Imogene Coca

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Nationality: American
Birthdate: 11/18/1908
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Death Date: 06/02/2001

biography

This short, wiry, pliable, zany, and beloved revue comedienne and singer is best known for her years as the female regular on "Your Show of Shows" and for her seemingly unstoppable touring in stage performances throughout the US well into her eighties. Imogene Coca was the daughter of performers and was performing herself in vaudeville from an early age. She made her Broadway debut as a chorus girl in "When You're Smiling" in 1925 when she was 17, and in 1926, she was across the river in Brooklyn performing at Werba's in "Bubbling Over". For the next three decades, Coca appeared in one revue Continued

milestones

Year
Milestone
 
Performed as a dancer in vaudeville
1925 
New York debut as chorus girl, "When You Smile"
1926 
Appeared in the revue "Bubbling Over" in Brooklyn, NY
1937 
Film debut in the short "Bashful Ballerina"
1948 
TV debut in the variety series "Buzzy Wuzzy"
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