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Overview
Date of Birth:
Date of Death:
Mini Biography:
The scintillating, sultry-eyed blonde (formerly a redhead) star of screen... more
Trivia:
Her daughter, Mia Kovacs, was killed in a car crash in 1982. more
Awards:
Nominated for 3 Primetime Emmys.
Another
1 win
&
2 nominations
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NewsDesk:
(4 articles)
R.I.P. 2008: A Rough Year For Hollywood
(From Screen Rant. 5 January 2009, 3:56 PM, PST)
Actress Edie Adams Dead At 81
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 16 October 2008, 10:32 AM, PDT)
(From Screen Rant. 5 January 2009, 3:56 PM, PST)
Actress Edie Adams Dead At 81
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 16 October 2008, 10:32 AM, PDT)
Alternate Names:
Edith Adams
Filmography
Actress:
- "Great Performances" .... Fairy Godmother / ... (1 episode, 2004)
- Rodgers and Hammerstein's 'Cinderella' (2004) TV episode (also archive footage) .... Fairy Godmother / Herself - "Tales of the City" (1993) TV mini-series .... Ruby Miller
... aka Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City - "Designing Women" .... Edie (1 episode, 1990)
- La Place sans Souci (1990) TV episode .... Edie - "It's Garry Shandling's Show." .... Clair King / ... (2 episodes, 1989-1990)
- Chester Gets a Show (1990) TV episode .... Edie Adams-Stravely
- Dinner at Eddy King's House (1989) TV episode .... Clair King - Jake Spanner, Private Eye (1989) (TV)
... aka Hoodwinked
... aka The Old Dick - Adventures Beyond Belief (1987) (TV) .... Flo
... aka Neat and Tidy - "Trapper John, M.D." .... Edie Marks (1 episode, 1985)
- Muddle of the Knight (1985) TV episode .... Edie Marks - "Murder, She Wrote" .... Kaye Sheppard (1 episode, 1985)
- Capitol Offense (1985) TV episode .... Kaye Sheppard - Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter (1984) (TV) .... Mae West
- Shooting Stars (1983) (TV) .... Hazel
- "As the World Turns" (1956) TV series .... Roseanne (unknown episodes, 1982)
- Boxoffice (1982) .... Carolyn
- "CBS Children's Mystery Theatre" .... Madame Zenia (1 episode, 1981)
- The Haunting of Harrington House (1981) TV episode .... Madame Zenia - "Fantasy Island" .... Liz Fuller (1 episode, 1981)
- The Man from Yesterday/World's Most Desirable Woman (1981) TV episode .... Liz Fuller - "Vega$" .... Angela (1 episode, 1981)
- Sourdough Suite (1981) TV episode .... Angela - "Bosom Buddies" .... Darlene (1 episode, 1980)
- Pilot (1980) TV episode .... Darlene - A Cry for Love (1980) (TV) .... Tessie
- Portrait of an Escort (1980) (TV) .... Mrs. Kennedy
... aka Professional Date (USA: alternative title) - The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood (1980) .... Rita Beater
... aka Hollywood Blue (UK) - Make Me an Offer (1980) (TV) .... Francine Sherman
- The Seekers (1979) (TV) .... Flora Cato
- Racquet (1979) .... Leslie
- Fast Friends (1979) (TV) .... Connie Burton
- "Mrs. Columbo" .... Joanne Huston (1 episode, 1979)
... aka Kate Columbo (USA: alternative title)
... aka Kate Loves a Mystery
... aka Kate the Detective
- Word Games (1979) TV episode .... Joanne Huston - "The Eddie Capra Mysteries" (1 episode, 1978)
- How Do I Kill Thee? (1978) TV episode - "The Love Boat" .... Maureen Buell (2 episodes, 1978)
- Marooned: Part 1 (1978) TV episode .... Maureen Buell
- Marooned: Part 2 (1978) TV episode .... Maureen Buell - Up in Smoke (1978) .... Mrs. Tempest Stoner
... aka Cheech and Chong's Up in Smoke
... aka Cheech and Chong: Up in Smoke - Superdome (1978) (TV) .... Joyce
- "Police Woman" .... Lorenza (1 episode, 1978)
- Blind Terror (1978) TV episode .... Lorenza - "Rosetti and Ryan" .... Evelyn Albert (1 episode, 1977)
- Is There a Lawyer in the House? (1977) TV episode .... Evelyn Albert - "The Practice" .... Carlotta (1 episode, 1976)
- Carlotta (1976) TV episode .... Carlotta - "The Blue Knight" (1 episode, 1976)
- A Slower Beat (1976) TV episode - "Harry O" .... Kate Roberti (1 episode, 1976)
