Imogene Coca
Emogeane Coca
About the person
Career:
Acting
Date of birth:1908-11-18
Place of birth:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Gender:Female
Popularity:1
Date of death2001-06-02
92Biography
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
Rating by year
- Mel Brooks: UnwrappedSelf (archive footage)2018-02-176.47
- In the Beginning: The Caesar YearsSelf2012-11-130.00
- Television: The First Fifty YearsSelf (archive footage)1999-01-010.00
- Caesar's WritersSelf (archive footage)1996-08-199.01
- Hollywood: The MovieRoxy1996-01-014.65
- Bobby's World1990-09-086.9169
- Buy & CellReggie's Mother1989-01-275.511
- MonstersThe Old Woman1988-10-227.124
- The Little Match GirlSelf - Host1987-12-010.00
- Papa Was a PreacherMissy B1986-09-195.52
- Alice in WonderlandCook1985-12-096.937
- MoonlightingClara DiPesto1985-03-037.5399
- Nothing Lasts ForeverDaisy Schackman1984-09-066.331
- National Lampoon's VacationAunt Edna1983-07-297.11,745
- Reading RainbowSelf - Narrator (voice)1983-06-068.348
- Mama's Family1983-01-227.551
- Freddie the Freeloader's Christmas DinnerMolly - Bag Lady1981-12-135.44
- The Return of the Beverly HillbilliesGranny's Maw1981-10-065.85
- The Big ShowSelf1980-03-049.01
- Trapper John, M.D.1979-09-236.622
- A Special Sesame Street ChristmasSelf1978-12-086.76
- Rabbit TestMadam Marie1978-04-094.521
- Too Easy to KillMrs. Bradshaw1975-10-140.00
- Ten from Your Show of Shows1973-02-238.05
- The Emperor's New ClothesPrincess Jane Klockenlocher (voice)1972-02-216.52
- Night GalleryWife (segment "The Merciful")1970-12-167.8108
- Love, American StyleDoctor's wife1969-09-296.221
- The Brady Bunch1969-09-266.7161
- The Carol Burnett ShowSelf - Guest1967-09-117.769
- It's About TimeShad1966-09-115.97
- Bewitched1964-09-177.9741
- The Hollywood PalaceSelf1964-01-045.05
- The Sound of LaughterMiss Klutz (Ballerina)1963-12-175.02
- Under the Yum Yum TreeDorkus Murphy1963-10-236.130
- The Danny Kaye ShowSelf1963-09-257.04
- GrindlGrindl1963-09-156.03
- Promises! Promises!Woman Under Hair Dryer (uncredited)1963-08-014.816
- Shirley Temple's StorybookMiss Clavel1958-01-126.56
- The Steve Allen ShowSelf - Guest Performer1956-06-246.26
- The Imogene Coca ShowHost1954-10-028.01
- General Electric TheaterVirginia Odell1953-02-016.86
- This Is Your LifeSelf1952-10-016.513
- Danger1950-09-267.73
- The Colgate Comedy HourSelf1950-09-106.913
- Your Show of ShowsSelf - Regular Performer1950-02-257.34
- What's My Line?Self1950-02-027.029
- Dime a DanceEsmeralda1937-12-236.02
- Bashful BallerinaMiss Klutz1937-09-177.01