Edie Adams (April 16, 1927 - October 15, 2008)

At the moment this is being written it is October 16th, Edie Adams left us one day ago. This talented blonde singer made an incredible mark on film, television and Broadway. As the wife of comedian Ernie Kovacks she found a reliable comic partner but after his death she moved on and became an incredibly popular character actress in her own right. Even though she spent some time on Broadway the bulk of her career was spent on television. In the early 1950's she appeared along side her husband on "The Ernie Kovacs Show." During the 1963-1964 season she starred in her own variety show, "Here's Edie." As herself she appeared on such shows as "The Colgate Comedy Hour", "The NBC Comedy Hour", "The Steve Allen Show", "The Jack Paar Tonight Show", "The Perry Como Show", "Toast of the Town", "The Dinah Shore Chevy Show", "The DuPont Show of the Week", "Password", "What's My Line?", "I've Got a Secret", "The Dean Martin Show", "The Jackie Gleason Show", "The Mike Douglas Show", "The Carol Burnett Show", "The Bob Hope Show", "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson", "The Hollywood Squares" and "American Masters." In character she appeared on "Suspense", "General Electric Theater", "The Red Skelton Show", "The Dick Powell Show", "The Lucy Show", "Love, American Style", "McMillian & Wife", "Harry O", "Police Woman", "The Love Boat", "Mrs. Columbo", "Bosom Buddies", "Vega$", "Fantasy Island", "As the World Turns", "Murder, She Wrote", "Trapper John, M.D." and "Designing Women." In March of 1960 she and Ernie Kovacs were the guests on "The Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse Presents The Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Show." This episode would be the final time Lucy and Desi would work together. It aired on April 1, 1960. Adams also appeared in some films including It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World and The Honey Pot. Her passing is a great loss for the industry...as time goes on and more of these acting treasures leave us...a very special time in history will leave with them.

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