Edie Adams

Edie Adams

Edie Adams (April 16, 1927 – October 15, 2008) was an American singer, Broadway, television and film actress and comedienne. Adams, an Emmy and 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 stage and television, most particularly, Marilyn Monroe She was the wife and frequent television partner ofErnie Kovacs until his death in a 1962 car accident.Adams was born as Edith Elizabeth Enke[1] in Kingston, Pennsylvania.,[1] the younger child and only daughter of Sheldon Alonzo Enke and his wife, Ada Dorothy (née Adams). She had an elder brother, Sheldon Adams Enke (June 28, 1922 – July 9, 2001). The family moved to nearby areas such as Shavertown, Grove City and Trucksville and spent a year in New York City before settling in Tenafly, New Jersey, where she finished high school. Ada Enke taught her daughter singing and piano; mother and daughter were members of the Grove City Presbyterian church choir.[5] Adams' grandmother, a seamstress, taught her how to sew. She made her own clothing beginning in the sixth grade and Adams would later have her own designer line of clothing, called Bonham, Inc

Edie Adams

Edie Adams

Edie Adams

Edie Adams

Edie Adams

Edie Adams

Edie Adams

Edie Adams

Edie Adams