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Hope Emerson was an American actress, vaudeville and nightclub performer, and strongwoman. An imposing person physically, she weighed between 190 and 230 pounds and stood six-feet-two-inches tall in her prime.
Born
Friday, 29 October 1897
Died
Sunday, 24 April 1960
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults | Self | 1997 |
| American Cinema | Rose Given (clip from Cry of the City (1948)) | 1995 |
| The Dennis O'Keefe Show | Amelia 'Sarge' Sargent | 1959 |
| Peter Gunn | Mother | 1958 |
| Rock-a-Bye Baby | Mrs. Rogers | 1958 |
| All Mine to Give | Mrs. Pugmeister / Mrs. Pubmeister | 1957 |
| The Guns of Fort Petticoat | Hannah Lacey | 1957 |
| Mr. Adams and Eve | Fannie | 1957 |
| Playhouse 90 | Mrs. Downey | 1956 |
| The Kaiser Aluminum Hour | Mrs. Quincy | 1956 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults | Self | 1997 |
| American Cinema | Rose Given (clip from Cry of the City (1948)) | 1995 |
| The Dennis O'Keefe Show | Amelia 'Sarge' Sargent | 1959 |
| Peter Gunn | Mother | 1958 |
| Rock-a-Bye Baby | Mrs. Rogers | 1958 |
| All Mine to Give | Mrs. Pugmeister / Mrs. Pubmeister | 1957 |
| The Guns of Fort Petticoat | Hannah Lacey | 1957 |
| Mr. Adams and Eve | Fannie | 1957 |
| Playhouse 90 | Mrs. Downey | 1956 |
| The Kaiser Aluminum Hour | Mrs. Quincy | 1956 |
| The 20th Century-Fox Hour | Ma Grier | 1955 |
| Untamed | Maria DeGroot | 1955 |
| The Bob Cummings Show | 1955 | |
| Medic | Clara Mary Gallagher | 1954 |
| It's a Great Life | Hilda | 1954 |
| Casanova's Big Night | Duchess of Castelbello | 1954 |
| Champ for a Day | Ma Karlsen | 1953 |
| A Perilous Journey | Olivia Schuyler | 1953 |
| The Lady Wants Mink | Mrs. Hoxie | 1953 |
| Private Secretary | Female Writer | 1953 |
| General Electric Theater | Ada | 1953 |
| I Married Joan | Minerva Parker | 1952 |
| Doc Corkle | Nellie Corkle | 1952 |
| This Is Your Life | Self | 1952 |
| Death Valley Days | Big Liz Barton | 1952 |
| Westward the Women | Patience Hawley | 1951 |
| Goodyear Playhouse | Caroline Barnes | 1951 |
| Schlitz Playhouse | Keziah Potter | 1951 |
| The Red Skelton Hour | Sadie's Mother | 1951 |
| Double Crossbones | Mistress Ann Bonney | 1951 |
| Belle Le Grand | Emma McGee | 1951 |
| Lux Video Theatre | Helen | 1950 |
| Caged | Evelyn Harper | 1950 |
| Copper Canyon | Ma Tarbet | 1950 |
| Dancing in the Dark | Mrs. Schlaghammer | 1949 |
| Adam's Rib | Olympia La Pere | 1949 |
| Roseanna McCoy | Levisa Hatfield | 1949 |
| Thieves' Highway | Midge, a buyer | 1949 |
| House of Strangers | Helena Domenico | 1949 |
| That Wonderful Urge | Mrs. Riley | 1948 |
| Studio One | Rosie McTaggart / Mrs. Flo Flower - Landlady / Mrs. Bascomb | 1948 |
| Cry of the City | Rose Given | 1948 |
| Kobb's Corner | Maw Shufflebottom | 1948 |
| Rascals | Miss Gordon - Dr. Carter's 2nd Nurse | 1938 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1959 | Emmy | Best Supporting Actress (Continuing Character) in a Dramatic Series | Nominated |
| 1951 | Oscar | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Nominated |
