele Guest Stars, including…
          - Paul Reiser – and how Pierce broke up every time he said a line.
           - Louie Anderson – and that horse
          - And Beverly Garland – Laura’s mom! (Wait -- were Laura Holt and Amanda King sisters??)
  • How she was cast in – but had to quit – ROBOCOP.
  • Why she has never gone back to rewatch “Remington Steele.”
  • Why “the blood isn’t real on “Remington Steele” -- and how humor on TV has changed…
  • How curiosity leads to love.
  • New York, noodles – and a “rude awakening” in the theater…
So listen in as Susan, Sharon and Stephanie talk “Moonlighting”, memories and Mary Tyler Moore!

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CREDITS

80s TV Ladies™ Episode 111 – “Remington Steele Interview with Stephanie Zimbalist – Part Two”
Produced by 134 West and Susan Lambert Hatem.
Hosted by Susan Lambert Hatem and Sharon Johnson.
Guest: Stephanie Zimbalist.
Sound Engineer and Editor: Kevin Ducey.
Producer: Melissa Roth.
Associate Producer: Sergio Perez.
Music by Amy Engelhardt.
Copyright 2022 134 West, LLC and Susan Lambert. All Rights Reserved.