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Imogene Coca

1908 - 2001

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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 pursued 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. She was nominated for five Emmy Awards for Your Show of Shows, winning Best Actress in 1951 and singled out for a Peabody Award for excellence in broadcasting in 1953. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 21 in 2024). Imogene Coca is the 8,297th most popular actor (down from 8,089th in 2024), the 12,733rd most popular biography from United States (down from 11,986th in 2019) and the 3,858th most popular American Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Imogene Coca ranks 8,297 out of 13,578. Before her are Elsie Janis, Nobuyuki Hiyama, Carmel Myers, Adan Canto, Tom Burke, and Zhang Jingchu. After her are Erik Everhard, Lilian Bond, Sarah Butler, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Dorothy Davenport, and Lee Garlington.

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Among people born in 1908, Imogene Coca ranks 413. Before her are Billy Gonsalves, Antony Tudor, Raymond Scott, Jean Claessens, Vic Lindquist, and Jackie Fields. After her are Lilian Bond, Polly Ann Young, Harry Blackmun, Dennis O'Keefe, Eddie Hapgood, and Rufino Santos. Among people deceased in 2001, Imogene Coca ranks 334. Before her are G. N. Ramachandran, A. F. M. Ahsanuddin Chowdhury, Tony Ashton, Govan Mbeki, Les Brown, and Leon Wilkeson. After her are Régine Cavagnoud, Leamon King, Bertie Mee, Tom Kilburn, Fred Neil, and Abraham Beame.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Imogene Coca ranks 12,737 out of 20,380. Before her are Bernard Bailyn (1922), Andrew Jackson Downing (1815), Mitch Miller (1911), Austin Nichols (1980), Elsie Janis (1889), and Carmel Myers (1899). After her are Bill Wheatley (1909), Brian Lewis (1974), Sarah Butler (1985), Felix Grundy (1777), David Murray (1955), and Larry Johnson (1969).

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Among actors born in United States, Imogene Coca ranks 3,860. Before her are Michelle Hurst (1953), Billy Brown (1970), Michael Trevino (1985), Austin Nichols (1980), Elsie Janis (1889), and Carmel Myers (1899). After her are Sarah Butler (1985), Kimberly Williams-Paisley (1971), Dorothy Davenport (1895), Lee Garlington (1953), Vincent Kartheiser (1979), and Dorothy Provine (1935).

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