EDIE ADAMS - DRESS UNSIGNED - HFSID 282739
Price: $500.00
EDIE ADAMS
Form fitting shift designed by James Galanos, obtained from the estate of the
late Ernie Kovacs and his recently deceased widow, Edie Adams
Dress, unsigned. A brown, form-fitting shift, the label terminating in
placket with two large woven leather buttons, zipper closure at back center.
This dress, designed by James Galanos, was sold to Edie Adams by Amelia Gray,
owner of a boutique on Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles. It was part of the
Ernie Kovacs/Edie Adams estate. Singer and comedian EDIE ADAMS
(1927-2008), born Elizabeth Edith Enke in Kingston, Pennsylvania,
appeared on TV's popular Ernie Kovacs Show in the early 1950s, and
married Kovacs in 1954 (the couple was married until his death in 1962).
Known to television audiences for her commercials for Muriel Cigars, she
also appeared in several feature films, including The Apartment (1960)
and The Best Man (1964). Adams, who received a Tony Award as
Daisy Mae in Li'l Abner (1955), portrayed Mae West in a TV biography
of her late husband, Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter (1984). James
Galanos (b. 1925) was an award-winning fashion designer whose clients included
First Lady Nancy Reagan. Galanos' "ready to wear" dresses started at $300 in the
early 1960s. Fine condition.
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