Imogene Coca

Acting

Imogene Coca

Born November 18, 1908 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Died June 2, 2001 · aged 92

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 care…

Known For

National Lampoon's VacationNational Lampoon's Vacation · 1983
National Lampoon's Vacation
★ 7.11983
MovieComedyAdventure
Clark Griswold is on a quest to take his family to the Walley World theme park for a vacation, but things don't go exactly as planned.
Nothing Lasts ForeverNothing Lasts Forever · 1984
Nothing Lasts Forever
★ 6.31984
MovieRomanceScience Fiction
An artist fails a test and is required to direct traffic in New York City's Holland Tunnel. He winds up falling in love with a beautiful woman, who takes him to the moon on a Lunar Cruiser.
The Return of the Beverly HillbilliesThe Return of the Beverly Hillbillies · 1981
The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies
★ 5.81981
MovieComedyTV Movie
Jed Clamplett and his backwoods family help solve an energy crisis in their own rustic ways for their Beverly Hills neighborhood they still cannot adjust to.
Under the Yum Yum TreeUnder the Yum Yum Tree · 1963
Under the Yum Yum Tree
★ 6.11963
MovieComedyRomance
A love-struck landlord tries to convince a pretty tenant to dump her fiancé and give him a chance.
The Emperor's New ClothesThe Emperor's New Clothes · 1972
The Emperor's New Clothes
★ 6.51972
MovieAnimationFamily
Two con men convince a king that they have woven for him a suit made of magical cloth that only stupid or incompetent people are unable to see. Not wanting to seem dull, everyone pretends to admire the king's new clothes although he is completely naked.
Buy & CellBuy & Cell · 1989
Buy & Cell
★ 5.21989
MovieComedy
Herbie Altman is framed for Stock fraud by his boss when the SEC starts investigating his company. Sent to prison, he helps a fellow inmate successfully invest his money. Soon all the inmates want his help. To manage all the money, he forms CON INC. and runs it from the prison under the noses of the warden and the guards. But when the IRS and SEC begin to investigate this successful company, it looks like he may be in trouble again
Papa Was a PreacherPapa Was a Preacher · 1986
Papa Was a Preacher
★ 5.51986
MovieDrama
Edwin Porter, a Methodist minister, is sent to a little church in the small town of Sterling, Texas, to try to save it from financial insolvency. The move is sudden and is complicated by the fact that Porter’s wife and eight children are all very comfortable in the large, successful church they have been serving in Dallas.
Hollywood: The MovieHollywood: The Movie · 1996
Hollywood: The Movie
★ 4.61996
MovieFantasyComedy
An ambitious filmmaker sets out to make an avant-garde film but soon learns the only way he can secure financing is if he shows Jessica Hahn's breasts. Also, two old women are magically transformed into young starlets.

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