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Imogene Coca

Imogene Coca
  • Name: Imogene Coca
  • Birthday: 1908-11-18
  • Also known as: Emogeane Coca
  • Place of birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
  • Popularity: 14.76
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, winning Best Actress in 1951 and singled out for a Peabody Award for excellence in broadcasting in... Read More

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Title Release date
Mel Brooks: Unwrapped   as  Self (archive footage) 2018-02-17
In the Beginning: The Caesar Years   as  Self 2012-11-13
Television: The First Fifty Years   as  Self (archive footage) 1999-01-01
Hollywood: The Movie   as  Roxy 1996-01-01
Buy & Cell   as  Reggie's Mother 1989-01-27
The Little Match Girl   as  Self - Host 1987-12-01
Papa Was a Preacher   as  Missy B 1986-09-19
Nothing Lasts Forever   as  Daisy Schackman 1984-09-06
National Lampoon's Vacation   as  Aunt Edna 1983-07-29
Freddie the Freeloader's Christmas Dinner   as  Molly - Bag Lady 1981-11-01
The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies   as  Granny's Maw 1981-10-06
A Special Sesame Street Christmas   as  Herself 1978-12-08
Rabbit Test   as  Madam Marie 1978-04-09
Too Easy to Kill   as  Mrs. Bradshaw 1975-10-14
Ten from Your Show of Shows 1973-02-23
Hans Christian Andersen's The Emperor's New Clothes   as  Princess Jane Klockenlocher (voice) 1972-02-21
The Sound of Laughter   as  Miss Klutz (Ballerina) 1963-12-17
Under the Yum-Yum Tree   as  Dorkus Murphy 1963-10-23
Promises! Promises!   as  Woman Under Hair Dryer (uncredited) 1963-08-01
Dime a Dance   as  Esmeralda 1937-12-23
Bashful Ballerina   as  Miss Klutz 1937-09-17