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Don Adams Biography

Don Adams
  • Birth Name: Donald James Yarmy
  • Birth Place: New York, NY
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 04/13/1923, Aries
  • Date of Death: 09/25/2005
  • Profession: Actor; comedian
Don Adams Fast Facts:
  • Served in the Marines during World War II.
  • Started his career in show business as a stand-up comedian, and worked day jobs as a commercial artist and a cashier in order to provide for his family.
  • Won an Arthur Godfrey Talent Scouts competition in 1954.
  • Took the last name of his first wife, Adelaide Adams, because acting auditions were done alphabetically and he liked to go first.
  • Provided the voices for the cartoon characters Tennessee Tuxedo and Inspector Gadget.
    Don Adams Relationships:
  • Adelaide Efantis Adams - Ex-wife
  • Dorothy Bracken Adams - Ex-wife
  • Judy Luciano - Ex-wife
  • Carolyn Steele - Daughter
  • Christine Adams - Daughter
  • Catherine Metchik - Daughter
  • Sean Adams - Son
  • Beige Adams - Daughter
  • Gloria Burton - Sister
  • Stacey Adams - Daughter
  • Dick Yarmy - Brother
  • Cecily Adams - Daughter

  • Don Adams Awards:
  • 1966 Golden Globe: Actor in a Television Series - Nominee
  • 1966 Emmy: Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Comedy Series - Nominee
  • 1967 Emmy: Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Comedy Series - Winner
  • 1968 Emmy: Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Comedy Series - Winner
  • 1969 Emmy: Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Comedy Series - Winner

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