Imogene Coca

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Imogene Coca (born November 18, 1908 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – died June 2, 2001 in Fairfield, Connecticut) born Imogene Fernandez de Coca was an Emmy-winning American comic actress. Her parents were veterans of the entertainment industry; her father, José Fernandez de Coca, was a conductor. Her mother, Sadie Brady, was a dancer and magician's assistant. <p>Coca took lessons in piano, dance, and voice as a child and while still a teenager moved from Philadelphia to New York City to become a dancer. She got her first job in the chorus of the Broadway musical When You Smile, and became a headliner in Manhattan nightclubs with music arranged by her first husband, Robert Burton. She gained prominence when she began to combine music with comedy; her first critical success was in New Faces of 1934. <p>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 briefly had her...Automatically Created from Freebase. Please help us give it a human touch by adding some events.