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Cecily Adams
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- For the Buffy the Vampire Slayer character, Cecily Addams, see Halfrek.
| Cecily Adams | |
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| Born | February 6, 1958 Queens, New York |
| Died | March 3, 2004 (age 46) Los Angeles, California |
Cecily April Adams (February 6, 1958 – March 3, 2004) was born in Queens, New York, the daughter of sitcom actor Don Adams and singer Adelaide Efantis, and the sister of actress/TV executive Stacey Adams. She was married to actor/writer Jim Beaver; their daughter was born in 2001.
Adams is well-known to fans of Star Trek for portraying Ishka, mother of the Ferengi brothers Rom and Quark. Adams was in fact over nine years younger than Armin Shimerman - the actor who portrayed Quark, and was heavily made up to appear as an older woman.
She appeared in guest roles on a variety of TV shows including Just Shoot Me!, Murphy Brown, and Party of Five. She also worked as an acting coach and as a casting director, casting such shows as 3rd Rock from the Sun, That '70s Show, and Eerie, Indiana. She was a member of the prestigious Hollywood theatre company Theatre West. She died in Los Angeles, California of lung cancer at the age of 46.
- Cecily Adams at the Internet Movie Database
- Cecily Adams article at Memory Alpha, a Star Trek wiki.
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