This early television star survived a car crash to appear on Broadway in a hit musical.
by Rich Watson
Imogene Coca achieved her fame as an early television star. As a cast member of Sid Caesar’s Your Show of Shows, she earned five of her six Emmy nominations and helped pave the way for future TV comediennes such as Mary Tyler Moore, Bea Arthur, and Carol Burnett.
Coca also had a prosperous career in vaudeville and theater. Later in life she came back from a car crash to score a Tony-nominated role in a Broadway musical.
