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Iris Adrian (1912–1994)

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Sugar, Pepper, Pearl, Sunny, Goldie, Bubbles, all those are nicknames borne by petite actress Iris Adrian in several of the 160 movies she made. With such names, don't expect to see her playing Joan of Ark or Electra but it remains that all these pet names reflect her winning femininity, its sweetness... See full bio »

Born:

Iris Adrian Hostetter
in Los Angeles, California, USA

Died:

(age 82) in Hollywood, California, USA
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1978-1986 The Love Boat (TV series)
Emma Baxter / The Amazing Alonzo Groupie
– Hello Emily/The Tour Guide/The Winner Number (1986) … Emma Baxter
– Ship of Ghouls (1978) … The Amazing Alonzo Groupie
 
1980 Herbie Goes Bananas
Loud American Wife
 
1980 Murder Can Hurt You! (TV movie)
Candy Store Proprietor
 
1980 Trapper John, M.D. (TV series)
Caterer
– Have You Hugged Your Nurse Today? (1980) … Caterer
 
1978 Getting Married (TV movie)
Neighbor
 
1978 The Ted Knight Show (TV series)
Dottie
– The Honeymoon Game (1978) … Dottie
– Sweet Sixteen (1978) … Dottie
– The Wedding (1978) … Dottie
– Hop to It (1978) … Dottie
– My Hero (1978) … Dottie
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1976 Freaky Friday
Bus Passenger
 
1976 The Shaggy D.A.
Manageress
 
1976 Gus
Fan's Wife
 
1976 No Deposit, No Return
Housewife
 
1975 Phyllis (TV series)
Mrs. Sadowski
– Leaving Home (1975) … Mrs. Sadowski
 
1975 The Apple Dumpling Gang
Poker Polly
 
1970-1971 The Doris Day Show (TV series)
Mrs. Miggins / Roxie
– A Weighty Problem (1971) … Mrs. Miggins
– Buck Visits the Big City (1970) … Roxie
 
1971 Scandalous John
Mavis
 
1971 The Barefoot Executive
Woman Shopper
 
1971 Adam-12 (TV series)
Waitress
– Log 155: Internal Affairs - Blackmail (1971) … Waitress
 
1968 The Love Bug
Carhop
 
1968 The Odd Couple
Waitress
 
1967 The Lucy Show (TV series)
Hard Head Hogan
– Lucy Meets the Law (1967) … Hard Head Hogan
 
1965-1966 The Beverly Hillbillies (TV series)
Marita / Wife
– Clampett Cha Cha Cha (1966) … Marita
– Jed's Temptation (1965) … Wife
 
1966 Alice Through the Looking Glass (TV movie)
 
1965 That Darn Cat!
Mrs. Faber - Landlady
 
1965 Get Smart (TV series)
Mrs. Dawson
– The Day Smart Turned Chicken (1965) … Mrs. Dawson
 
1965 Green Acres (TV series)
Mrs. Bennett
– Lisa's First Day on the Farm (1965) … Mrs. Bennett
 
1965 Petticoat Junction (TV series)
Mary Sills
– There's No Business with Show Business (1965) … Mary Sills
 
1964 The Munsters (TV series)
The Woman
– Grandpa Leaves Home (1964) … The Woman
 
1953-1964 The Jack Benny Program (TV series)
Abby - Waitress / Iris / Member: The Landrews Sisters / …
– Amateur Night (1964) … Iris
– The Bob Hope Show (1962) … Weber's Secretary
– Modern Prison Sketch (1962) … Abby - Waitress
– Detective Story (1961) … Shoplifter
– Hillbilly Act (1958) … Ms. Adrian
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1964 Fate Is the Hunter
Woman (uncredited)
 
1964 Arrest and Trial (TV series)
Molly
– Modus Operandi (1964) … Molly
 
1963 Going My Way (TV series)
Mrs. Wojack
– A Tough Act to Follow (1963) … Mrs. Wojack
 
1961 The Errand Boy
Anastasia Anastasia, Actress
 
1961 Blue Hawaii
Enid Garvey
 
1961 The Detectives (TV series)
Millie
– Bad Apple (1961) … Millie
 
1958 The Buccaneer
Captain Brown's Frowsy Wench
 
1958 Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (TV series)
Ruby Page
– Counterfeit Ghost (1958) … Ruby Page
 
1957 The Helen Morgan Story
Louise Jensen - Secretary (uncredited)
 
1957 Sugarfoot (TV series)
Waitress
– Reluctant Hero (1957) … Waitress
 
1957 Carnival Rock
Celia
 
1956 The Lineup (TV series)
Sally McGraw
– The Deadwood Case (1956) … Sally McGraw
 
1956 So You Want to Be Pretty (short)
Mabel - Nurse (uncredited)
 
1956 Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV series)
Macey
– And So Died Riabouchinska (1956) … Macey
 
