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Edie Adams

Stage Actress / Film Actress / Television Actress / Businesswoman | * 04/16/1927 († 81, 10/15/2008) | Kingston, Pennsylvania (United States of America (USA))
Edie Adams (born Edith Elizabeth Enke; April 16, 1927 – October 15, 2008) was an American comedian, actress, singer and businesswoman. She earned the Tony Award and was nominated for an Emmy Award. Adams was well known for her impersonations of sexy stars on stage and television, especially Marilyn Monroe. She was the frequent television partner of Ernie Kovacs, her husband. Adams founded two beauty businesses: Edie Adams Cosmetics and Edie Adams Cut 'n' Curl. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Comedies | Drama | Crime

Known for these Movies & Shows

A group of strangers come across a man dying after a car crash who proceeds to tell them about the $350,000 he buried in California. What follows is the madcap adventures of those strangers as each at ...

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

G

1963 | 3.5/5 | 2h 43min
Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime
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Bud Baxter is a minor clerk in a huge New York insurance company, until he discovers a quick way to climb the corporate ladder. He lends out his apartment to the executives as a place to take their mi ...

The Apartment

NR

1960 | 4.1/5 | 2h 5min
Comedy, Drama, Romance / Love
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Jerry Webster and Carol Templeton are rival Madison Avenue advertising executives who each dislike each other’s methods. After he steals a client out from under her cute little nose, revenge prompts ...

Lover Come Back

NR

1961 | 3.5/5 | 1h 47min
Comedy, Romance / Love
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An unemployed pot-smoking slacker and amateur drummer, Anthony Stoner ditches his strict parents and hits the road, eventually meeting kindred spirit Pedro de Pacas. While the drug-ingesting duo is so ...

Up in Smoke

R

1978 | 3.4/5 | 1h 26min
Comedy
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Awards & Nominations for Edie Adams

Theatre World Award Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical
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Movies with Edie Adams as Actress(32)

as herself2008 Inside 'The Apartment'
as Trina Yale in 'The Oscar' (archive footage)2008 Dreams with Sharp Teeth
as herself2003 Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
as herself1991 Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'
as Senior Club Member1989 Hoodwinked
as Mae West1984 Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter
as Hazel1983 Shooting Stars
as Rita Beater1980 The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood
as Tessie1980 A Cry for Love
as Francine Sherman1980 Make Me an Offer
as Mrs. Kennedy1980 Portrait of an Escort
as Leslie Sargent1979 Racquet
as Connie Burton1979 Fast Friends
as Flora Cato1979 The Seekers
as Mrs. Tempest Stoner1978 Up in Smoke
as Hooker1978 Tarzana
as Joyce1978 Superdome
as Massage Parlor Owner1975 Cop on the Beat
as Flossie1972 Evil Roy Slade
as Merle McGill1967 The Honey Pot
as Irene Chase1966 Made in Paris
as Trina Yale1966 The Oscar
as Mabel Cantwell1964 The Best Man
as Barbie1963 Love with the Proper Stranger
as Dr. Irene Wilson1963 Under the Yum-Yum Tree
as Monica Crump1963 It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
as Frederica1963 Call Me Bwana
as Blanche1961 The Spiral Staircase
as Rebel Davis1961 Lover Come Back
as Miss Olsen1960 The Apartment
as Fairy Godmother1957 Cinderella
as Wife of man in bar1956 Showdown at Ulcer Gulch

TV Shows/Series with Edie Adams as Actress(26)

as Ruby Miller1993 Tales of the City
as Kaye Sheppard1984 Murder, She Wrote
1980 Bosom Buddies
1979 Mrs. Columbo
1978 The Eddie Capra Mysteries
1978 Vega$
as Maureen Buell1977 The Love Boat
1974 Harry O
1974 Police Woman
1973 Police Story
as herself1967 The Carol Burnett Show
as Self - Singer1964 The Hollywood Palace
as herself1963 The Danny Kaye Show
as herself1962 The Merv Griffin Show
1962 The Lucy Show
as herself1962 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as herself1958 Kraft Music Hall
as Gloria Chrystie1957 Suspicion
as herself1957 The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
as herself1956 The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
as Sue Ellen1953 GE Theater
1951 The Ernie Kovacs Show
as herself1950 The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self - Mystery Guest1950 What's My Line?
1949 Suspense
as herself1948 The Ed Sullivan Show

Movies with Edie Adams as Crew(2)

Crew/Technical Advisor1984 Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter
Writing/Story1984 Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter

Full Name: Edie Adams
Born: Saturday, 04/16 1927 (April) in Kingston, Pennsylvania (United States of America (USA))
Died: Wednesday, 10/15 2008 (October) in Los Angeles (aged: 81)
Zodiac sign: Aries (Chinese zodiac sign: Rabbit)
Languages: French (FR)
Educated at: Juilliard School, Columbia University, Columbia University School of the Arts, Traphagen School of Fashion, Tenafly High School
Spouses (current/former): Pete Candoli, Ernie Kovacs
Other names for Edie Adams (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Edith Adams"
"Edith Elizabeth Enke"
Edie Adams frequently works together with these people:
Milton Berle (17x, Actor)
Red Buttons (17x, Actor)
Eddie Albert (15x, Actor)
Mickey Rooney (15x, Actor)
Jack Carter (15x, Actor)
Polly Bergen (15x, Actress)
Peggy Lee (14x, Actress)
Carol Channing (14x, Actress)
Van Johnson (13x, Actor)
Dick Martin (13x, Actor)
Shelley Berman (12x, Actor)
Rick McKay (6x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:116068, Added: 06/27/2018, Last updated: 04/12/2024