Imogene Coca (born Emogeane 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. 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.
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Imogene Fernandez de Coca 18 November 1908 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA
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Died |
2 June 2001 (aged 92) Westport, Connecticut
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Zodiac | Scorpio |
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