Born: October 8, 1956 - New York, New York, USA 
Stephanie Zimbalist was born October 8, 1956, in New York, NY, to actor Efrem Zimbalist Jr., and his second wife, East Coast socialite Stephanie Spaulding. Her paternal grandparents are world-famous violinist Efrem Zimbalist (d. 1985) and opera singer Alma Gluck (d. 1938). Her half-brother, Efrem Zimbalist III, is a publishing company executive. Stephanie was raised on her family's ranch in Encino, CA., but attended Foxcroft High School in Middleburg, VA. During her senior year of high school, she enrolled at the Strasberg Institute in Los Angeles to study acting. At the same time, she studied dance at the Dance Center West in Los Angeles, as well as took voice lessons. She also studied in the Drama Department of Juillard. Stephanie has appeared in nearly 40 films, made-for-TV movies and mini-series, but is probably best known as Private Eye Laura Holt on the popular 1980s detective drama, "Remington Steele" (1982), which co-starred Pierce Brosnan. In the past decade, she has spent most of her professional time in the theater, starring in such productions as "My One and Only," "Stop the World, I Want to Get Off!", "The Baby Dance," "Sylvia" and "The Rainmaker," for which she won a Robby Award for Best Actress in a Drama in February 2001. Stephanie also does an occasional guest appearance on TV.
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