---
name: "Imogene Coca"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/imogene-coca"
fi1m_id: "imogene-coca"
imdb_id: "nm0168042"
tmdb_id: 70089
wikidata_id: "Q1291067"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "18 November 1908"
died: "2 June 2001"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-04T18:25:35.061633+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Imogene Coca

## Identity

Imogene Coca

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/imogene-coca
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** imogene-coca
- **IMDb ID:** nm0168042
- **TMDB ID:** 70089
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1291067
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imogene_Coca, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1291067, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0168042/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/70089

Actor. Born 18 November 1908 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Died 2 June 2001.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 18 November 1908, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- **Died:** 2 June 2001
- **Active:** 1983–1985
- **Also known as:** Emogeane Coca
- **Average Fi1m score:** 76, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imogene_Coca, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1291067, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0168042/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/70089

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*National Lampoon's Vacation*](https://film.one/film/national-lampoons-vacation.md) (70)

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## Biography

Imogene Coca (born Emogeane Coca) was an American actress. She was born on 18 November 1908 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and died on 2 June 2001 in Westport, Connecticut.

She began performing in vaudeville as a child acrobat and studied ballet before moving into stage musical revues, cabaret and summer stock. In her forties she became known as a comedienne on television, starring in series including *Your Show of Shows* (1950–1954) opposite Sid Caesar.

Coca received five Emmy nominations for *Your Show of Shows*, winning Best Actress in 1951, and a Peabody Award in 1953. She earned a Tony Award nomination in 1978 for *On the Twentieth Century* and a sixth Emmy nomination for an episode of *Moonlighting* (1988). Her film roles included Aunt Edna in *National Lampoon's Vacation* (1983).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Moonlighting* (1985), Fi1m 82, as Clara DiPesto — [page](https://film.one/tv/moonlighting.md)
- *National Lampoon's Vacation* (1983), Fi1m 70, as Aunt Edna — [page](https://film.one/film/national-lampoons-vacation.md)

## Complete filmography (36)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Hollywood: The Movie* (1996), as Roxy
- *Bobby's World* (1990), series, Actor
- *Buy & Cell* (1989), as Reggie's Mother
- *Monsters* (1988), series, as The Old Woman
- *Papa Was a Preacher* (1986), as Missy B
- *Alice in Wonderland* (1985), series, as Cook
- *Moonlighting* (1985), series, as Clara DiPesto — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/moonlighting.md)
- *Nothing Lasts Forever* (1984), as Daisy Schackman
- *National Lampoon's Vacation* (1983), as Aunt Edna — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/national-lampoons-vacation.md)
- *Mama's Family* (1983), series, Actor
- *Freddie the Freeloader's Christmas Dinner* (1981), as Molly - Bag Lady
- *The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies* (1981), as Granny's Maw
- *Trapper John, M.D.* (1979), series, Actor
- *Rabbit Test* (1978), as Madam Marie
- *Too Easy to Kill* (1975), as Mrs. Bradshaw
- *Ten from Your Show of Shows* (1973), Actor
- *The Emperor's New Clothes* (1972), as Princess Jane Klockenlocher (voice)
- *Night Gallery* (1970), series, as Wife (segment "The Merciful")
- *Love, American Style* (1969), series, as Doctor's wife
- *The Brady Bunch* (1969), series, Actor
- *It's About Time* (1966), series, as Shad
- *Bewitched* (1964), series, Actor
- *The Sound of Laughter* (1963), as Miss Klutz (Ballerina)
- *Under the Yum Yum Tree* (1963), as Dorkus Murphy
- *Grindl* (1963), series, as Grindl
- *Promises! Promises!* (1963), as Woman Under Hair Dryer (uncredited)
- *Shirley Temple's Storybook* (1958), series, as Miss Clavel
- *Made in Heaven* (1956), as Elsa Meredith
- *The Imogene Coca Show* (1954), series, as Host
- *General Electric Theater* (1953), series, as Virginia Odell
- *Danger* (1950), series, Actor
- *The Admiral Broadway Revue* (1949), series, Actor
- *Buzzy Wuzzy* (1948), series, Actor
- *Dime a Dance* (1937), as Esmeralda
- *Bashful Ballerina* (1937), as Miss Klutz
- *Imogene Coca Screen Test* (1936), Actor

## Gallery

- ![Imogene Coca](https://film.one/media/person/469316/gallery-cb70122beb54.jpg) Imogene Coca — The Library of Congress, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/78/Detail%2C_%28Portrait_of_Imogene_Coca%2C_Caf%C3%A9_Society_%28Downtown%29%28%3F%29%2C_New_York%2C_N.Y.%2C_ca._June_1947%29_%28LOC%29_%284932354896%29_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Publicity photo of Imogene Coca and Billy Booth promoting the episode "Aunt Grindl" for the television series Grindl.](https://film.one/media/person/469316/gallery-8699e964d474.jpg) Publicity photo of Imogene Coca and Billy Booth promoting the episode "Aunt Grindl" for the television series Grindl. — It is unclear whether the production company Screen Gems (the studio which produced the television series Grindl) or NBC (the network which aired the series) distributed the press materials., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Grindl_Imogene_Coca_Billy_Booth_1964.jpg/1280px-Grindl_Imogene_Coca_Billy_Booth_1964.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Promotional photo of Imogene Coca and Sid Caesar from Your Show of Shows, 1952. This photo was produced prior to 1978 and has no copyright markings. The show wa](https://film.one/media/person/469316/gallery-0aaa24ee8300.jpg) Promotional photo of Imogene Coca and Sid Caesar from Your Show of Shows, 1952. This photo was produced prior to 1978 and has no copyright markings. The show wa — NBC

Uploaded by We hope at en.wikipedia, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/06/Coca_caesar_your_show_of_shows_1952.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Publicity photo of Imogene Coca and her husband, King Donovan. The couple was touring in a production of You Know I Can't Hear You When the Water's Running.](https://film.one/media/person/469316/gallery-4b7ada5c1fe2.jpg) Publicity photo of Imogene Coca and her husband, King Donovan. The couple was touring in a production of You Know I Can't Hear You When the Water's Running. — Andrews-Garner Attractions, Inc. This was the Denver booking company for the play.

Uploaded by We hope at en.wikipedia, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e1/Imogene_Coca_and_King_Donovan_1968.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Imogene Coca](https://film.one/media/person/469316/gallery-3b3d4786605b.jpg) Imogene Coca — Image via TMDB
- ![Imogene Coca](https://film.one/media/person/469316/gallery-cff32c492dcc.jpg) Imogene Coca — Image via TMDB
- ![at Oakdale, Bagel Art by Willie Evans (2013)](https://film.one/media/person/469316/gallery-5bebcd1c85c6.jpg) at Oakdale, Bagel Art by Willie Evans (2013) — Carl Lender, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Sam_Lender_%26_Imogene_Coca_%2810044969083%29.jpg/1280px-Sam_Lender_%26_Imogene_Coca_%2810044969083%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Lucy Award 1995: Lucy Award (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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