Edie Adams
Personal Profile
Edie Adams
Family
Edie Adams
Spouse:
Ernie KovacsSon:
Josh Mills
Career
Edie Adams
Trivia
Edie Adams
- Edie remarried in 1964 to photographer Marty Mills, with whom she had a son, Josh. That union ended in divorce in 1971.
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- She also recalled her offbeat life with Kovacs in the book Sing a Pretty Song, which was published in 1990.
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- She remained committed to the end to restoring/preserving her late husband's videotapes and kinescopes of his ground-breaking 50s TV work.
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- Edie could still be seen from time to time on the stage in such shows as "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas," the female version of "The Odd Couple," "Hello, Dolly!" and "Nunsense".
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- She also took advantage of her famous impressions of Zsa Zsa Gabor and others appearing on various TV comedy formats.
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Biography
Edie Adams
Last Updated: Wednesday, September 23, 2009Born 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.
Filmography
Edie Adams
- The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There Wednesday, January 01, 2003
- Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There Wednesday, January 01, 2003
- Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There Wednesday, January 01, 2003
- Jake Spanner, Private Eye Sunday, January 01, 1989
- Adventures Beyond Belief Thursday, January 01, 1987
- Ernie Kovacs: Television's Original Genius Friday, January 01, 1982
- Boxoffice Friday, January 01, 1982
- Boxoffice Friday, January 01, 1982
- The Haunting of Harrington House Thursday, January 01, 1981
- The Oscar Saturday, January 01, 1966
- Ernie in Kovacsland Monday, January 01, 1951