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Edie Adams (born Elizabeth Edith Enke) is an American singer and light comedienne who was born on April 16, 1927, in Kingston, Pennsylvania. She was a graduate of both the Juilliard School of Music and the Columbia School of Drama. She was "Miss U.S. Television" in 1950. In those early television days, she was known as Edith Adams.

She began her career in television working with comedian Ernie Kovacs. They married on September 12, 1954, and remained together until his sudden death in a car accident on January 13, 1962. They had a daughter who was also killed in a car accident (in 1982). Kovacs was a noted cigar smoker, and Edie did TV commercials for Muriel Cigars. She remained the pitch-lady for Muriel well after Kovacs' death, intoning in a Mae West style and sexy outfit, "Why don't you pick one up and smoke it sometime?" Another commercial showed the alluring Adams singing, "Hey, big spender, spend a little dime with me." A Muriel cigar cost a dime.

Kovacs' network, ABC, gave Edie a chance with her own show, Here's Edie, but it was a one-season casualty. Edie made sporadic appearances through the decades on television, including Designing Women.

Edie Adams was married to Marty Mills from 1964 until their divorce. He was the father of her son, Josh Mills, her surviving child. Her most recent marriage was to noted trumpet player, Pete Candoli, from 1972 until their divorce in 1989. They toured and performed together, with Candoli serving as her music director.

She starred on Broadway in Wonderful Town (1953) opposite Rosalind Russell, and in Li'l Abner (1956). She played "Miss Olsen" in the 1960 film comedy The Apartment and is one of the few surviving headliners from the all-star movie, It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963).

Filmography

Movies

• Boxoffice (1982) ... Carolyn
• The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood (1980) ... Rita Beater
• Racquet (1979) ... Leslie
• Up in Smoke (1978) ... Mrs. Tempest Stoner
• The Honey Pot (1967) ... Merle McGill
• The Oscar (1966) ... Trina Yale
• Made in Paris (1966) ... Irene Chase
• The Best Man (1964) ... Mabel Cantwell
• Love with the Proper Stranger (1963) ... Barbie (Barbara of Seville)
• It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963) ... Monica Crump
• Under the Yum Yum Tree (1963) ... Irene Wilson
• Call Me Bwana (1963) ... Frederica Larson
• Lover Come Back (1961) ... Rebel Davis
• The Apartment (1960) ... Miss Olsen
• Showdown at Ulcer Gulch (1956) ... Cameo appearance (Wife of man in bar)

Television

• Tales of the City (1993) (mini-series) ... Ruby Miller
• Designing Women (1990) ... Edie
• Jake Spanner, Private Eye (1989)
• Adventures Beyond Belief (1987) ... Flo
• Trapper John, M.D. (1985) ... Edie Marks
• Murder, She Wrote (1985) ... Kaye Sheppard
• Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter (1984) ... Mae West
• Shooting Stars (1983) ... Hazel
• As the World Turns (1982) ... Roseanne
• Fantasy Island (1981) ... Liz Fuller
• Vega$ (1981) ... Angela
• The Haunting of Harrington House (1981)
• Bosom Buddies (1980) ... Darlene
• A Cry for Love (1980) ... Tessie
• Portrait of an Escort (1980) ... Mrs. Kennedy
• Make Me an Offer (1980) ... Francine Sherman
• The Seekers (1979) ... Flora Cato
• Fast Friends (1979) ... Connie Burton
• Mrs. Columbo (1979) ... Joanne Houston
• Kate Loves a Mystery (1979) ... Joanne Huston
• The Eddie Capra Mysteries (1978)
• The Love Boat (1978) (2 episodes) ... Sharp Tongued Wife
• Superdome (1978) ... Joyce
• Police Woman (1978) ... Lorenza
• Rosetti and Ryan (1977) ... Evelyn Albert
• The Blue Knight (1976)
• Harry O (1976) ... Kate Roberti
• Joe Forrester (1975)
• Cop on the Beat (1975) ... Massage Parlor Owner
• McMillan and Wife (1972) ... Louise Montgomery
• Evil Roy Slade (1972) ... Flossie
• Love, American Style (1971)
• The Lucy Show (1968) ... Nanette Johnson
• The Dick Powell Show (1963) ... Model
• The United States Steel Hour (1960 - 1961) (2 episodes)
• General Electric Theater (1958) ... Sue Ellen
• Suspicion (1958) (as Edith Adams) ... Gloria Chrystie
• Cinderella (1957) (as Edith Adams) ... Fairy Godmother
• Appointment with Adventure (1955)
• Suspense (1954) (as Edith Adams)
• The Ernie Kovacs Show (1952) ... Regular
• Ernie in Kovacsland (1951) (as Edith Adams)

As technical advisor

• Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter (1984)

As herself

• Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There (2003)
• Biography (1998) (TV Episode)
• Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World' (1991) (TV)
• American Masters (????) (TV Episode)
• Ernie Kovacs: Television's Original Genius (1982) (TV)
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1970 - 1972) (5 episodes)
• Playboy After Dark (1970) (TV Episode)
• The Carol Burnett Show (1968 - 1969) (2 episodes)
• The Hollywood Palace (1965 - 1969) (4 episodes)
• The Jackie Gleason Show (1969) (TV Episode)
• The Dean Martin Show (1967) (TV Episode)
• What's My Line? (1956 - 1964) (4 episodes)
• Password (1963) (TV Episode)
• Here's Edie (1963) (TV Series)
• The DuPont Show of the Week (1961) (TV Episode)
• Take a Good Look (1960 - 1961) (TV Series)
• The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour (1960) (TV Episode)
• The Chevy Show (1959) (TV Series)
• Toast of the Town (1956 - 1958) (5 episodes)
• The Perry Como Show (1957) (TV Episode)
• I've Got a Secret (1956) (TV Episode)

External links

• erniekovacs.net an Ernie Kovacs Tribute Site

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