Show 1 IN STEP WITH: I ® B' V JAMES BRADY Co©41 IMMO: 21112 BORN: Nov 18 1908 In "I stay fit but I'm practicing b) be a recluse" says Coca M- 71'1'°j—"k EFORE ROSEANNE BARR PERSONAL Married born Imogene Coca was a star— to Robert Burton 4e the funniest woman on television 1935-5- 6 married Imoknow we these Maybe days to King Donovan gene best as Chevy Chase's "Aunt 196047 Edna" who died during National STAGE HIGHLIGHTS: S Lampoon's Vacation andI was lashed Vaudeville debut at too to the roof of the car "I hated the t age 9 Bubbling part" Imogene says now "but Chevy and all of them Over1926 Garrick ‘111 l' show-bi- z P t were so nice" She broke into major-leagu- e Gaieties 1930 ? back in 1934 in a revue called New Faces—one of the Shoot the Works I other new faces was Henry Fonda Later from 1950 1931 New Faces t: through 1954 on Your Show of Shows every week on 1934 Straw Hat k TV Imogene and an inspired Sid Caesar became a ' rr -- -''2 - r Reyue1939 On national habit—wacky and wonderful the Twentieth A ''' 4 Recently someone told me that Imogene and Sid Century 1978 ' ' ' were reviving their act in a New York club (Michael's 5t! TV: Includes '1 i l'' I Pub) so strolled uptown one afternoon to visit her Admiral Broadway Imogene is a small neat woman with brown bangs Iterue1949 Your ie 4" j atop a pleasantly rubbery face She lives in a large 11 Show of Shows decorated itT' isn't she omi ' 4 remarked) exquisitely ("Cluttered Iv' 195054 The ! t 1411k apartment on the 19th floor of a posh building that Imogene Coca i - 1 ' ' very nearly has a view of the river but not quite Show 1954-5- 5 "I've never seen the Roseanne Barr show" she Crind4 196344 It's admitted "That must be on a night where they have a Abotd Time ft 196667 terribly good movie I've been on Carol Bumett's FILMS: Include show and I thought Lucy was marvelous but my 'I 1i &derma Yum Yum 'n Jo :Po 2 husband's favorite comedienne was Gracie Allen -i 1 Tree1963 National IP She was so feminine" ' Vacation Lampoons c iF At I asked about the great days at Your Show of Shows 4 1983 '1 ' "The show was on Saturday night" she said 4 ' 1 o $ Sunday everyone took off and went to 4 i- the country and then we met again Mon- t4 h day and there was a lot of yelling and 41 A Max Liebman the producer would ask if s L' ' 111V9 tti?1' anyone had written anything for next week 1'' C'4011110deredit I I WYW'Td IMMO" Ju1 r t'1f and no one had but Mel Brooks would ' "Ito" place 4 right on the et -say something funny and then they would Seedons Landing Mow :'1 :1(11 all go out to lunch But I didn't like going s ' Hawse S:gangusedcout psswi ' to lunch so I stayed behind and pretended I 4 4t ' to OY beau tv ch at I was the office girl and answered phones I guess Wswasinacferated ''‘"-A!'''and 1 away ' ier 1 1 ' I love answering phones so long as they're k 1 togyoutthis but lust what to do not for me" know NIL sod I didn't ‘ 4: i A Imogene also loves movies "Last night I with ashes US:ithal Ott nes had the worst insomnia" she said "so I spent riAddiA that a house and the night looking for an old movie I stay fit Blardyn had loved 011 but I'm practicing to be a recluse I don't go and King lust wed visited and the river the out much except to the theater And I've by I the tiger Kilos house So 110do up behind the gotten hooked on the soaps" I asked which made I one day ones "Starting at 11:30 and right through to went °Lather 1 Ellen's actually on 4" she said "You get so caught up There's lust 1 vsesn't sure the woods in went I this one girl who has murdered three people propetty and him around" and hasn't gotten her comeuppance yet But andwell I spread husband's adios I she's so adorable could have killed Dan your "You staKered it "Yes" Imagoes Rather one day during a crisis when he came theter I asked there in the on and I couldn't see the soaps And it wasn'tt 7-sa- smiling "right woods so" rrr74637117 even that great a crisis either" He liked the Philadelphia DD - t i 1:t (i ' ( I' 'It: ' 4' t '!1 tt :1 m le A ' ' we0at 'it :11 Nr sr i r 1 "V400 BRADY'S BITS )tA '"k - — a o r 'k ''"'''''T"''"""''1aall j j 4 f to 1" L i :14 14 - yi' t 1 ' ' A so -- 44 ' :(' ' - 4- i'- - S - els e :' ''' 4 ' V : ' A' )st 1: '': 11 ' P' '' ' -- Imogene Coca once Tv Is top funnylmman can be seen in -- a New York comedy show Tog ether Again" with Sid Caesar d g Woods watts-4- laZ6kikiiiiisagi I PAGE 12 RINE 10 1990 PARADE MARATJNE |