Edie Adams
Born: 1927-04-16 in Kingston, Pennsylvania, USA
Died: 2008-10-15
Known For: Acting
Biography
Edie Adams (April 16, 1927 – October 15, 2008) was an American singer, Broadway, television and film actress and comedienne. Adams, a Tony Award winner, "both embodied and winked at the stereotypes of fetching chanteuse and sexpot blonde." She was well-known for her impersonations of female stars on stage and television, most particularly, Marilyn Monroe. Description above from the Wikipedia article Edie Adams, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Filmography
2008
- Inside 'The Apartment' as Self
2000
- Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy as Self
1998
- Doris Day: It's Magic as Self
1993
- Tales of the City as Ruby Miller
1989
- Hoodwinked as Senior Club Member
1984
- Murder, She Wrote as Kaye Sheppard
- Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter as Mae West
1983
- Shooting Stars as Hazel
1981
- The Haunting of Harrington House as Madame Zenia
1980
- Bosom Buddies
- The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood as Rita Beater
- Make Me an Offer as Francine Sherman
- A Cry for Love as Tessie
- Portrait of an Escort as Mrs. Kennedy
1979
- Mrs. Columbo as Joanne Huston
- The Seekers as Flora Cato
- Racquet as Leslie Sargent
- Fast Friends as Connie Burton
1978
- Vega$ as Angela
- Up in Smoke as Tempest Stoner
- The Eddie Capra Mysteries
- Superdome as Joyce
- Tarzana as Hooker
1977
- The Love Boat as Maureen Buell
1976
1975
- Cop on the Beat as Massage Parlor Owner
1974
1973
- Police Story as Woman Manager
1972
- Evil Roy Slade as Flossie
1969
- Love, American Style as Mrs. Winslow
1967
- The Carol Burnett Show as Self
- The Honey Pot as Merle McGill
1966
- The Oscar as Trina Yale
- Made in Paris as Irene Chase
1964
- The Hollywood Palace as Self
- The Best Man as Mabel Cantwell
1963
- The Danny Kaye Show as Self
- It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World as Monica Crump
- Under the Yum Yum Tree as Dr. Irene Wilson
- Call Me Bwana as Frederica
- Love with the Proper Stranger as Barbie
1962
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- The Merv Griffin Show as Self
- The Lucy Show as Nanette Johnson
1961
- Lover Come Back as Rebel Davis
- The Spiral Staircase as Blanche
1960
- The Apartment as Miss Olsen
1959
- The Bell Telephone Hour as Self
- Kovacs on Music as Self
1958
- Kraft Music Hall as Self
1957
- Tonight Starring Jack Paar as Self
- Suspicion as Gloria Chrystie
- The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour as Edie Adams
- Cinderella as Fairy Godmother
1956
- Tony Awards as Self - Performer
- The Dinah Shore Chevy Show as Self
- Showdown at Ulcer Gulch as Wife of man in bar
1953
- General Electric Theater as Sue Ellen
1950
- The Colgate Comedy Hour as Self
- What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest
- The Bob Hope Show as Self
1949
1948
- The Ed Sullivan Show as Self