Edie Adams

Edie Adams

April 16, 1927 · 99 years old

Edie Adams (April 16, 1927 – October 15, 2008) was an American singer, Broadway, television and film actress and comedienne. Adams, a Tony Award winner, "both embodied and winked at the stereotypes of fetching chanteuse and sexpot blonde." She was well-known for her impersonations of female stars on…

Known For

11 titles
1
The Apartment

The Apartment

1960 · 2h 5m · Movie

A Manhattan insurance clerk tries to rise in his company by letting its executives use his apartment for trysts, but office politics and his own romantic hopes complicate matters.

8.3
2
It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World

It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World

1963 · 3h 30m · Movie

Several different motorists witness a single car crash in the California desert and, after the driver's dying words indicate the location of a hidden stash of loot, turn against each other in a mad dash across the state to get to it.

7.5
3
Up in Smoke

Up in Smoke

1978 · 1h 26m · Movie

Stoner musicians Pedro DePacas and Anthony "Man" Stoner unknowingly smuggle a van - made entirely of marijuana - from Mexico to Los Angeles with incompetent Police Sergeant Stedenko hot on their trail.

6.9
4
Lover Come Back

Lover Come Back

1961 · 1h 47m · Movie

A series of misunderstandings leaves an advertising executive with a campaign for a product which has not yet been invented, while he romances his rival in the guise of its inventor.

7.1
5
Love with the Proper Stranger

Love with the Proper Stranger

1963 · 1h 42m · Movie

A salesclerk at Macy's department store finds herself pregnant after a one-night stand with a musician who does not even remember her.

7.2
6
The Honey Pot

The Honey Pot

1967 · 2h 30m · Movie

In Venice, a millionaire hires an actor to help him prank three greedy ex-girlfriends into thinking he's dying and leaving his fortune to one of them.

6.7
7
Under the Yum Yum Tree

Under the Yum Yum Tree

1963 · 1h 50m · Movie

A horny, love-struck landlord tries to convince a pretty young tenant to dump her fiancé and give him a chance.

6.0
8
The Oscar

The Oscar

1966 · 1h 59m · Movie

Arrogant Hollywood actor Frankie Fane is nominated for the Best Actor Academy Award. His friend Hymie Kelly recalls their life together, Frankie's ruthless struggle to the top, and the people Frankie has used and abused to get there.

5.2
9
Call Me Bwana

Call Me Bwana

1963 · 1h 33m · Movie

A returning moon capsule with vital information goes off-course and lands in Africa, where the little-known Ekele tribesmen find it. Washington orders African expert, Matthew Merriwether - an utter fraud and authority only on femi...

5.3
10
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There

Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There

2003 · 1h 51m · Movie

Interviews and archival footage are used to tell the story of post-war Broadway through the 1960s.

8.3
11
Racquet

Racquet

1979 · 1h 27m · Movie

Centred around a former tennis champ who swings with the girls and volleying straight sets with the rich and famous while set on owning his own tennis court.

3.4