Imogene Coca
Acting
Born November 18, 1908 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Biography
Imogene Fernandez de Coca (November 18, 1908 – June 2, 2001) was an American comic actress best known for her role opposite Sid Caesar on Your Show of Shows. Starting out in vaudeville as a child acrobat, she studied ballet and wished to have a serious career in music and dance, graduating to decades of stage musical revues, cabaret and summer stock. Finally in her 40s she began a celebrated career as a comedienne in television, starring in six series and guesting on successful television programs from the 1940s to the 1990s. She was nominated for five Emmy awards for Your Show of Shows, win…
Known For · 40 titles
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Mike Douglas Show
Tony Awards
The Bob Hope Show
The Merv Griffin Show
Trapper John, M.D.
Love, American Style
What's My Line?
Bewitched
The Carol Burnett Show
Moonlighting
The Steve Allen Show
Night Gallery
The Ed Sullivan Show
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Reading Rainbow
This Is Your Life
The Brady Bunch
Shirley Temple's Storybook
Danger
The Danny Kaye Show
Mama's Family
Monsters
Bobby's World
Your Show of Shows
National Lampoon's Vacation
The Hollywood Palace
Grindl
General Electric Theater
Alice in Wonderland
It's About Time
The Big Show
A Special Sesame Street Christmas
Television: The First Fifty Years
Under the Yum Yum Tree
Buy & Cell
Nothing Lasts Forever
Mel Brooks: Unwrapped
Made in Heaven
Rabbit Test