Lost both her husband and her daughter to separate car accidents.

When her husband, Ernie Kovacs, died in a car accident, he owed the IRS several hundred thousand dollars in back taxes (he felt that the tax system was unfair, and simply refused to pay it). Edie Adams took it upon herself to pay the back taxes, refusing help from her celebrity friends, and appeared in television commercials and other television work to raise the money. After several years, the back taxes were fully paid off.

Patented a cigar holder-ring which she used in TV ads for Muriel Cigars in the 1960s. It was designed to show women that it was "ladylike" to smoke cigars.

Married Ernie Kovacs in Mexico City. The ceremony was presided over by former New York City mayor William O'Dwyer, and performed in Spanish, which neither Kovacs or Adams understood; O'Dwyer had to prompt each to say "Si" at the "I do" portion of the vows.

At age 15, Edie was the baton-twirling champion of Tenafly, New Jersey.

Miss U.S. Television 1950.

Won a custody battle over Kovacs' daughters, Betty and Kippie (from Kovacs' first marriage) after his death in 1962.

Her daughter, Mia Kovacs, was killed in a car crash in 1982.

Won Broadway's 1957 Tony Award as Best Supporting or Featured Actress (Musical) for her performance as Daisy Mae in "Li'l Abner".

Was the celebrity spokeswoman for Muriel Cigars for 19 years.

Studied at both the Juilliard School of Music and the Columbia School of Drama.

Has one son with husband Marty Mills: Josh Mills.

She almost turned down a role in It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963) because her husband, Ernie Kovacs, had died in a car accident a few months earlier. But she agreed to accept the role in order to help pay his debts. Ironically, the opening sequence of the film involves a fatal car crash that is witnessed by her character.

Following her death, she was interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills) in Los Angeles, California.

She was a lifelong registered Republican and a solid supporter of Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush.

Ex-stepmother of Tara Candoli and Carolyn Candoli.