Hope Emerson

Hope Emerson was born on Oct 29, 1897 in USA. Hope Emerson's big-screen debut came with Rascals directed by H. Bruce Humberstone in 1938. Hope Emerson is known for Peter Gunn directed by Boris Sagal, Craig Stevens stars as Peter Gunn and Herschel Bernardi as Lieutenant Jacoby. The upcoming new tvshow Hope Emerson plays is Peter Gunn - Season 1 which will be released on Sep 22, 1958.

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". 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 Femmes en cage (1950), which garnered her an Oscar nomination. She could, however, play lighter parts, as in Convoi de femmes (1951), in which she played, of all things, a mail-order bride. She also worked steadily in television and played "Mother" in the landmark series Peter Gunn (1958). In the 1950s she was the voice of Elsie the Cow in a series of TV commercials for Borden's milk. She died of liver disease in 1960.