1955 So This Is Hollywood (TV series)
– The Achilles Heel of Pudge Heffledorfer (1955)
 
1955 The Fast and the Furious
Wilma Belding, Waitress
 
1954 So You Want to Know Your Relatives (short)
Bubbles LaVonne - Joe's First Wife (uncredited)
 
1954 Highway Dragnet
Dolly
 
1954 Crime Wave
Hastings' Girlfriend (uncredited)
 
1953 Take the High Ground!
Mrs. Butterfly (scenes deleted)
 
1953 Summer Theatre (TV series)
– Foo Young (1953)
 
1952 The Abbott and Costello Show (TV series)
Lady with Umbrella / Woman Who Slaps Lou
– Jail (1952) … Lady with Umbrella
– The Drugstore (1952) … Woman Who Slaps Lou
 
1952 Carson City
Saloon Girl in Fight (uncredited)
 
1952 Heebie Gee-Gees (short)
Wally's Wife
 
1952 Racket Squad (TV series)
– Three Ring Circus (1952)
 
1951 My Favorite Spy
Lola
 
1951 Varieties on Parade
Iris
 
1951 G.I. Jane
Lt. Adrian
 
1951 The Scarf
Floozy at Level Louie's Place
 
1951 Stop That Cab
Lucy
 
1950 Hunt the Man Down
Marie, McGuire's Neighbor (uncredited)
 
1950 Foy Meets Girl (short)
 
1950 Once a Thief
Pearl
 
1950 Hi-Jacked
Aggie
 
1950 Sideshow
Nellie
 
1950 Joe Palooka in Humphrey Takes a Chance
Miss Tuttle
 
1950 Blondie's Hero
Mae
 
1949 There's a Girl in My Heart
Lulu
 
1949 Bodyhold
Aggie (uncredited)
 
1949 Always Leave Them Laughing
Julie Adams
 
1949 Tough Assignment
Gloria (the moll)
 
1949 The Woman on Pier 13
Club Waitress (uncredited)
 
1949 Trail of the Yukon
Paula
 
1949 Mighty Joe Young
Gloria (uncredited)
 
1949 The Lovable Cheat
Madame Mercadet
 
1949 Flamingo Road
Blanche - Inmate of Women's Prison (uncredited)
 
1949 The Sky Dragon
Wanda LaFern
 
1949 My Dream Is Yours
Peggy (uncredited)
 
1949 Miss Mink of 1949
Mrs. McKelvey
 
1948 The Paleface
Pepper
 
1948 Out of the Storm
Ginger
 
1948 How to Clean House (short)
Isabella, The Maid
 
1948 Smart Woman
Newspaper Columnist (uncredited)
 
1947 The Trouble with Women
Rita La May
 
1947 Love and Learn
New Danceland Hostess (uncredited)
 
1947 Philo Vance Returns
Maggie McCarthy Blendon, aka Choo-choo Divine
 
1947 Fall Guy
Mrs. Sindell
 
1946 Cross My Heart
Miss Baggart
 
1946 Vacation in Reno
Bunny Wells
 
1946 The Bamboo Blonde
Montana Jones
 
1945 The Stork Club
Gwen
 
1945 Road to Alcatraz
Louise Rogers
 
1945 Steppin' in Society
Shirley
 
1945 Boston Blackie's Rendezvous
Martha
 
1945 It's a Pleasure
Wilma
 
1944 Alaska
Kitty
 
1944 Bluebeard
Mimi Robert
 
1944 The Woman in the Window
Streetwalker (uncredited)
 
1944 I'm from Arkansas
Doris
 
1944 The Singing Sheriff
Lefty
 
1944 Swing Hostess
Marge O'Day
 
1944 Once Upon a Time
Theatergoer (uncredited)
 
1944 Shake Hands with Murder
Patsy Brent
 
1944 Million Dollar Kid
Mazie Dunbar
 
1944 Career Girl
Glenda Benton
 
1943 His Butler's Sister
Sunshine Twin
 
1943 Spotlight Revue
Bernice
 
1943 Submarine Base
Dorothy
 
1943 Hers to Hold
Arlene
 
1943 Action in the North Atlantic
Jenny O'Hara (uncredited)
 
1943 Lady of Burlesque
Gee Gee Graham
 
1943 Taxi, Mister
Diner Waitress
 
1943 Ladies' Day
Kitty McClouen
 
1943 He's My Guy
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
 
1943 Calaboose
Gert, aka 'Ma', Sluggy's Moll
 
1943 The Crystal Ball
Mrs. Angela Martin (uncredited)
 
1942 Highways by Night
Blonde Chorine
 
1942 Orchestra Wives
Blonde in Bus Station (uncredited)
 
1942 Moonlight Masquerade
Contestant (uncredited)
 
1942 Broadway
Maisie
 
1942 Fingers at the Window
Babe Stanton (uncredited)
 
1942 Juke Box Jenny
Jinx Corey
 
1942 To the Shores of Tripoli
Okay's Girlfriend (uncredited)
 
1942 Rings on Her Fingers
Peggy
 
1942 Roxie Hart
'Two-Gun' Gertie Baxter
 
1941 I Killed That Man
Verne Drake
 
1941 Swing It Soldier
Dena Maxwellton
 
1941 New York Town