- Past Imperfect (1976) TV episode .... Kate Roberti - Cop on the Beat (1975) (TV) .... Massage Parlor Owner
... aka The Return of Joe Forrester - "Joe Forrester" (1 episode, 1975)
- The Return of Joe Forrester (1975) TV episode - "McMillan & Wife" .... Louise Montgomery (1 episode, 1972)
... aka McMillan (USA: sixth season title)
- Blues for Sally M (1972) TV episode .... Louise Montgomery - Evil Roy Slade (1972) (TV) .... Flossie
- "Love, American Style" .... (segment "Love and the Hotel Caper") (1 episode, 1971)
- 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) TV episode .... (segment "Love and the Hotel Caper") - "The Lucy Show" .... Nanette Johnson (1 episode, 1968)
... aka The Lucille Ball Show (USA: alternative title)
- Mooney's Other Wife (1968) TV episode .... Nanette Johnson - The Honey Pot (1967) .... Merle McGill
... aka It Comes Up Murder
... aka Mr. Fox of Venice
... aka The Honeypot (USA: alternative title) - "The Red Skelton Show" .... Lulu Trueblood / ... (2 episodes, 1959-1967)
... aka The Red Skelton Hour (USA: new title)
- Episode #16.21 (1967) TV episode .... Lulu Trueblood
- San Fernando in Alaska (1959) TV episode .... Ruby - The Oscar (1966) .... Trina Yale
- Made in Paris (1966) .... Irene Chase
- The Best Man (1964) .... Mabel Cantwell
... aka Gore Vidal's The Best Man (USA: complete title) - Love with the Proper Stranger (1963) .... Barbie
- It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963) .... Monica Crump
... aka It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (USA: promotional title) - Under the Yum Yum Tree (1963) .... Dr. Irene Wilson
- Call Me Bwana (1963) .... Frederica Larson
- "The Dick Powell Show" .... Model (1 episode, 1963)
... aka The Dick Powell Theatre (USA: new title)
- Thunder in a Forgotten Town (1963) TV episode .... Model - Lover Come Back (1961) .... Rebel Davis
- The Spiral Staircase (1961) (TV) .... Blanche
- "The United States Steel Hour" (2 episodes, 1960-1961)
... aka The U.S. Steel Hour (USA: alternative title)
- Private Eye, Private Eye (1961) TV episode
- The American Cowboy (1960) TV episode - The Apartment (1960) .... Miss Olsen
- "General Electric Theater" .... Sue Ellen (1 episode, 1958)
... aka G.E. Theater (USA: informal short title)
... aka G.E. True Theater (USA: new title)
- The Falling Angel (1958) TV episode .... Sue Ellen - "Suspicion" .... Gloria Chrystie (1 episode, 1958)
- If I Die Before I Live (1958) TV episode (as Edith Adams) .... Gloria Chrystie - Cinderella (1957) (TV) (as Edith Adams) .... Fairy Godmother
... aka Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella (USA: complete title) - Showdown at Ulcer Gulch (1956) .... Cameo appearance (Wife of man in bar)
- "Appointment with Adventure" (1 episode, 1955)
- The Royal Treatment (1955) TV episode - "Suspense" (1 episode, 1954)
- The Girl in Car Thirty-two (1954) TV episode (as Edith Adams) - "The Ernie Kovacs Show" (1952) TV series .... Regular (unknown episodes)
... aka Kovacs Unlimited
Miscellaneous Crew:
- Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter (1984) (TV) (technical advisor)
Soundtrack:
- Cinderella (1957) (TV) (performer: "Impossible; It's Possible", "The Wedding")
... aka Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella (USA: complete title)
Self:
- Inside 'The Apartment' (2008) (V)
- The Desilu Story (2003) (TV) .... Herself
- Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There (2003) .... Herself
... aka Broadway (USA: short title)
... aka Broadway: The Golden Age (USA: short title)
... aka Broadway: The Movie (USA: short title) - "Biography" .... Herself (4 episodes, 1998-2001)
- Jackie Gleason: The Great One (2001) TV episode .... Herself
- Spencer Tracy: Triumph & Turmoil (1999) TV episode .... Herself
- Doris Day: It's Magic (1998) TV episode .... Herself
- Ernie Kovacs: Please Stand By (1998) TV episode .... Herself - "American Masters" .... Herself (1 episode, 2000)
- Finding Lucy (2000) TV episode .... Herself - NY TV: By the People Who Made It - Part I & II (1998) (TV) .... Herself
- Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World' (1991) (TV) .... Herself / Monica Crump
- Ernie Kovacs: Television's Original Genius (1982) (TV) .... Herself
- ABC's Silver Anniversary Celebration (1978) (TV) .... Herself
- "The Hollywood Squares" .... Guest Appearance (4 episodes, 1969-1972)
- Episode dated 13 November 1972 (1972) TV episode .... Guest Appearance
- Episode dated 29 June 1970 (1970) TV episode .... Guest Appearance
- Episode dated 8 December 1969 (1969) TV episode .... Guest Appearance
- Episode dated 1 December 1969 (1969) TV episode .... Guest Appearance - "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" .... Herself (5 episodes, 1970-1972)
... aka The Best of Carson (USA: rerun title)
- Episode dated 30 October 1972 (1972) TV episode .... Herself
- Episode dated 11 September 1972 (1972) TV episode .... Herself
- Episode dated 10 July 1972 (1972) TV episode .... Herself
- Episode dated 6 December 1971 (1971) TV episode .... Herself
- Episode dated 17 August 1970 (1970) TV episode .... Herself - "Stand Up and Cheer" .... Herself (1 episode, 1971)
... aka Johnny Mann's Stand Up and Cheer (USA: complete title)
- Episode #1.14 (1971) TV episode .... Herself - The 25th Annual Tony Awards (1971) (TV) .... Herself - Performer
- "The Don Knotts Show" .... Herself (1 episode, 1971)
- Episode dated 23 March 1971 (1971) TV episode .... Herself - "The Bob Hope Show" .... Herself (2 episodes, 1963-1970)
- Bob Hope Looks at Women's Lib (1970) TV episode .... Herself
- Episode dated 13 March 1963 (1963) TV episode .... Herself - "Playboy After Dark" .... Herself (1 episode, 1970)
- Episode #2.16 (1970) TV episode .... Herself - The Don Adams Special: Hooray for Hollywood (1970) (TV) .... Herself
- "The Carol Burnett Show" .... Herself (2 episodes, 1968-1969)
... aka Carol Burnett and Friends (USA: repeat compilations title)
- Episode #2.27 (1969) TV episode .... Herself
- Episode #2.5 (1968) TV episode .... Herself - "The Hollywood Palace" .... Herself - Singer (4 episodes, 1965-1969)
- Episode #6.25 (1969) TV episode .... Herself - Singer
- Episode #4.17 (1967) TV episode .... Herself - Singer
- Episode #2.33 (1965) TV episode .... Herself - Singer
- Episode #2.19 (1965) TV episode .... Herself - Singer - "The Mike Douglas Show" .... Herself (1 episode, 1969)
- Episode dated 4 March 1969 (1969) TV episode .... Herself - "The Jackie Gleason Show" .... Herself (1 episode, 1969)
... aka The Color Honeymooners (USA: rerun title)
- Episode #3.13 (1969) TV episode .... Herself - "The Kraft Music Hall" .... Herself (1 episode, 1968)
- Episode dated 31 January 1968 (1968) TV episode .... Herself - "House Party" .... Herself (1 episode, 1967)
... aka Art Linkletter's House Party (USA: complete title)
... aka The Linkletter Show (USA: new title)
- Episode dated 18 April 1967 (1967) TV episode .... Herself - "The Dean Martin Show" .... Herself (1 episode, 1967)
... aka The Dean Martin Comedy Hour (USA: new title)
- Episode dated 16 March 1967 (1967) TV episode .... Herself - "I've Got a Secret" .... Celebrity Guest / ... (5 episodes, 1956-1966)
- Episode dated 19 September 1966 (1966) TV episode .... Herself - Guest Star
- Episode dated 26 April 1965 (1965) TV episode .... Guest
- Episode dated 21 September 1964 (1964) TV episode .... Herself/Celebrity Guest
- Episode dated 16 August 1961 (1961) TV episode .... Herself/Celebrity Guest
- Episode dated 25 July 1956 (1956) TV episode .... Guest Panelist - "What's My Line?" .... Mystery Guest (4 episodes, 1956-1964)
- Episode dated 19 April 1964 (1964) TV episode .... Mystery Guest
- Episode dated 21 July 1963 (1963) TV episode .... Mystery Guest
- Episode dated 11 August 1957 (1957) TV episode .... Mystery Guest
- Episode dated 9 September 1956 (1956) TV episode .... Mystery Guest - "Here's Edie" .... Herself (1 episode, 1963)
... aka The Edie Adams Show (USA)
- Episode dated 5 December 1963 (1963) TV episode .... Herself - "Password" .... Herself / ... (2 episodes, 1961-1963)
