Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

Gender

Female

Birthday

1927-04-16

Deathday

2008-10-15 (81 years old)

Place of Birth

Kingston, Pennsylvania, USA

Also Known As

Edith Adams
Edith Elizabeth Enke

Edie Adams

Biography

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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Known For

8.2%

The Apartment

Jun 21, 1960

7.0%

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

Nov 7, 1963

6.7%

Up in Smoke

May 16, 1978

7.5%

Murder, She Wrote

Sep 30, 1984

6.3%

The Love Boat

Sep 24, 1977

6.9%

Lover Come Back

Dec 20, 1961

7.5%

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Oct 1, 1962

7.6%

The Carol Burnett Show

Sep 11, 1967

6.8%

Love with the Proper Stranger

Dec 25, 1963

6.5%

The Honey Pot

May 21, 1967

7.0%

The Lucy Show

Oct 1, 1962

7.3%

The Best Man

Apr 5, 1964

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Acting

2008		Dreams with Sharp Teeth as Trina Yale in 'The Oscar' (archive footage)
2008		Inside 'The Apartment' as Self

2003

Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There as Self

1998

Doris Day: It's Magic as Self

1993

Tales of the City as Ruby Miller

1991

Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World' as Self

1989

Hoodwinked as Senior Club Member

1984		Murder, She Wrote as Kaye Sheppard
1984		Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter as Mae West

1983

Shooting Stars as Hazel

1981

The Haunting of Harrington House as Madame Zenia

1980		Bosom Buddies
1980		A Cry for Love as Tessie
1980		Portrait of an Escort as Mrs. Kennedy
1980		The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood as Rita Beater
1980		Make Me an Offer as Francine Sherman

1979		Racquet as Leslie Sargent
1979		The Seekers as Flora Cato
1979		Fast Friends as Connie Burton
1979		Mrs. Columbo

1978		Vega$
1978		The Eddie Capra Mysteries
1978		Up in Smoke as Tempest Stoner
1978		Superdome as Joyce
1978		Tarzana as Hooker

1977

The Love Boat as Maureen Buell

1976

The Practice

1975

Cop on the Beat as Massage Parlor Owner

1974		Police Woman
1974		Harry O

1973

Police Story

1972

Evil Roy Slade as Flossie

1969

Love, American Style as Mrs. Winslow

1967		The Carol Burnett Show as Self
1967		The Honey Pot as Merle McGill

1966		The Oscar as Trina Yale
1966		Made in Paris as Irene Chase

1964		The Best Man as Mabel Cantwell
1964		The Hollywood Palace as Self - Singer

1963		Love with the Proper Stranger as Barbie
1963		It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World as Monica Crump
1963		Under the Yum-Yum Tree as Dr. Irene Wilson
1963		The Danny Kaye Show as Self
1963		Call Me Bwana as Frederica

1962		The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
1962		The Lucy Show as Nanette Johnson
1962		The Merv Griffin Show as Self

1961		Lover Come Back as Rebel Davis
1961		The Spiral Staircase as Blanche

1960

The Apartment as Miss Olsen

1959		Kovacs on Music as Self
1959		The Bell Telephone Hour as Self

1958

Kraft Music Hall as Self

1957		The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour as Edie Adams
1957		Suspicion as Gloria Chrystie
1957		Tonight Starring Jack Paar as Self
1957		Cinderella as Fairy Godmother

1956		The Dinah Shore Chevy Show as Self
1956		Tony Awards as Self - Performer
1956		Showdown at Ulcer Gulch as Wife of man in bar

1953

General Electric Theater as Sue Ellen

1951

The Ernie Kovacs Show

1950		The Colgate Comedy Hour as Self
1950		What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest

1949

Suspense

1948

The Ed Sullivan Show as Self

Crew

1984

Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter as Technical Advisor

Writing

1984

Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter as Story