Edie Adams
- Birthday
- Apr 16, 1927
Bio: Born Elizabeth Edith Enke, on April 16, 1927, in Kingston, PA, Edie Adams was a graduate of both the Juilliard School of Music and the Columbia School of Drama. She began her career in television, utilizing her singing and comedic talent as a regular on the popular Ernie Kovacs Show in the early '50s. Adams and Kovacs were married in 1955 and remained together… More Bio: Born Elizabeth Edith Enke, on April 16, 1927, in Kingston, PA, Edie Adams was a graduate of both the Juilliard School of Music and the Columbia School of Drama. She began her career in television, utilizing her singing and comedic talent as a regular on the popular Ernie Kovacs Show in the early '50s. Adams and Kovacs were married in 1955 and remained together until his death in 1962. Before appearing in films, she starred on Broadway in Wonderful Town (1953) and Li'l Abner (1956). Her first major film role was playing Miss Olsen in Billy Wilder's 1960 comedy The Apartment. The film work that followed cast Adams in mostly secondary roles that highlighted her talent for comedy and displayed her spirited presence. Other films include: Lover Come Back (1961), Call Me Bwana (1963), It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963), Under the Yum Yum Tree (1963), Love With the Proper Stranger (1963), The Best Man (1964), Made in Paris, The Oscar (1966), The Honey Pot (1967), Up in Smoke (1978), and Raquet (1979). Adams also appeared in the documentary Kovacs in 1971. She spent her last few decades making periodic guest appearances on such television programs as Designing Women, Fantasy Island and The Love Boat, and died of pneumonia and cancer in 2008. ~ Rovi
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Filmography
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Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There (2003)
- Actor
- 83%
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Adventures Beyond Belief (1987)
- Actor
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Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter (1984)
- Mae West
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Shooting Stars (1983)
- Actor
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Haunting of Harrington House (1982)
- Actor
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Edie Adams Videos
Up In Smoke
3 minutes 1 seconds
The Apartment
1 minutes 13 seconds
It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World
1 minutes 42 seconds
After The Thin Man
1 minutes 34 seconds
The Seekers
1 minutes 13 seconds
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