... aka Password All-Stars (USA: new title)
- Edie Adams vs. Robert Stack (1963) TV episode .... Panelist
- Edie Adams vs. Peter Lind Hayes (1961) TV episode .... Herself - "Here's Hollywood" .... Herself (1 episode, 1962)
- Episode dated 12 October 1962 (1962) TV episode .... Herself - Here's Edie (1962) (TV) .... Herself/Host
- "The DuPont Show of the Week" .... Herself (1 episode, 1961)
- The Wonderful World of Toys (1961) TV episode .... Herself - "Take a Good Look" (1959) TV series .... Herself - panelist (1960-1961)
- "The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour" .... Herself (1 episode, 1960)
... aka The Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Show
... aka We Love Lucy (USA: syndication title)
- Lucy Meets the Mustache (1960) TV episode .... Herself - American Cowboy (1960) (TV) .... Herself
- "The Bell Telephone Hour" .... Herself - Singer (1 episode, 1959)
... aka The Telephone Hour (USA: syndication title)
- Music of the West (1959) TV episode .... Herself - Singer - "The Dinah Shore Chevy Show" .... Herself / ... (9 episodes, 1957-1959)
... aka The Dinah Shore Show (USA: sixth season title)
- Episode #3.52 (1959) TV episode .... Herself
- Episode #3.26 (1959) TV episode .... Herself/Hostess
- Episode #2.39 (1958) TV episode .... Herself/Guest Host
- Episode #2.38 (1958) TV episode .... Herself/Guest Host
- Episode #2.37 (1958) TV episode .... Herself/Guest Host
(4 more) - "The Chevy Show" (1959) TV series .... Herself - Co-Host (unknown episodes)
- "The Garry Moore Show" .... Herself (1 episode, 1958)
- Episode #1.6 (1958) TV episode .... Herself - "Toast of the Town" .... Herself (5 episodes, 1956-1958)
... aka The Ed Sullivan Show (USA: new title)
- Episode #11.36 (1958) TV episode .... Herself
- Episode #10.26 (1957) TV episode .... Herself
- Episode #10.18 (1957) TV episode .... Herself
- Episode #9.38 (1956) TV episode .... Herself
- Episode #9.33 (1956) TV episode .... Herself - "The Gisele MacKenzie Show" .... Herself (1 episode, 1958)
- Episode #1.24 (1958) TV episode .... Herself - "The George Gobel Show" .... Herself (1 episode, 1957)
- Episode #4.8 (1957) TV episode .... Herself - "The Perry Como Show" .... Herself (1 episode, 1957)
... aka Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (USA: new title)
... aka The Chesterfield Supper Club
- Episode dated 26 October 1957 (1957) TV episode .... Herself - "Tonight Starring Jack Paar" .... Herself (1 episode, 1957)
... aka The Jack Paar Show (USA: new title)
... aka The Jack Paar Tonight Show (USA: new title)
- Episode dated 29 July 1957 (1957) TV episode .... Herself - "The Steve Allen Show" .... Herself - Guest (1 episode, 1957)
... aka The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (USA: new title)
- Episode #2.35 (1957) TV episode .... Herself - Guest - "The Walter Winchell Show" .... Herself (1 episode, 1956)
- Episode #1.8 (1956) TV episode .... Herself - "The NBC Comedy Hour" .... Herself - Actress (1 episode, 1956)
- Episode #1.2 (1956) TV episode (as Edith Adams) .... Herself - Actress - "The Colgate Comedy Hour" .... Herself - Singer (1 episode, 1955)
... aka Colgate Summer Comedy Hour (USA: summer title)
... aka Colgate Variety Hour (USA: sixth season title)
... aka Michael Todd Revue (USA: subtitle)
- Salute to George Abbott (1955) TV episode (as Edith Adams) .... Herself - Singer - "Coke Time" .... Herself (1 episode, 1953)
... aka Coke Time with Eddie Fisher
- Episode #1.22 (1953) TV episode (as Edith Adams) .... Herself - "Ernie in Kovacsland" .... Herself - Vocalist (1 episode, 1951)
- Episode #1.1 (1951) TV episode (as Edith Adams) .... Herself - Vocalist
Archive Footage:
- 15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2009) (TV) .... Herself - Memorial Tribute
- Cinerama Adventure (2002) (uncredited) .... Monica Crump (in "It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World")
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(1960s) TV commercials for Muriel cigars
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