Hope Holiday
Biography
Hope Holiday, an American actress with a Broadway musical comedy background, is best known for playing Mrs. Margie MacDougall in the Billy Wilder movie The Apartment (1960). Born in Brooklyn and raised in Manhattan, she left high school and performed at the Copacabana nightclub. She started in Broadway choruses, dancing in Top Banana and Guys and Dolls, and under the name Hope Zee she was Rose Marie's understudy in Top Banana. In 1949 she appeared as Fifi and sang with the ensemble in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. She was Mammy Yokum's understudy and a featured dancer in the 1956 production of Li'l Abner. During the early 1950s she sang with Ralph Flanagan's orchestra, and she was the Teeny Weeny Genie in the Guy Lombardo extravaganza Arabian Night and sang two songs.
87years old
Turns 88 on November 30in 47 days
- Born Brooklyn
- Star sign: SagittariusThe sign runs November 22 to December 21
Movie Career
- Films
- 4
- Career span
- 46 years1960 to 2006
Every film, newest first
- 2006Jerry Lewis - König der KomödiantenIMDb rating 7.3
- 1984KillpointIMDb rating 4.4
- 1965The RoundersIMDb rating 6.1
- 1960The ApartmentIMDb rating 8.3
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A role that slipped away
As Hope Zee, Holiday understudied Rose Marie in Top Banana. When the star needed a week away, Zee lost the job, and Audrey Meadows took over the part.
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Worked with
Hope Holiday made one film with each of them. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Henry Fonda's page
Kathleen Freeman's page
Glenn Ford's page
Tony Curtis's page
Shirley MacLaine's page
Jerry Lewis's page
All films by Billy Wilder
Burt KennedyDirector, 1 film, 1965
All films by Burt Kennedy
Frank HarrisDirector, 1 film, 1984
All films by Frank Harris
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