Edie Adams

Nominated for 3 Primetime Emmys. Another 1 win & 2 nominations See more awards »

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The Apartment (1960)

Here's Edie (1962)

Up in Smoke (1978)

It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)

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Actress (62 titles)

2004 Great Performances (TV series)
Fairy Godmother / Herself

– Rodgers and Hammerstein's 'Cinderella' (2004) … Fairy Godmother (also archive footage) / Herself (also archive footage)

1993 Tales of the City (TV mini-series)
Ruby Miller

– Episode #1.1 (1993) … Ruby Miller

1990 Designing Women (TV series)
Edie

– La Place sans Souci (1990) … Edie

1989-1990 It's Garry Shandling's Show. (TV series)
Clair King / Edie Adams-Stravely

– Chester Gets a Show (1990) … Edie Adams-Stravely

– Dinner at Eddy King's House (1989) … Clair King

1989 Jake Spanner, Private Eye (TV movie)

1987 Adventures Beyond Belief (TV series)
Flo

1985 Trapper John, M.D. (TV series)
Edie Marks

– Muddle of the Knight (1985) … Edie Marks

1985 Murder, She Wrote (TV series)
Kaye Sheppard

– Capitol Offense (1985) … Kaye Sheppard

1984 Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter (TV movie)
Mae West

1983 Shooting Stars (TV movie)
Hazel

1982 As the World Turns (TV series)
Roseanne

1982 Boxoffice
Carolyn

1981 CBS Children's Mystery Theatre (TV series)
Madame Zenia

– The Haunting of Harrington House (1981) … Madame Zenia

1981 Fantasy Island (TV series)
Liz Fuller

– The Man from Yesterday/World's Most Desirable Woman (1981) … Liz Fuller

1981 Vega$ (TV series)
Angela

– Sourdough Suite (1981) … Angela

1980 Bosom Buddies (TV series)
Darlene

– Pilot (1980) … Darlene

1980 A Cry for Love (TV movie)
Tessie

1980 Portrait of an Escort (TV movie)
Mrs. Kennedy

1980 The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood
Rita Beater

1980 Make Me an Offer (TV movie)
Francine Sherman

1979 A Man Called Sloane (TV series)
Chandler

– Lady Bug (1979) … Chandler

1979 The Seekers (TV movie)
Flora Cato

1979 Racquet
Leslie Sargent

1979 Fast Friends (TV movie)
Connie Burton

1979 Mrs. Columbo (TV series)
Joanne Huston

– Word Games (1979) … Joanne Huston

1978 The Eddie Capra Mysteries (TV series)
Claudia Carroll

– How Do I Kill Thee? (1978) … Claudia Carroll

1978 The Love Boat (TV series)
Maureen Buell

– Marooned/The Search/Isaac's Holiday: Part 1 (1978) … Maureen Buell

1978 Up in Smoke
Mrs. Tempest Stoner

1978 Superdome (TV movie)
Joyce

1978 Police Woman (TV series)
Lorenza

– Blind Terror (1978) … Lorenza

1977 Rosetti and Ryan (TV series)
Evelyn Albert

– Is There a Lawyer in the House? (1977) … Evelyn Albert

1976 The Practice (TV series)
Carlotta

– Carlotta (1976) … Carlotta

1976 The Blue Knight (TV series)

– A Slower Beat (1976)

1976 Harry O (TV series)
Kate Roberti

– Past Imperfect (1976) … Kate Roberti

1975 Cop on the Beat (TV movie)
Massage Parlor Owner

1975 Joe Forrester (TV series)

– The Return of Joe Forrester (1975)

1972 McMillan & Wife (TV series)
Louise Montgomery

– Blues for Sally M. (1972) … Louise Montgomery

1972 Evil Roy Slade (TV movie)
Flossie

1971 Love, American Style (TV series)
(segment "Love and the Hotel Caper")

– Love and the Anniversary Crisis/Love and the Conjugal Visit/Love and the Dream Burglar/Love and the Hotel Caper/Love and the Monsters (1971) … (segment "Love and the Hotel Caper")

1968 The Lucy Show (TV series)
Nanette Johnson

– Mooney's Other Wife (1968) … Nanette Johnson

1967 The Honey Pot
Merle McGill

1959-1967 The Red Skelton Hour (TV series)
Lulu Trueblood / Ruby

– Episode #16.21 (1967) … Lulu Trueblood

– San Fernando in Alaska (1959) … Ruby

1966 The Oscar
Trina Yale

1966 Made in Paris
Irene Chase

1964 The Best Man
Mabel Cantwell

1963 Love with the Proper Stranger
Barbie

1963 It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World
Monica Crump

1963 Under the Yum Yum Tree
Dr. Irene Wilson

1963 Call Me Bwana
Frederica

1963 The Dick Powell Theatre (TV series)
Model

– Thunder in a Forgotten Town (1963) … Model

1961 Lover Come Back
Rebel Davis

1961 Theatre '62 (TV series)

– The Spiral Staircase (1961)

1961 The Spiral Staircase (TV movie)
Blanche

1960-1961 The United States Steel Hour (TV series)

– Private Eye, Private Eye (1961)

– The American Cowboy (1960)

1960 The Apartment
Miss Olsen

1959 Art Carney Special (TV series)

– Small World, Isn't It? (1959)

1958 G.E. True Theater (TV series)
Sue Ellen

– The Falling Angel (1958) … Sue Ellen

1958 Suspicion (TV series)
Gloria Chrystie

– If I Die Before I Live (1958) … Gloria Chrystie (as Edith Adams)

1957 Cinderella (TV movie)
Fairy Godmother (as Edith Adams)

1956 Showdown at Ulcer Gulch (short)
Cameo appearance (Wife of man in bar)

1955 Appointment with Adventure (TV series)

– The Royal Treatment (1955)

1954 Suspense (TV series)

– The Girl in Car Thirty-two (1954) (as Edith Adams)

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Personal Details

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(1956) Stage: Appeared (as "Daisy Mae"; credited as Edith Adams) in "Li'l" Abner on Broadway. Musical comedy. Book by Norman Panama and Melvin Frank (also co-producers). Based on cartoon characters by Al Capp. Music by Gene de Paul. Lyrics by Johnny Mercer. Musical... See more »

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1 Print Biography | 5 Articles | See more »

Alternate Names:

Edith Adams

Height:

5' 6" (1.68 m)

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Did You Know?

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Here was this guy with the big moustache, the big cigar, and the silly hat. I thought, "I don't know what this is, but it's for me." (On falling in love with Ernie Kovacs). See more »

Trivia:

When her husband, Ernie Kovacs, died in a car accident, he owed the IRS several hundred thousand dollars in back taxes (he felt that the tax system was unfair, and simply refused to pay it). Edie Adams took it upon herself to pay the back taxes, refusing help from her celebrity friends, and appeared in television commercials and other TV work to raise the money... See more »

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Aries

Edie Adams (1927–2008)

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