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Imogene Coca (November 18, 1908 - June 2, 2001)
was an American comic actress.

She was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the
daughter of José Fernandez de Coca, a conductor,
and his wife Sadie Brady, a dancer and magician's
assistant.

In her youth, she received piano, dance, and voice
lessons. She moved from Philadelphia to seek a
living as a dancer, starting in the chorus of the
Broadway musical When You Smile.  She came to be
featured as a headliner, appearing in Manhattan
nightclubs, with music arranged by her first
husband, Robert Burton. She came to prominence
when she began to combine music with comedy: her
first big critical success was in New Faces of
1934.  In the early days of live television she
played opposite Sid Caesar in a sketch comedy
program, Your Show of Shows, which was immensely
popular from 1950 to 1954. She also had, briefly,
her own series, The Imogene Coca Show. Her first
husband died in 1955.

In 1960 she married her second husband, actor King
Donovan. She made one final performance on the
Broadway stage as religious zealot Letitia
Primrose  in On the Twentieth Century, and was
nominated for a Tony Award. Her later years were
spent in relative solitude with only occasional
appearances guest-starring on television and in
small movie roles.  She died in Westport,
Connecticut.

==Broadway==
*When You Smile (1925)
*Garrick Gaieties (1930)
*Shoot the Works (1931)
*Flying Colors (1932)
*New Faces of 1934 (1934)
*Fools Rush In  (1934)
*New Faces of 1936 (1936)
*Who's Who (1938)
*The Straw Hat Revue (1939)
*All in Fun (1940)
*Concert Varieties (1945)
*The Girls in 509 (1958)
*On the Twentieth Century (1978)

==Filmography==
*Bashful Ballerina (1937) (short subject)
*Dime a Dance (1937) (short subject)
*They Meet Again (1941)
*Under the Yum Yum Tree (1963)
*Rabbit Test (1978)
*National Lampoon's Vacation (1983)
*Nothing Lasts Forever (1984)
*Papa Was a Preacher (1985)
*Buy & Cell (1989)

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Imogene Coca (November 18, 1908 - June 2, 2001)
was an United States|American comic actress.

She was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the
daughter of José Fernandez de Coca, a conductor,
and his wife Sadie Brady, a dancer and magician's
assistant.

In her youth, she received piano, dance, and voice
lessons. She moved from Philadelphia to seek a
living as a dancer, starting in the chorus of the
Broadway musical When You Smile.  She came to be
featured as a headliner, appearing in Manhattan
nightclubs, with music arranged by her first
husband, Robert Burton. She came to prominence
when she began to combine music with comedy: her
first big critical success was in New Faces of
1934.  In the early days of live television she
played opposite Sid Caesar in a sketch comedy
program, Your Show of Shows, which was immensely
popular from 1950 to 1954. She also had, briefly,
her own series, The Imogene Coca Show. Her first
husband died in 1955.

In 1960 she married her second husband, actor King
Donovan. She made one final performance on the
Broadway stage as religious zealot Letitia
Primrose  in On the Twentieth Century, and was
nominated for a Tony Award. Her later years were
spent in relative solitude with only occasional
appearances guest-starring on television and in
small movie roles.  She died in Westport,
Connecticut.

==Broadway==
*When You Smile (1925)
*Garrick Gaieties (1930)
*Shoot the Works (1931)
*Flying Colors (1932)
*New Faces of 1934 (1934)
*Fools Rush In  (1934)
*New Faces of 1936 (1936)
*Who's Who (1938)
*The Straw Hat Revue (1939)
*All in Fun (1940)
*Concert Varieties (1945)
*The Girls in 509 (1958)
*On the Twentieth Century (1978)

==Filmography==
*Bashful Ballerina (1937) (short subject)
*Dime a Dance (1937) (short subject)
*They Meet Again (1941)
*Under the Yum Yum Tree (1963)
*Rabbit Test (1978)
*National Lampoon's Vacation (1983)
*Nothing Lasts Forever (1984)
*Papa Was a Preacher (1985)
*Buy & Cell (1989)