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Hope Emerson (October 29, 1897 – April 24, 1960;) 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.
Hope Emerson. Actress: Caged. Although there may have been "bigger" actresses in Hollywood's history, there were few larger than Hope Emerson. She notably appeared as a witness for the defense in "Adam's Rib".
Oct 28, 2022 · Here are 10 things you should know about Hope Emerson, born on October 29, 1897. An imposing figure at 6'2" and 190 pounds, she enjoyed success in vaudeville, burlesque, on Broadway and in ...
Hope Emerson. Actress: Caged. Although there may have been "bigger" actresses in Hollywood's history, there were few larger than Hope Emerson. She notably appeared as a witness for the defense in "Adam's Rib".
HOLLYWOOD (UPI - Hope Emerson, character actress on the “Peter Gunn” and Dennis O'Keefe television shows and "hot" piano player in supper club acts, died Sunday night of a liver ailment. She was 62. The hefty performer had been in failing health recently but entered Presbyterian Hospital only Friday. There were no close survivors.
Hope Emerson is doing the choking, her mighty hands clamped around his neck in one of the key scenes in Cry of the City (48), Robert Siodmak’s onyx ode to Italian-American New York City in the days when elevated trains still crisscrossed lower Manhattan.
Apr 8, 2019 · Hope Emerson did all of that, and she was glamorous in her own way, even if her most memorable character was a sadistic prison matron in Caged, a 1950 psycho drama, in a role that earned her an Oscar nomination.
