Edie Adams
Birthday
1927/04/16
Day of death
2008/10/15 (81 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Kingston, Pennsylvania, USA
Also know as
Edith Adams, Edith Elizabeth Enke
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
Acting
(1960) The Apartment
as Miss Olsen
(1963) It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
as Monica Crump
(1978) Up in Smoke
as Tempest Stoner
(1961) Lover Come Back
as Rebel Davis
(2008) Dreams with Sharp Teeth
as Trina Yale in 'The Oscar' (archive footage)
(1964) The Best Man
as Mabel Cantwell
(1967) The Honey Pot
as Merle McGill
(1957) Cinderella
as Fairy Godmother
(1963) Under the Yum-Yum Tree
as Dr. Irene Wilson
(1963) Love with the Proper Stranger
as Barbie
(1959) Kovacs on Music
as Self
(1966) The Oscar
as Trina Yale
(2003) Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
as Self
(1963) Call Me Bwana
as Frederica
(1998) Doris Day: It's Magic
as Self
(1984) Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter
as Mae West
(1966) Made in Paris
as Irene Chase
(1961) The Spiral Staircase
as Blanche
(1956) Showdown at Ulcer Gulch
as Wife of man in bar
(1978) Superdome
as Joyce
(1981) The Haunting of Harrington House
as Madame Zenia
(1979) Racquet
as Leslie Sargent
(1980) Make Me an Offer
as Francine Sherman
(1975) Cop on the Beat
as Massage Parlor Owner
(1972) Evil Roy Slade
as Flossie
(1983) Shooting Stars
as Hazel
(1989) Hoodwinked
as Senior Club Member
(1980) Portrait of an Escort
as Mrs. Kennedy
(1978) Tarzana
as Hooker
(1980) A Cry for Love
as Tessie
(1980) The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood
as Rita Beater
(1991) Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'
as Self
(1979) The Seekers
as Flora Cato
(2008) Inside 'The Apartment'
as Self
(1979) Fast Friends
as Connie Burton
(1979) Mrs. Columbo
as ---
(1950) The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self
(1962) The Lucy Show
as Nanette Johnson
(1980) Bosom Buddies
as ---
(1962) The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
(1948) The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
(1953) General Electric Theater
as Sue Ellen
(1974) Harry O
as ---
(1978) Vega$
as ---
(1974) Police Woman
as ---
(1973) Police Story
as ---
(1964) The Hollywood Palace
as Self - Singer
(1956) The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
as Self
(1949) Suspense
as ---
(1951) The Ernie Kovacs Show
as ---
(1976) The Practice
as ---
(1978) The Eddie Capra Mysteries
as ---
(1957) Tonight Starring Jack Paar
as Self
(1967) The Carol Burnett Show
as Self
(1956) Tony Awards
as Self - Performer
(1977) The Love Boat
as Maureen Buell
(1993) Tales of the City
as Ruby Miller
(1957) The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
as Edie Adams
(1959) The Bell Telephone Hour
as Self
(1962) The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
(1950) What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest
(1957) Suspicion
as Gloria Chrystie
(1963) The Danny Kaye Show
as Self
(1984) Murder, She Wrote
as Kaye Sheppard
(1958) Kraft Music Hall
as Self
(1969) Love, American Style
as Mrs. Winslow