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Imogene Coca 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. In her 40s, she began a celebrated career as a comedian on television, starring in six series and guest starring on successful television programs from the 1940s to the 1990s.
Birth Name
Imogene Fernandez de Coca
Born
Wednesday, 18 November 1908
Died
Saturday, 02 June 2001
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Being Mary Tyler Moore | Self | 2023 |
The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart | Self | 2020 |
In the Beginning: The Caesar Years | Self | 2012 |
Excavating the 2000 Year Old Man | Self | 2012 |
Vegas: The City the Mob Made | Self - Comedienne | 2009 |
Pioneers of Television | Self | 2008 |
Imagine | Self | 2003 |
Television: The First Fifty Years | Self | 1999 |
Comic Relief VI | Self | 1994 |
The First Annual Comedy Hall of Fame | Self | 1993 |
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1988 | Emmy | Outstanding Guest Performer in a Drama Series | Nominated |
1954 | Emmy | Best Female Star of Regular Series | Nominated |