Imogene Coca
Birthday
1908/11/18
Day of death
2001/06/02 (92 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Also know as
Emogeane Coca
Biography
Imogene Fernandez de Coca (November 18, 1908 – June 2, 2001) was an American comic actress best known for her role opposite Sid Caesar on Your Show of Shows. Starting out in vaudeville as a child acrobat, she studied ballet and wished to have a serious career in music and dance, graduating to decades of stage musical revues, cabaret and summer stock. Finally in her 40s she began a celebrated career as a comedienne in television, starring in six series and guesting on successful television progr...Read more
Acting
(1983) National Lampoon's Vacation
as Aunt Edna
(1963) The Sound of Laughter
as Miss Klutz (Ballerina)
(1963) Under the Yum-Yum Tree
as Dorkus Murphy
(1987) The Little Match Girl
as Self - Host
(1981) Freddie the Freeloader's Christmas Dinner
as Molly - Bag Lady
(1978) Rabbit Test
as Madam Marie
(1986) Papa Was a Preacher
as Missy B
(1972) The Emperor's New Clothes
as Princess Jane Klockenlocher (voice)
(1981) The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies
as Granny's Maw
(1973) Ten from Your Show of Shows
as ---
(1975) Too Easy to Kill
as Mrs. Bradshaw
(1984) Nothing Lasts Forever
as Daisy Schackman
(1989) Buy & Cell
as Reggie's Mother
(1999) Television: The First Fifty Years
as Self (archive footage)
(2018) Mel Brooks: Unwrapped
as Self (archive footage)
(1937) Dime a Dance
as Esmeralda
(1978) A Special Sesame Street Christmas
as Self
(1963) Promises! Promises!
as Woman Under Hair Dryer (uncredited)
(1996) Hollywood: The Movie
as Roxy
(2012) In the Beginning: The Caesar Years
as Self
(1937) Bashful Ballerina
as Miss Klutz
(1956) Made in Heaven
as Elsa Meredith
(1979) Trapper John, M.D.
as ---
(1950) The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self
(1969) The Brady Bunch
as ---
(1985) Moonlighting
as Clara DiPesto
(1983) Mama's Family
as ---
(1966) It's About Time
as Shad
(1962) The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
(1970) Night Gallery
as Wife (segment "The Merciful")
(1964) Bewitched
as ---
(1953) General Electric Theater
as Virginia Odell
(1948) The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
(1988) Monsters
as ---
(1964) The Hollywood Palace
as Self
(1980) The Big Show
as Self
(1952) This Is Your Life
as Self
(1950) Your Show of Shows
as Self - Regular Performer
(1949) The Admiral Broadway Revue
as ---
(1963) Grindl
as Grindl
(1956) The Steve Allen Show
as Self - Guest Performer
(1948) Buzzy Wuzzy
as ---
(1985) Alice in Wonderland
as Cook
(1954) The Imogene Coca Show
as Host
(1956) Tony Awards
as Self - Nominee/Performer
(1990) Bobby's World
as ---
(1962) The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
(1950) The Bob Hope Show
as Self
(1983) Reading Rainbow
as Self - Narrator (voice)
(1967) The Carol Burnett Show
as Self - Guest
(1961) The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
(1950) What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest
(1963) The Danny Kaye Show
as Self
(1969) Love, American Style
as Doctor's wife
(1958) Shirley Temple's Storybook
as Miss Clavel