Hope Emerson
American actress (1897-1960) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 62
Hope Emerson was an American actress, vaudevillian, nightclub performer, and strongwoman. Emerson started acting when she was three years old during a production with her mother. Her career started when she advertised sheet music by playing the piano at a 10-cent store.
Hope Emerson is read about 92 times a day, in 23 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 6 November 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 104 days, one point a day.
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The Dennis O'Keefe ShowSeries, Amelia 'Sarge' Sargent1958
Peter GunnSeries, Mother
Rock-a-Bye BabyFilm, 1958Mrs. Rogers1957
All Mine to GiveFilm, Mrs. Pubmeister
The Guns of Fort PetticoatFilm, 1957Hannah Lacey1955
The 20th Century Fox HourSeries
UntamedFilm, 1955Maria DeGroot1954
Casanova's Big NightFilm, Duchess of Castelbello1953
General Electric TheaterSeries, Ada
A Perilous JourneyFilm, 1953Olivia Schuyler1952Doc CorkleSeries, Nellie Corkle
This Is Your LifeSeries, 19521951
Schlitz Playhouse of StarsSeries, Keziah Potter
The Red Skelton ShowSeries, 1951
Belle Le GrandFilm, 1951Emma McGee
Westward the WomenFilm, 1951Patience Hawley1950
CagedFilm, Evelyn Harper1949
Adam's RibFilm, Olympia La Pere
Dancing in the DarkFilm, 1949Mrs. Schlaghammer
Thieves' HighwayFilm, 1949Midge1948
Studio OneSeries, Mrs. Flo Flower - Landlady
The Ed Sullivan ShowSeries, 1948
Cry of the CityFilm, 1948Rose Given1934
Rough NeckingFilm, Miss Bigelow - the Detective1897Born29 October 1897Known for
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Thieves' Highway 1949
Caged 1950
Adam's Rib 1949
Westward the Women 1951
House of Strangers 1949
People around Hope
Close ties
- Irving Reis Directed Roseanna McCoy and Dancing in the Dark
William A. Seiter Directed Champ for a Day and The Lady Wants Mink
Sol C. Siegel Produced House of Strangers and Cry of the City
Herbert Yates Produced Belle Le Grand and The Lady Wants Mink
Richard Conte Also in House of Strangers and Thieves' Highway
Snub Pollard Also in Adam's Rib and Rock-A-Bye Baby
Philip Van Zandt Also in House of Strangers and Copper Canyon
Don Beddoe Also in Belle Le Grand and Dancing in the Dark
Jerry Lewis Produced Rock-A-Bye Baby (1958)
Samuel Goldwyn Produced Roseanna McCoy (1949)
Audie Murphy Produced The Guns of Fort Petticoat (1957)
Nicholas Ray Directed Roseanna McCoy (1949)
Alfred Newman Wrote Cry of the City and Thieves' Highway
Robert Siodmak Directed Cry of the City (1949)
Harry Morgan Also in Belle Le Grand and Champ for a Day- Frank Tashlin Directed Rock-A-Bye Baby (1958)
- Charles Barton Directed Double Crossbones (1951)
- Norman Z. McLeod Directed Casanova's Big Night (1954)
Isobel Elsom Also in The Guns of Fort Petticoat (1957)
Queenie Smith Also in Caged and Belle Le Grand- Daniele Amfitheatrof Wrote House of Strangers and Copper Canyon
Gino Corrado Also in Casanova's Big Night and Belle Le Grand- Harry Joe Brown Produced The Guns of Fort Petticoat (1957)
George Magrill Also in Adam's Rib and House of Strangers
Filmography 21
33 credits on file
Television 10
Media & music
Photos 1
About this person
Emerson made her Broadway debut in Lysistrata in 1930. She starred in other plays, radio programs, films, television shows, and commercials. She often played the role of a villain in comedies and dramas. Emerson's performance in Caged "became the standard model for women's prison films." Her roles included being a circus strongwoman, a nefarious masseuse-conspirator, a mail-order bride, and a prison warden.
