EDIE ADAMS

(1927 - 2008) 81

TELEVISION ACTOR / SINGER

Wikipedia Profile

Tony-winning and Emmy-nommed actress and singer Edie Adams died Wednesday in West Hills, Calif., after a battle with cancer and pneumonia. She was 81. Full Article (Variety)

AWARDS

Emmy Awards (3 nominations):

• 1956-57: Continuing Performance: Commedienne, The Ernie Kovacs Show (Nominee)
• 1961-62: Variety Program/Series Performance, Here's Edie (Nominee)
• 1962-63: Variety Program/Series Performance, Here's Edie (Nominee)

Tony Awards (1 win, 1 nomination):

• 1956: Musical Featured Actress, Li'l Abner (Winner)

NOTED WORKS

For a full filmography, visit: Internet Movie Database Profile

Movies:

• Lover Come Back (1961)
• It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)
• Love with the Proper Stranger (1963)
• The Oscar (1966)

Television Series:

• Toast of the Town (1956-58)
• The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1957-59)
• What's My Line? (1956-64)
• I've Got a Secret (1956-66)
• Here's Edie (1963-64)
• The Hollywood Palace (1965-69)
• Hollywood Squares (1969-72)
• Various Guest Performances (1951-04)

Television Movies/Miniseries:

• Here's Edie (1963-64)
• Cinderella (1957)
• The Spiral Staircase (1961)
• Superdome (1978)
• The Seekers (1979)
• Jake Spanner, Private Eye (1989)

Theatre:

• Wonderful Town (1953)
• Li'l Abner (1956)