Everything about Edie Adams totally explained
Edie Adams (born
Elizabeth Edith Enke on
April 16,
1927) is an
American singer,
Broadway, television and film actress.
Born in
Kingston, Pennsylvania, Adams is a graduate of both the
Juilliard School of Music and the
Columbia School of Drama, and in 1950 was "Miss U.S. Television".
Career
Adams began her career in television working with comedian
Ernie Kovacs and talk show pioneer
Jack Paar. Kovacs and Adams married on
September 12,
1954, and remained together until his death in a car accident on
January 13,
1962. They had a daughter, Mia Susan, who was also killed in a car accident (in 1982), on the same stretch of highway, at the age of 22. 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 then 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 on
Designing Women.
Edie Adams married actor Marty Mills in 1964. He was the father of her son, Josh Mills, her surviving child. However, the marriage ended in divorce. Her most recent marriage was to noted trumpet player
Pete Candoli, which lasted from 1972 until their separation in 1977. They finally divorced 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 the Fairy Godmother in
Rodgers and Hammerstein's original 1957
Cinderella broadcast. She also played "Miss Olsen" in the 1960 film
The Apartment. Adams is one of the few surviving headliners from the all-star movie,
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, and in 2003, she joined actors
Marvin Kaplan and
Sid Caesar at 40th anniversary celebrations of the movie.
Filmography
TV appearances
Ernie in Kovacsland (1951) (canceled after 2 months)
The Ernie Kovacs Show (1952–1956)
Cinderella (1957)
Take a Good Look (panelist from 1960–1961)
Here's Edie (1963–1964)
Evil Roy Slade (1972)
Cop on the Beat (1975)
Superdome (1978)
Fast Friends (1979)
The Seekers (1979)
Make Me an Offer (1980)
Portrait of an Escort (1980)
A Cry for Love (1980)
The Haunting of Harrington House (1981)
As the World Turns (cast member in 1982)
Shooting Stars (1983)
Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter (1984)
Adventures Beyond Belief (1987)
Jake Spanner, Private Eye (1989)
Tales of the City (1993) (miniseries)Further Information
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