Edie Adams (April 16, 1927 – October 15, 2008) was an American singer, Broadway, television and film actress and comedienne. Adams, a Tony Award winner, “both embodied and winked at the stereotypes of fetching chanteuse and sexpot blonde.” She was well-known for her impersonations of female stars on stage and television, most particularly, Marilyn Monroe.
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Edie Adams Biography / Wiki
Name | Edie Adams |
Also Know | Edith Adams |
Gender | Female |
Known For | Acting |
Place of Birth | Kingston, Pennsylvania, USA |
Date of Birth | April 16, 1927 |
Age(as in 2023 Feb) | 81 |
Deathday | 2008-10-15 |
Edie Adams Acting Movies
Movie Name | Character | Release Date | Overview |
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There | Self | 2003-01-01 | Broadway: The Golden Age is the most important, ambitious and comprehensive film ever made about America’s most celebrated indigenous art form. Award… |
Superdome | Joyce | 1978-01-09 | It’s the biggest event of the year — the Super Bowl! But the star players for the Cougars, gathered in New Orleans for the big game, are preoccupied… |
The Seekers | Flora Cato | 1979-12-03 | This follow-up to “The Bastard” and “The Rebels” continues the account of Philip Kent’s life and career from his emigration to colonial Massachusetts … |
Dreams with Sharp Teeth | Trina Yale in ‘The Oscar’ (archive footage) | 2008-06-04 | The documentary story of Harlan Ellison… |
The Best Man | Mabel Cantwell | 1964-04-05 | The other party is in disarray. Five men vie for the party nomination for president. No one has a majority as the first ballot closes and the front-ru… |
Under the Yum-Yum Tree | Dr. Irene Wilson | 1963-10-23 | A love-struck landlord tries to convince a pretty tanant to dump her fiancé and give him a chance…. |
Love with the Proper Stranger | Barbie | 1963-12-25 | Angie Rossini, an innocent New York City sales clerk from a repressive Italian-American family, engages in a short-lived affair with a handsome jazz m… |
Call Me Bwana | Frederica | 1963-06-14 | A returning moon capsule goes off course and lands in Africa where a little-known tribe finds it. Washington sends Matthew Merriwether to recover it  |
Shooting Stars | Hazel | 1983-07-28 | Two television actors who play detectives are fired when the show’s star gets upset that they are getting the better parts to play. So, they decide to… |
Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to ‘It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World’ | Self | 1991-01-01 | A star-studded documentary and tribute to the classic comedy, It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World…. |
Fast Friends | Connie Burton | 1979-03-19 | A young divorcee struggles to provide for her young son and make a new life for herself in the backstage jungle of a TV talk show, becoming fast frien… |
Up in Smoke | Mrs. Tempest Stoner | 1978-05-16 | An unemployed pot-smoking slacker and amateur drummer, Anthony Stoner ditches his strict parents and hits the road, eventually meeting kindred spirit … |
Lover Come Back | Rebel Davis | 1961-12-20 | Jerry Webster and Carol Templeton are rival Madison Avenue advertising executives who each dislike each other’s methods. After he steals a client ou… |
Made in Paris | Irene Chase | 1966-02-09 | A pretty fashion buyer visiting Paris on business is courted by a famous designer. Boris Sagal’s 1966 romantic comedy stars Ann-Margret, Louis Jourdan… |
Racquet | Leslie Sargent | 1979-12-30 | Centred around a former tennis champ who swings with the girls and volleying straight sets with the rich and famous while set on owning his own tennis… |
Tarzana | Hooker | 1978-01-01 | A private detective takes on a strange case…. |
The Spiral Staircase | Blanche | 1961-10-04 | Based on the screenplay by Mel Dinelli, this story revolves around Helen Warren, a beautiful mute girl, who becomes the target of a mysterious killer … |
The Honey Pot | Merle McGill | 1967-05-21 | A millionaire fakes a terminal illness to fleece his former girlfriends…. |
Portrait of an Escort | Mrs. Kennedy | 1980-10-08 | Jordan West is a divorcée who moonlights at a professional dating service to make ends meet. But her secret job causes gossip among her neighbors and… |
A Cry for Love | Tessie | 1980-10-20 | Divorcee Susan Blakely, with no alimony and two kids to support, begins turning to amphetamines. While at her lowest ebb, she meets an alcoholic and t… |
Make Me an Offer | Francine Sherman | 1980-01-11 | Joyce Windsor is a woman who gets involved in the real estate game after the husband she helped put through law school dumps her. But she has to deal … |
Cinderella | Fairy Godmother | 1957-03-31 | Julie Andrews was nominated for an Emmy for portraying the titular scullery maid who finds true love with a prince in this legendary adaptation of one… |
Evil Roy Slade | Flossie | 1972-02-18 | Orphaned and left in the desert as an infant, Evil Roy Slade (John Astin) grew up alone—save for his teddy bear—and mean. As an adult, he is notor… |
Showdown at Ulcer Gulch | Wife of man in bar | 1956-01-01 | Short promotional film for a Saturday Evening Post sales convention…. |
The Oscar | Trina Yale | 1966-03-04 | An amoral lowlife accidentally stumbles into an acting career that sets him on a trajectory to Hollywood stardom. But everyone on whom he steps on the… |
Cop on the Beat | Massage Parlor Owner | 1975-05-06 | An aging street cop goes after a gang of toughs involved in several robbery-rapes on his beat in this pilot (a spin-off from “Police Story”) for the 1… |
Hoodwinked | Senior Club Member | 1989-11-15 | Burnt-out private dick Jacob Aloysius Spanner teams up with his brother to help an old adversary track down his one remaining loved one, his kidnapped… |
It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World | Monica Crump | 1963-11-07 | 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 t… |
Doris Day: It’s Magic | Herself | 1998-10-18 | When the cameras rolled, Doris Day wore a happy face, never hinting at the pain she endured in her personal life. This documentary brings viewers clos… |
Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter | Mae West | 1984-05-14 | This is a splendid little sleeper of a movie. Ernie Kovacs was one of the giants of early television. I think he would be pleased with the way Jeff Go… |
The Apartment | Miss Olsen | 1960-06-21 | 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 apart… |
Inside ‘The Apartment’ | Self | 2008-01-06 | A 2007 documentary on the making of “The Apartment.”… |
The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood | Rita Beater | 1980-06-04 | Xaviera Hollander has to navigate some sleazy studio politics to see the production of the film version of her memoirs…. |
Writing
Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter | Story | 1984-05-14 | This is a splendid little sleeper of a movie. Ernie Kovacs was one of the giants of early television. I think he would be pleased with the way Jeff Go… |
Other Info
Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter | Technical Advisor | 1984-05-14 | This is a splendid little sleeper of a movie. Ernie Kovacs was one of the giants of early television. I think he would be pleased with the way Jeff Go… |
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