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These events were portrayed in the television movie Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter (1984), which garnered an Emmy Award nomination for its writer, April Smith. Kovacs was portrayed by Jeff Goldblum. Kovacs's first wife made a legal attempt to gain custody of her two daughters soon after his death.
Adams was well known for her impersonations of sexy stars on stage and television, especially Marilyn Monroe. [4] [5] [6] She was the frequent television partner of Ernie Kovacs, her husband. Adams founded two beauty businesses: Edie Adams Cosmetics and Edie Adams Cut 'n' Curl.
Sep 19, 2019 · Edie Adams' son Josh Mills reveals why her late husband Ernie Kovacs is forgotten in Hollywood despite comic achievements. Ernie Kovacs archivist Ben Model also shares how the late star...
Elizabeth Edith Enke (Edie Adams), actress, singer, comedienne: born Kingston, Philadelphia 16 April 1925; married 1954 Ernie Kovacs (died 1962; one daughter), 1964 Marty Mills (one son;...
May 10, 2024 · Edie Adams (born April 16, 1927, Kingston, Pennsylvania, U.S.—died October 15, 2008, Los Angeles, California, U.S.) was an American actor and singer who served as the comic foil for her husband, Ernie Kovacs, in his TV comedy-show sketches; she also spent more than two decades appearing as a sultry blonde beauty in Muriel cigar advertisements ...
Oct 16, 2008 · Actress and singer Edie Adams, a blond beauty who played the television foil to her husband, comedian Ernie Kovacs, has died. She was 81.
Kovacs married his first wife, a dancer named Bette, in 1945. Their daughters Bette Lee and Kippie were born in 1947 and 1949. Making ends meet with a wife, children, mortgage payments and a hectic lifestyle that included much time away from home as well as a lot of income-draining poker playing, put strains on the marriage, and in 1949 his ...
May 6, 2019 · Edie Adams was Ernie’s partner-in-crime on TV and in real life, becoming Mrs. Ernie Kovacs in 1954. She was on nearly all of Ernie’s TV shows but was also instrumental in helping Ernie with many of the business aspects of the shows.
Edie Adams -- Tony-winner, classically trained as a singer, and a gifted comedienne -- was probably best known as Ernie Kovacs's wife and widow. She was crowned Miss U.S. Television in 1950, winning a talent competition on the DuMont Television Network.
- April 16, 1925
- October 15, 2008
Oct 16, 2008 · The prize was an appearance in Minneapolis onstage with Milton Berle, which led to an appearance on his television show, which in turn led to her being featured on television with the cigar-smoking...