Toots O'Day (uncredited)
 
1941 Hard Guy
Goldie Duvall
 
1941 Sing Another Chorus
Francine La Verne
 
1941 Wild Geese Calling
Mazie
 
1941 Too Many Blondes
Hortense Kent
 
1941 Road to Zanzibar
French soubrette in cafe
 
1941 The Lady from Cheyenne
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
 
1941 Horror Island
Arleen Grady
 
1941 Meet the Chump
Switchboard Operator (uncredited)
 
1940 Go West
Mary Lou (uncredited)
 
1940 Meet the Wildcat
Jailhouse Blonde
 
1939 Back Door to Heaven
Sugar, Burlesque Dancer (uncredited)
 
1939 ...One Third of a Nation...
Myrtle
 
1937 Man to Man (short)
 
1936 Gold Diggers of 1937
Verna (uncredited)
 
1936 Our Relations
Alice
 
1936 Mister Cinderella
Lil, Maizie's Friend
 
1936 Lady Luck
Rita
 
1936 Stage Struck
Ms. LaRue (uncredited)
 
1936 One Rainy Afternoon
Cashier (uncredited)
 
1936 Murder at Glen Athol
Muriel Randel
 
1935 Grand Exit
Diane, First Secretary (uncredited)
 
1935 The Gay Deception
Gettel's Wife (uncredited)
 
1935 Stolen Harmony
Sunny Verne
 
1935 Rumba
Goldie Allen
 
1930 College Cuties (short)
Iris
 
1930 Don't Give Up (short)
 
1930 Midnight Daddies
Model (uncredited)
 
1930 The Freshman's Goat (short)
 
1930 Let's Go Native
Chorine (uncredited)
 
1930 Paramount on Parade
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
 
1930 Lord Byron of Broadway
Lady In The Audience (uncredited)
 
1930 The Vagabond King
Extra (uncredited)
 
1929 Whirls and Girls (short)
4th Girl (unconfirmed)
 
1928 Chasing Husbands (short)
 
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1949 Always Leave Them Laughing (performer: "You're Getting to Be a Habit with Me" 1932 - uncredited, "This Is Not Goodbye" 1949 - uncredited)
 
1948 The Paleface (performer: "Meetcha Round The Corner")
 
1947 The Trouble with Women (performer: "Trap That Wolf")
 
1946 The Bamboo Blonde (performer: "Right Along about Evening")
 
1944 Swing Hostess (performer: "Highway Polka")
 
1942 Juke Box Jenny (performer: "Swing To Mother Goose")
 
1941 Sing Another Chorus (performer: "Boogie Woogie Boogie Man")
 
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1968 The Hollywood Palace (TV series)
Herself - Sketch Actor
– Episode #5.18 (1968) … Herself - Sketch Actor
 
1967 Gypsy (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 15 June 1967 (1967) … Herself
– Episode dated 17 January 1967 (1967) … Herself
 
1964 That Regis Philbin Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #1.34 (1964) … Herself
 
1950 The Buick-Berle Show (TV series)
Herself - Comic Actress
– Episode #3.1 (1950) … Herself - Comic Actress
 
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2008 The Age of Believing: The Disney Live Action Classics (TV documentary)
 
1992 A Tribute to the Boys: Laurel and Hardy (TV movie)
 
1973-1982 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (TV series)
 
1949 Two Knights from Brooklyn
Diner Waitress (uncredited)
 

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The New Yorkers (1930). Music by Cole Porter. Material by Herbert Fields. Based on a Story by E. Ray Goetz and Peter Arno. Lyrics by Cole Porter. Music orchestrated by Hans Spialek. Musical Director: Al Goodman. Choreographed by George Hale. Directed by Monty Woolley. B.S. Moss's Broadway... See more »

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Alternate Names:

The Landrews Sisters

Height:

5' 4" (1.63 m)
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Suffered a broken hip during the January 17 1994 Northridge (California) earthquake and died of complications exactly eight months later. She was interred at Forest Lawn - Hollywood Hills Cemetery. See more »

Star Sign:

Gemini