Posted on 10/16/2008 12:56:51 PM PDT by martin_fierro
Tony-winning actress, TV star Edie Adams dies
By BOB THOMAS
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
LOS ANGELES -- Actress and singer Edie Adams, the blonde beauty who won a Tony Award for bringing Daisy Mae to life on Broadway and who played the television foil to her husband, comedian Ernie Kovacs, has died. She was 81.
Adams died Wednesday in a Los Angeles hospital from pneumonia and cancer, publicist Henri Bollinger said.
A graduate of Juilliard School of Music, Adams hoped to become an opera singer but instead went on to gain fame for her sketches with Kovacs and her pivotal roles in two top Broadway musicals.
For nearly two decades, she also was the sexy spokeswoman for Muriel cigars, singing and breathily cooing in TV commercials: "Why don't you pick one up and smoke it sometime?"
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RIP Ernie Kovacs’ wife.
She was one of a rare group, those who starred in It’s A Mad Mad Mad Mad Mad Mad World who were still living. Mickey Rooney, Johnathan Winters, and a few others remain.
Jack Lemmon was one of the trio.
Hey, thanks. I didn't know that. Interesting. I presume Ernie was one....and I wonder who the third was. Hmmmm.
Leni
Just saw her obit tonight. RIP. Now she and her beloved Ernie and Mia are reunited.
My uncle was a Consolidated Cigar regional manager in Dallas.
I met her once at his office when she was making the rounds. She had on the long black gown she sometimes wore on TV.
Surviving “It’s A Mad Mad Mad Mad World” castmembers:
The main cast:
Sid Caesar, 86
Mickey Rooney, 88
Jonathan Winters, 83 (next month)
Dorothy Provine, 71
The supporting cast:
Peter Falk (the cabbie), 81
Barrie Chase (Dick Shawn’s dancing g/f), 75 on Monday
Stan Freberg (Deputy Sheriff), 82
Louise Glenn (Chief Culpepper’s Daughter), Age ?
Marvin Kaplan (Irwin, one of the gas station attendants), 81
Carl Reiner (Rancho Conejo Tower Controller), 86
Arnold Stang (Ray, the other gas station attendant), 83
The uncredited:
John Clarke (Helicopter pilot), 76
Nicholas Georgiade (Detective at Smiley Grogan crash), 75
Jerry Lewis (Man who ran over the hat), 82
Bob Mazurki (the kid in the car with Phil Silvers), Age ?
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