Person
Edie Adams
Acting · 1927–2008 · Kingston, Pennsylvania, USA
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
Known for
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
Murder, She Wrote
Kaye Sheppard
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
The Love Boat
Maureen Buell
Love, American Style
Mrs. Winslow
What's My Line?
Self
American Playhouse
Ruby Miller
Tony Awards
Self - Performer
The Carol Burnett Show
Self
The Lucy Show
Nanette Johnson
Filmography
- 2008Inside 'The Apartment'Self
- 2003Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were ThereSelf
- 2000Lucille Ball: Finding LucySelf
- 1998Doris Day: It's MagicSelf
- 1993Tales of the CityRuby Miller
- 1991Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'Self
- 1989HoodwinkedSenior Club Member
- 1984Murder, She WroteKaye Sheppard
- 1984Ernie Kovacs: Between the LaughterMae West
- 1983Shooting StarsHazel
- 1982Ernie Kovacs: Television's Original GeniusSelf
- 1982American PlayhouseRuby Miller
- 1981The Haunting of Harrington HouseMadame Zenia
- 1980Bosom Buddies
- 1980A Cry for LoveTessie
- 1980Portrait of an EscortMrs. Kennedy
- 1980The Happy Hooker Goes HollywoodRita Beater
- 1980Make Me an OfferFrancine Sherman
- 1979RacquetLeslie Sargent
- 1979The SeekersFlora Cato
- 1979Fast FriendsConnie Burton
- 1979Mrs. ColumboJoanne Huston
- 1978Vega$Angela
- 1978Up in SmokeTempest Stoner
- 1978The Eddie Capra Mysteries
- 1978SuperdomeJoyce
- 1978TarzanaHooker
- 1977The Love BoatMaureen Buell
- 1976The Practice
- 1975Cop on the BeatMassage Parlor Owner
- 1974Police Woman
- 1974Harry O
- 1973Police StoryWoman Manager
- 1972Evil Roy SladeFlossie
- 1969Love, American StyleMrs. Winslow
- 1967The Carol Burnett ShowSelf
- 1967The Honey PotMerle McGill
- 1966The OscarTrina Yale
- 1966Made in ParisIrene Chase
- 1964The Best ManMabel Cantwell
- 1964The Hollywood PalaceSelf
- 1963Love with the Proper StrangerBarbie
- 1963It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad WorldMonica Crump
- 1963Under the Yum Yum TreeDr. Irene Wilson
- 1963The Danny Kaye ShowSelf
- 1963Call Me BwanaFrederica
- 1962The Lucy ShowNanette Johnson
- 1962The Merv Griffin ShowSelf
- 1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf
- 1961Lover Come BackRebel Davis
- 1961The Spiral StaircaseBlanche
- 1960The ApartmentMiss Olsen
- 1959Kovacs on MusicSelf
- 1959The Bell Telephone HourSelf
- 1958Kraft Music HallSelf
- 1957The Lucy–Desi Comedy HourEdie Adams
- 1957SuspicionGloria Chrystie
- 1957Tonight Starring Jack PaarSelf
- 1957CinderellaFairy Godmother
- 1956The Dinah Shore Chevy ShowSelf
- 1956Tony AwardsSelf - Performer
- 1956Showdown at Ulcer GulchWife of man in bar
- 1953General Electric TheaterSue Ellen
- 1951The Ernie Kovacs Show
- 1950The Colgate Comedy HourSelf
- 1950The Bob Hope ShowSelf
- 1950What's My Line?Self
- 1949Suspense
- 1948The Ed Sullivan ShowSelf
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