Edie Adams was an American singer, Broadway, television, film actress, and comedienne.
Background
The family lived in Grove City for some years and spent a year in New York City before moving to Tenafly, New Jersey, where Edie finished high school. Edie's mother taught her how to sing and play the piano; mother and daughter were members of the Grove City Presbyterian church choir. Adams' grandmother, a seamstress, taught her how to sew. She made her own clothing beginning in the sixth grade and later had her own designer line of clothing, called Bonham, Inc.
Education
She earned a vocal degree from the Juilliard School of Music, then graduated from Columbia School of Drama. Edie also studied at the Actors Studio in New York and the Traphagen School of Fashion Design, where she became adept at designing and sewing. Initially, she could not decide whether to pursue a career in fashion design or music, so she tossed a coin with music being the winner.
Career
Adams began working regularly on television with comedian Ernie Kovacs and talk show pioneer Jack Paar.After Kovacs' death, his network, ABC, gave Adams a chance with her own show, Here's Edie, which received five Emmy nominations but nevertheless was on for only one season, 1963.
Filmography:
Showdown at Ulcer Gulch (1956)
The Apartment (1960)
Lover Come Back (1961)
Call Me Bwana (1963)
Under the Yum Yum Tree (1963)
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
Love with the Proper Stranger (1963)
The Best Man (1964)
Made in Paris (1966)
The Oscar (1966)
The Honey Pot (1967)
Up in Smoke (1978)
Racquet (1979)
The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood (1980)
Boxoffice (1982)
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There (2003)
Television:
Three to Get Ready (1951–1952)
Ernie in Kovacsland (1951) (a summer replacement show)
Kovacs On the Corner (1952) (canceled after 3 months)
The Ernie Kovacs Show (1952–1956)
Appointment with Adventure (1955)
The Guy Lombardo Show (1956)
Cinderella (1957)
The Garry Moore Show (1958)
The Gisele MacKenzie Show (1958)
The Pat Boone Chevy Showroom (1958)
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1958)
The Art Carney Show (1959-premiere)
Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour (1960)
Take a Good Look (panelist from 1960–1961)
The Spiral Staircase (1961)
Here's Edie (1963–1964)
Evil Roy Slade (1972)
Cop on the Beat (1975)
Superdome (1978)
Fast Friends (1979)
The Seekers (1979)
Kate Loves a Mystery (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)
Great Performances: Rodgers and Hammerstein's 'Cinderella' (2004) (TV series)