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词条 Cecily Adams
释义

  1. Early life

  2. Career

  3. Personal life

  4. Filmography

     Film  Television  Deep Space Nine appearances 

  5. References

  6. External links

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| name = Cecily Adams
| image = Cecily Adams.jpg
| birth_name = Cecily April Adams
| birth_date = {{birth date|1958|2|6|mf=y}}
| birth_place = {{nowrap|Jamaica, Queens, New York, U.S.}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|2004|3|3|1958|2|6|mf=y}}
| death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.
| occupation = Actress, casting director, acting coach, lyricist
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| children = 1
| years_active = 1982–2004
| parents = Don Adams
Adelaide Efantis
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Cecily April Adams (February 6, 1958 – March 3, 2004) was an American actress, casting director, and lyricist.

Early life

Adams was born in Jamaica, Queens, New York, the daughter of comic actor Don Adams and singer Adelaide Efantis. Her siblings including her brother Sean, and her sisters Carolyn Steele, Christine Adams, Cathy Metchik, Paramount TV exec Stacey Adams and Beige Adams. She attended Beverly Hills High School, where she participated in acting, an activity she continued at the University of California at Irvine.[1]

Career

Adams studied improvisational comedy at the Groundlings and was a member of the Acme Comedy Theater in Los Angeles. She was also an acting coach.[1]

Adams is known for portraying the recurring character of Ishka (also known as "Moogie"), mother of the Ferengi brothers Rom and Quark, in four of her five appearances in the television series Deep Space Nine, replacing Andrea Martin. Adams was in fact nine years younger than Armin Shimerman, who played Quark, despite playing his mother.[2]

She appeared in guest roles on a variety of television series including Just Shoot Me!, Murphy Brown, and Party of Five, and with her father in his television series Check It Out! and television movie Get Smart Again. Adams played a lead role in the 1991 independent feature film Little Secrets.

Adams was also a lyricist, and with her collaborator David Burke wrote pop songs as well as commercial jingles and television theme songs.{{citation needed|date=April 2017}}

Adams worked in casting TV series such as Third Rock From the Sun and Eerie, Indiana, and features including American Heart (1992) and Home Room (2002). Until her death, she served as casting director for That '70s Show.[1]

Personal life

Adams was married to actor/writer Jim Beaver in 1989; their daughter[1][3] Madeline was born in 2001. Adams, though a non-smoker, died of lung cancer on March 3, 2004, at the age of 46, in Los Angeles, California. Her husband's memoir, Life's That Way, details her last few months. She was cremated and her ashes scattered at Fern Canyon in Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park, California, and at Franklin Canyon Park in Beverly Hills, California.[3]

Filmography

Film

  • Little Secrets (actress, casting director)
  • American Heart (casting director)
  • Who Framed Roger Rabbit (casting assistant)

Television

  • That 70s Show (casting director)
  • Just Shoot Me! (actress)
  • 3rd Rock from the Sun (casting director)
  • Deep Space Nine (actress)
  • Murder One (actress)
  • Party of Five (actress)
  • That 80s Show (casting director)
  • Eerie, Indiana (casting director)
  • Total Recall 2070 (actress)
  • Murphy Brown (actress)
  • Home Improvement (actress)
  • Melrose Place (actress)
  • The Equalizer (actress)
  • Check It Out! (actress)
  • Quincy, M.E. (actress)
  • Simon & Simon (actress)

Deep Space Nine appearances

  • "Ferengi Love Songs"
  • "The Magnificent Ferengi"
  • "Profit and Lace"
  • "The Dogs of War"
  • "What You Leave Behind" (unbilled cameo)

References

1. ^[https://variety.com/2004/scene/markets-festivals/cecily-adams-1117901661/ "Cecily Adams"]. Variety. March 12, 2004.
2. ^{{cite web | last=DeCandido | first=Keith | title=Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Rewatch: 'Ferengi Love Songs'| work=Tor.com | date=July 11, 2014 | accessdate=September 12, 2016 | url=http://www.tor.com/2014/07/11/star-trek-deep-space-nine-rewatch-ferengi-love-songs/}}
3. ^Beaver, Jim, Life's That Way. Putnam/Penguin Publishers, 2009

External links

  • {{IMDb name|id=0010820|name=Cecily Adams}}
  • {{AllMovie name|id=298269|name=Cecily Adams}}
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