Edie Adams
Actor, Film actor
1927 – 2008
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Who was Edie Adams?
Edie Adams was an American businesswoman, singer, Broadway, television and film actress, and comedienne. Adams, an Emmy and Tony Award winner, "both embodied and winked at the stereotypes of fetching chanteuse and sexpot blonde".
She was well known for her impersonations of sexy stars on stage and television, especially Marilyn Monroe. She was the wife and frequent television partner of Ernie Kovacs until his death in a 1962 car accident.
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- Born
- Apr 16, 1927
Kingston - Also known as
- Elizabeth Edith Enke
- Edith Candoli
- Edythe Adams
- Edith Adams
- Edith Elizabeth Enke
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Pete Candoli
(1972/06/04 - 1988/08/28) - Ernie Kovacs
(1954/09/12 - 1962/01/13) - Martin Mills
(1964/08/16 - 1971/10)
- Pete Candoli
- Children
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Columbia University
- Juilliard School
- Actors Studio
- Died
- Oct 15, 2008
Los Angeles - Resting place
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park
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on July 23, 2013
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