Actress, singer, and Muriel Cigar girl of countless TV commercials Edie Adams has died at 81. On Broadway, the cuddlesome Adams won a Tony for creating the role of Daisy Mae in the musical Li'l Abner. Though never a big movie star, in the 1960s she had roles in such films as The Apartment, Lover Come Back, Under the Yun Tum Tree, It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, Love with the Proper Stranger, The Best Man, The Oscar, and The Honey Pot. However, she will always have a special place in the hearts of many because of her marriage to Ernie Kovacs, which lasted from 1954 until his death in 1966. By all reports the marriage was a happy one, which would seem to indicate that Adams had a sense of humor, a tolerance for chaos and cigar smoke, and just a general inclination to put up with a lot, qualities that men will always find not just endearing but awe-inspiring in a beautiful woman.
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