Career
As Belle Clemens, she was the show"s reigning villainess for the last years of its run, stopping at almost nothing to destroy the life of the show"s leading heroine, Amy Ames. She reprised her role as Dina for three episodes on The Young and the Restless in 2008 when Katharine Chancellor was presumed dead. Right before joining The Young and the Restless, she stepped into the role of the scheming Myrna Clegg, on the defunct daytime drama Capitol after the departure of actress Carolyn Jones who had left for health reasons, prior to Marj Dusay, who remained until the end of the show"s run.
As Helen Mullin on Generations, she was involved in a storyline involving racism, although it was her character"s husband, Charles, who was the racist even though he was revealed to have a black mistress.
She was the third actress to play Beth Logan, Brooke (Katherine Kelly Language) and Donna"s (Carrie Mitchum, now Jennifer Gareis) mother on The Bold and the Beautiful (1991). In 1999, she appeared on Days of Our Lives as snooty Doctor Claire McIntyre.
Adams appeared on Broadway in the 1958 production of "The Visit" at the Morosco Theatre with Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne.