Imogene Coca
Actor
Born November 18, 1908 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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.
Filmography
Mel Brooks: Unwrapped
Self (archive footage)
In the Beginning: The Caesar Years
Self
Caesar's Writers
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood: The Movie
Roxy
Bobby's World
Buy & Cell
Reggie's Mother
Monsters
The Old Woman
The Little Match Girl
Self - Host
Papa Was a Preacher
Missy B
Alice in Wonderland
Cook
Moonlighting
Clara DiPesto
Nothing Lasts Forever
Daisy Schackman
National Lampoon's Vacation
Aunt Edna
Reading Rainbow
Self - Narrator (voice)
Mama's Family
The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies
Granny's Maw
The Big Show
Self
Trapper John, M.D.
A Special Sesame Street Christmas
Self
Rabbit Test
Madam Marie
Too Easy to Kill
Mrs. Bradshaw
Ten from Your Show of Shows
The Emperor's New Clothes
Princess Jane Klockenlocher (voice)
Night Gallery
Wife (segment "The Merciful")
Love, American Style
Doctor's wife
The Brady Bunch
The Carol Burnett Show
Self - Guest
It's About Time
Shad
Bewitched
The Hollywood Palace
Self
The Sound of Laughter
Miss Klutz (Ballerina)
Under the Yum Yum Tree
Dorkus Murphy
The Danny Kaye Show
Self
Promises! Promises!
Woman Under Hair Dryer (uncredited)
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
Shirley Temple's Storybook
Miss Clavel
Made in Heaven
Elsa Meredith
The Steve Allen Show
Self - Guest Performer
Tony Awards
Self - Nominee / Performer
General Electric Theater
Virginia Odell
This Is Your Life
Self
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self
The Bob Hope Show
Self
Your Show of Shows
Self - Regular Performer
What's My Line?
Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
Imogene Coca Screen Test