Zolya Talma
American actress
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Zolya Valentina Talma (February 14, 1895 – November 26, 1983), born Emma Valentina Cranz,[1] sometimes credited as Zola Talma,[2] was an American actress who began her career in silent films, performed in dozens of Broadway productions, and was a character actress on television programs from 1949 to 1974.
February 14, 1895
Zolya Talma | |
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Zolya Talma, from a 1929 newspaper | |
| Born | Emma Valentina Cranz February 14, 1895 Pasadena, California, U.S. |
| Died | November 26, 1983 (aged 88) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Other names | Zola Talma |
| Occupation | Actress |
Biography
Talma was born in Pasadena, California,[3] the daughter of William S. Cranz and Dolores (Lola) Cranz,[4] though she sometimes claimed she was from Barcelona.[5][6] Her mother was a German-speaking nurse born in Mexico.[7][8] Her father was involved in silver mining,[9] and died in 1912.[10][11] As a girl she was a student at the Egan School of Music and Drama.[12] Talma lived in New York City with an uncle in 1915,[4] and with Australian actress Margaret Linden and her sons in 1920.[13] Playwright Augustus Thomas suggested her stage name.[14]
Talma had a career in films, on stage in comedies and dramas,[15][16] and on television, from the 1910s into the 1970s.[17] She died in 1983, at the age of 88, in Los Angeles.[1]
Her uncle Franklin F. Cranz was mayor of Nogales, Arizona, from 1904 to 1906. The Frank F. Cranz House is on the National Register of Historic Places.[18]
Films
- Outcast (1917, silent film)
- On with the Dance (1920 silent film)[19][20]
- The Rose Tattoo (1955)[21]
Broadway
- Her Honor, the Mayor (1918)[22]
- Mis' Nelly of N'Orleans (1919)[23][24]
- The Checkerboard (1920)[25]
- Near Santa Barbara (1921)[25]
- The Morning After (1925)[26]
- The Love Song (1925)[27]
- Stronger than Love (1925)[26]
- Mama Loves Papa (1926)[26]
- Kept (1926)
- Where's Your Husband? (1927)[28]
- Lally (1927)[3]
- Interference (1928)[2]
- The Great Necker (1928)[29][30]
- Zeppelin (1929)[31][32]
- Evensong (1933)[3]
- Prisoners of War (1935)[33]
- The World We Make (1939)
- Romantic Mr. Dickens (1940)[34]
- For Keeps (1944)
- Sadie Thompson (1944)[35]
- Bravo! (1948)[36]
- Diamond Lil (1951)
Other stage work
- Spanish Love (1921, Washington, D.C.}[6]
- Ink (1927, Werba's Brooklyn Theater)[37]
- Revelry (1927, Garrick Theatre, Philadelphia)[38]
- Gutter Cousins (1929, Greenwich Theatre)[39]
- Blaze of Glory (1934, Court Square Theater, Massachusetts)[3]
- Ladies in Retirement (1941, Ogunquit Playhouse, Maine)[40]
- The Late Christopher Bean (1947, the Cape Playhouse)[41]
- The Skin of Our Teeth (1948, Berkshire Playhouse, Massachusetts)[42]
- Gigi (1954, Town and Country Playhouse, Indianapolis)[43]
- Thieves' Paradise (1956, Shubert, Washington, D.C.)[44]
- The Matchmaker (1957, Alley Theater, Houston)[17]
- And When It Rains (1961, Santa Barbara)[45]
Television
- The Clock (1949, one episode)
- The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre (1949, one episode)
- Lights Out (1949, one episode, Pengallen's Bell)
- The Ford Theatre Hour (1949, one episode)
- The Web (1951, one episode)
- Hallmark Hall of Fame (1952, one episode)
- Guiding Light (1952, soap opera)
- Omnibus: Henry V, Act 5, Scene 2 (1953, one episode)
- Crown of Audubon (1953, TV movie)
- Proudly I Love (1953, TV movie)
- Rocky King Detective (1954, one episode)
- Martin Kane, Private Eye (1953, 1954, 2 episodes)
- Robert Montgomery Presents (1952, 1955, two episodes)
- Kraft Television Theatre (1955, one episode)
- Studio One (1953, 1956, two episodes)
- The Asphalt Jungle (1961, one episode)
- Cain's Hundred (1962, one episode)
- The Eleventh Hour (1963, one episode)
- Breaking Point (1963, one episode)
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1963, 1965, two episodes)
- The Big Valley (1965, one episode)
- Jericho (1966, one episode)
- The Felony Squad (1968, one episode)
- Adam-12 (1968, one episode)
- Ironside (1969, one episode)
- The Other Man (1970, TV movie)
- Houston, We've Got a Problem (1974, TV movie)