1. Zohra Lampert was born on May 13,1931 and is an American retired actress, who has had roles on stage, film and television.
13 Facts About Zohra Lampert
1. 2.
Zohra Lampert performed under her then-married name of Zohra Alton early in her career.
3.
Zohra Lampert won a Primetime Emmy Award for her role in a 1975 episode of Kojak.
4.
Zohra Lampert was born in Manhattan, the only child of Rose and Morris Zohra Lampert, both Russian-Jewish immigrants.
5.
In 1940 the family lived in the Washington Heights section of Manhattan, and Morris Zohra Lampert worked in a hardware store.
6.
Zohra Lampert later studied acting at HB Studio with Uta Hagen; she studied with Mira Rostova.
7.
Zohra Lampert joined other University of Chicago alumni, including Ed Asner and Anthony Holland, in the Playwrights Theatre Club, which was established in Chicago by the theatrical producer David Shepherd.
8.
Zohra Lampert, who began performing under her birth name after her divorce from acting colleague Bill Alton, gave a Tony-nominated performance in 1961's Look: We've Come Through.
9.
Zohra Lampert scored with a pair of small, noteworthy performances in the films Pay or Die and Splendor in the Grass.
10.
Zohra Lampert co-starred with Gena Rowlands in John Cassavetes' Opening Night.
11.
Zohra Lampert was a regular in the sitcom The Girl with Something Extra and the medical drama Doctors' Hospital.
12.
Zohra Lampert appeared in The Exorcist III and the offbeat 1999 film The Eden Myth.
13.
Zohra Lampert was previously married to Bill Alton, a founding member of Second City and fellow Playwrights Theater Club actor.