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Imogene Coca
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Actor Born: November 18, 1908 in Philadelphia, PA Death: June 2, 2001 in Westport, CT Biography:When she began working with "Sid Caesar" in 1949, American actress "Imogene Coca" agreed to have her "official" birth date readjusted to 1920, so that she'd seem more a contemporary of Caesar. In truth, she was born in 1908, and was performing professionally while Caesar was still in knee pants. Feeling that she was not attractive by 1930s standards (though certainly so by the standards of the present), Coca realized early that she'd never be taken seriously as an actress or dancer; accordingly, she went the "Fanny Brice" route by lampooning the Classic Arts. Coca first caught the fancy of the public in Leonard Silleman's "New Faces of 1937" (co-starring with then-husband "Robert Burton"), in which she performed ballet parodies and heavy-drama lampoons. Also in 1937, Coca made her film debut in the 2-reel comedy Dime a Dance; the supporting cast included fellow up-and-comers "Danny Kaye", "June... Full Biography
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