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Wednesday, February 28, 2024

Imogene Coca Recovered From a Car Crash to Get Tony Nod for “On the Twentieth Century”


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.