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Edie Adams
Acting
Born: April 16, 1927
Kingston, Pennsylvania, USA
Biography
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 stage and television, most particularly, Marilyn Monroe. Description above from the Wikipedia article Edie Adams, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Known For

The Apartment
as Miss Olsen

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
as Monica Crump

Lover Come Back
as Rebel Davis

Up in Smoke
as Tempest Stoner

The Best Man
as Mabel Cantwell

Love with the Proper Stranger
as Barbie

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

Under the Yum-Yum Tree
as Dr. Irene Wilson

The Seekers
as Flora Cato

Evil Roy Slade
as Flossie