Tony award winning actress and singer Edie Adams, died today in LA. She was 81
*RIP* Edie Adams, 81 Wife of Erine Kovacs
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What a loss! She was hysterical on the Ernie Kovacs Show!
beadsobleach
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Ms. Adams was left with a lot of debt because Ernie didn't believe in paying taxes, she refused offers from friends and paid it off herself, partly from the cigar ads. Remember her as the faith healer in "Tales of the City"? A classy Lady.
Ms. Adams was left with a lot of debt because Ernie didn't believe in paying taxes, she refused offers from friends and paid it off herself, partly from the cigar ads. Remember her as the faith healer in "Tales of the City"? A classy Lady.
Ah, yes, Tiparillo's! Cigar smoking will never be the same....
danemodsandy
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Breaking Radio Silence:
I have been quiet here, but this one is one I had to respond to.
I had the pleasure of being around Ms. Adams for a week back in 1969, when she appeared in our local summer stock theatre's production of I Do! I Do! with the late great Jack Cassidy. I was a kid trying to become part of the theatre, working as a lowly unpaid grunt called an apprentice, which I did for three of my high-school summers.
Ms. Adams was the most wonderful, professional, thoroughly nice person you could ever hope to meet. In a business where egos and bad manners often carry the day, Edie Adams was genuinely kind, warm-hearted, funny, and a pleasure to be around.
I never saw her again after that week, of course, but she's always had a soft spot in my heart because of how great she was to be around. I could tell you plenty of stories about stars who were drunks, idiots, supreme egotists, gambling addicts, you name it. I prefer to remember Edie Adams, and those like her.
I have been quiet here, but this one is one I had to respond to.
I had the pleasure of being around Ms. Adams for a week back in 1969, when she appeared in our local summer stock theatre's production of I Do! I Do! with the late great Jack Cassidy. I was a kid trying to become part of the theatre, working as a lowly unpaid grunt called an apprentice, which I did for three of my high-school summers.
Ms. Adams was the most wonderful, professional, thoroughly nice person you could ever hope to meet. In a business where egos and bad manners often carry the day, Edie Adams was genuinely kind, warm-hearted, funny, and a pleasure to be around.
I never saw her again after that week, of course, but she's always had a soft spot in my heart because of how great she was to be around. I could tell you plenty of stories about stars who were drunks, idiots, supreme egotists, gambling addicts, you name it. I prefer to remember Edie Adams, and those like her.
I always heard from summer stock alums that Anne Miller was a bitch on wheels.
A great old movie that featured Ms. Adams amongst others including a hysterical romp by Imogene Coca and Paul Lynde was "Under the Yum Yum Tree" with Jack Lemmon. Rent it. I'm glad to hear Edie was a peach--I always liked her and I was especially touched by her account of the last tv episode that Lucy and Desi did together where she was a guest star along with Mr. Kovacs.
A great old movie that featured Ms. Adams amongst others including a hysterical romp by Imogene Coca and Paul Lynde was "Under the Yum Yum Tree" with Jack Lemmon. Rent it. I'm glad to hear Edie was a peach--I always liked her and I was especially touched by her account of the last tv episode that Lucy and Desi did together where she was a guest star along with Mr. Kovacs.
nurdlinger
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It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World
Edie Adams shone in the role of Sid Caesar's trusting wife, flying in the rickety biplane and getting locked in the hardware store over the noon hour. A great comic actress.
Edie Adams shone in the role of Sid Caesar's trusting wife, flying in the rickety biplane and getting locked in the hardware store over the noon hour. A great comic actress.
danemodsandy
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Ann Miller:
I also was around Ann Miller that year, and I can only say that she was a very nice person, too. None of us got to know her very well, because she was painfully shy (more common among stars than you'd think), but she was extremely courteous, always thanking even the lowliest person for even the smallest thing that was done for her. I could tell you about some really rotten people - because there sure as hell were some - but I enjoy talking about people like Edie Adams, Ann Miller, Jack Cassidy, Debbie Reynolds, Sally Ann Howes, and Richard Kiley more. All of these people knew how fortunate they were, and shared their good fortune in the form of courtesy and encouragement of others.
I also was around Ann Miller that year, and I can only say that she was a very nice person, too. None of us got to know her very well, because she was painfully shy (more common among stars than you'd think), but she was extremely courteous, always thanking even the lowliest person for even the smallest thing that was done for her. I could tell you about some really rotten people - because there sure as hell were some - but I enjoy talking about people like Edie Adams, Ann Miller, Jack Cassidy, Debbie Reynolds, Sally Ann Howes, and Richard Kiley more. All of these people knew how fortunate they were, and shared their good fortune in the form of courtesy and encouragement of others.
laundromat
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RIP.Edie!
"There's more to a White Owl than just smoke!"
I'll always remember her on T.V. doing that cigar commercial!
"There's more to a White Owl than just smoke!"
I'll always remember her on T.V. doing that cigar commercial!
whirlcool
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And she was just luscious dressed up in that white feather outfit for the White Owl commercials too. It's hard to believe that she was 81!
veg-o-matic
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I only remember Edie doing commercials for Muriel cigars.
She was a businesswoman, too. Anyone remember the "Edie Adams Cut & Curl" chain of beauty salons?
veg
She was a businesswoman, too. Anyone remember the "Edie Adams Cut & Curl" chain of beauty salons?
veg
ptcruiser51
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Why don't you pick one up and smoke it sometime?
Yes, we had a Cut & Curl here in my town, I used to go there.
Also R.I.P is old-time game show host Jack Narz. He is the brother of also-host Tom Kennedy, but I never could see the family resemblance.
Yes, we had a Cut & Curl here in my town, I used to go there.
Also R.I.P is old-time game show host Jack Narz. He is the brother of also-host Tom Kennedy, but I never could see the family resemblance.
Maybe it was Muriel, I was thinking Tiparillo.
programcomputer
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Edie Adams sings......
This I feel sums up things quite well for her. I was just watching my copy of the Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour and saw this song last night. It always makes me tear up when I see it. Becasue It was the end of an era for television watching, Desi and Lucy were breaking up.
Most knew this then, and Edie herself knew it. The public really had no idea that the show would NOT go on. In an interview done after Lucy died, Edie recanted that she picked that song because it very well captured her voice.
She had no idea that it would make the entire cast cry. They then too. Knew that an end of an era was passing.
That's all Ms. Adams, That's all....
Chad
This I feel sums up things quite well for her. I was just watching my copy of the Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour and saw this song last night. It always makes me tear up when I see it. Becasue It was the end of an era for television watching, Desi and Lucy were breaking up.
Most knew this then, and Edie herself knew it. The public really had no idea that the show would NOT go on. In an interview done after Lucy died, Edie recanted that she picked that song because it very well captured her voice.
She had no idea that it would make the entire cast cry. They then too. Knew that an end of an era was passing.
That's all Ms. Adams, That's all....
Chad
