Adams, Lillian 1922-

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Adams, Lillian 1922-

PERSONAL

Born May 13, 1922.

Career:

Actress.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

Kiri Hawks, The Wild and the Innocent, Universal, 1959.

Mrs. Ellis, Tormented (also known as Tormented … by the She-Ghost of Haunted Island!), Allied Artists, 1960.

Mrs. Stein, A Majority of One, Warner Bros., 1961.

(Uncredited) Indian woman, Hemingway's "Adventures of a Young Man" (also known as Adventures of a Young Man and Ernest Hemingway's "Adventures of a Young Man"), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1962.

Theatregoer, Enter Laughing, Columbia, 1967.

Pate Katelin en Buenos Aires (also known as P. K. en Buenos Aires), 1969.

Voice of Rosa, Heavy Traffic (animated), American International Pictures/Orion, 1973.

Mama Meyer, Lepke, Warner Bros., 1975.

An Enemy of the People (also known as Danger Plante Earth), Warner Bros., 1978.

Bitsy's client, Half a House (also known as House Divided), First American Films, 1979.

Woman, Swap Meet, Dimension Films, 1979.

Tillie, The Jerk, Universal, 1979.

Blumenthal's secretary, The Hunter, Paramount, 1980.

Mrs. Goodman, Private Benjamin, Warner Bros., 1980.

Voice of Italian woman, Hey Good Lookin' (animated), Warner Bros., 1982.

Estelle, Hambone and Hillie, New World, 1984.

Grandma Eakian, Summer School, Paramount, 1987.

Aunt Estelle, Unstrung Heroes, Buena Vista, 1995.

Grandmother, Resculpting Venus, 1999.

Sonya, Foreign Correspondents, Creative Light Entertainment, 1999.

Jack's mother, Anywhere but Here, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1999.

Donnie's old neighbor, Magnolia (also known as magno'li-a), New Line Cinema, 1999.

University teller, Dean Quixote, Large Door Productions, 2000.

Gracie, Attention Shoppers, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Home Entertainment, 2000.

Old lady at game, Little Nicky, New Line Cinema, 2000.

Selma, Today I Vote for My Joey, 2002.

Aunt Frida, The Sweetest Thing, Columbia, 2002.

Aunt Speed, Kiss the Bride, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Home Entertainment, 2002.

Mama Kowolski, Bruce Almighty, Universal, 2003.

Mrs. Goldfarb, Love for Rent (also known as Amor en alquiler), MiamiLA Entertainment, 2005.

Audience member, The TV Set, ThinkFilm, 2006.

Crazy old lady, Bar Starz, Corner Stone Pictures/OBX Productions, 2007.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Beatrice, Good Against Evil, ABC, 1977.

First older lady, Beach Patrol, ABC, 1979.

Marie Bianca, Marian Rose White, CBS, 1982.

Landlady, Dying to Love You (also known as Lethal White Female), CBS, 1993.

Television Appearances; Pilots:

Mrs. Lewis, Love on a Rooftop, 1966.

Nurse, The Immortal, ABC, 1969.

Sylvia, Bring Me the Head of Dobie Gillis, CBS, 1988.

First passenger, Temporarily Yours (also known as Temp Yours, Temp Mine), CBS, 1997.

Fan, I'm With Her, ABC, 2003.

Mabel, Fur on the Asphalt: The Greg the Bunny Reunion Show, Independent Film Channel, 2005.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Mrs. Schwartz, "Pssst! Hammerman's After You," ABC Afterschool Special, ABC, 1974.

Edie, Public Enemy Number 2, Showtime, 1991.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Roza Zambetti, "The Last Witness," Letter to Loretta (also known as The Loretta Young Show and The Loretta Young Theatre), NBC, 1958.

Mrs. Karoly, "The Gift," Steve Canyon, NBC, 1958.

Goldie, "Crown of Silla," Richard Diamond, Private Detective (also known as Call Mr. D.), CBS, 1959.

"The Captive of Tremblor," The Rebel, ABC, 1960.

Mrs. Hammer, "Pipes Are Pipes," Harrigan and Son, ABC, 1960.

Mrs. Kilcheck, "Max Remembers Papa," Hennesey, CBS, 1961.

"Imagine a Long Bright Corridor," Ben Casey, ABC, 1962.

Dix's mother, "Nightmare," The Outer Limits, ABC, 1963.

June Keller, "The Light that Loses, the Night that Wins," Ben Casey, ABC, 1964.

Mrs. Simmons, "Francini? Who Is Francini?," Ben Casey, ABC, 1965.

Maid, "He Who Has Ears, Let Him Bug Somebody Else," Slattery's People, CBS, 1965.

Mrs. Daley, "Now There's a Face," Gidget, ABC, 1965.

Store owner, "The 2130," The Fugitive, ABC, 1966.

Mrs. Mariani, "The Thursday Man," Family Affair, CBS, 1966.

Mrs. DeKoyen, "A Noose Is Waiting," The Big Valley, ABC, 1967.

Mother Maria, "The Big Clan," Dragnet 1967 (also known as Dragnet and Dragnet 1968), NBC, 1968.

"The Cost of a Vacation," Mannix, CBS, 1967.

"Eight to Five, It's a Miracle," Mannix, CBS, 1968.

Mama Lombardi, "Arrivederci, Gomer," Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., CBS, 1968.

Mama Kovach, "Love and Goulash," Gomer Pyle, U.S. M.C., CBS, 1968.

Grandma, "The Rabbi and the Nun," The Flying Nun, ABC, 1968.

Amalia Ramirez, "How to Be a Spanish Grandmother," The Flying Nun, ABC, 1968.

Nurse Lois, "A Matter of Love and Death," Ironside (also known as The Raymond Burr Show), NBC, 1969.

Mrs. Stern, "Fix My Screen and Bug Out," That Girl, ABC, 1969.

Signora Spoletti, "The Pied Piper of Rome," To Rome with Love, CBS, 1970.

Mrs. Fine, "Extortion," Adam-12, NBC, 1971.

Woman, "Natural Childbirth," The Odd Couple, ABC, 1971.

Mrs. Pollack, "Super Doc," Temperatures Rising (also known as The New Temperatures Rising Show), ABC, 1973.

"The Crusader," Mobile One, ABC, 1975.

Mrs. Tolski, "Hostages," 240-Robert, ABC, 1981.

Mrs. Plotkin, "Death of a Saint," Archie Bunker's Place, CBS, 1981.

Mrs. Baxter, "Chicago," Little House on the Prairie, NBC, 1981.

Mrs. Rizzo, "Entrapment," St. Elsewhere, NBC, 1983.

Elderly lady, "Transitions," Hotel (also known as Arthur Hailey's "Hotel"), ABC, 1984.

Woman, "Fuchs Me? Fuchs You!" Hill Street Blues, NBC, 1984.

Babushka, "Red Snow" segment, "Need to Know/Red Snow," The Twilight Zone, CBS, 1986.

Miss Willens, "Children's Children," Highway to Heaven, NBC, 1986.

"False Point," Falcon Crest, CBS, 1986.

Onlooker, "Say Uncle," Hill Street Blues, NBC, 1986.

Mrs. LaScali, "The Runner Falls on His Kisser," Hill Street Blues, NBC, 1987.

Grandma Lakowski, "Hot Pursuit: Part 2," Hunter, NBC, 1987.

Mrs. A. Mariner, "Teacher Pets," Married … with Children, Fox, 1992.

Estelle, "A Year to Remember," Murphy Brown, CBS, 1992.

Department of Motor Vehicles woman, "Crash and Born," Sisters, NBC, 1992.

Old lady, "Vegas Odds," Coach, ABC, 1993.

Mrs. Gabe, Angel Falls, CBS, 1993.

Irene Polotto, "Cop Suey," NYPD Blue, ABC, 1994.

Lady, "Lindsay's Dilemma," Saved by the Bell: The New Class, NBC, 1995.

Mrs. Wilcox, "Where's Zoey?," Cybill, CBS, 1996.

Agnes Moskowitz, "Forget Me Not," Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (also known as Lois & Clark and The New Adventures of Superman), ABC, 1996.

"My Dinner with Betty," The Jeff Foxworthy Show (also known as Somewhere in America), NBC, 1996.

Older lady, "Escape from New York," Wings, NBC, 1997.

Mrs. Dominic, "www.murder," Mike Hammer, Private Eye, syndicated, 1997.

Mrs. Ross, "Something about Disowning Your Father and Flying to Paris Blues," Something So Right, 1998.

Old woman, "Quiz Show," Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (also known as Sabrina and Sabrina Goes to College), ABC, 1998.

Delusional fan, "All Good Dogs Go to Heaven," Providence, NBC, 1999.

Mrs. Rowick (some sources cite Mrs. Rawitch), "Shovel Off to Buffalo," Becker, CBS, 1999.

Mrs. Spinoza, "Tie-Dying the Knot," Dharma & Greg, ABC, 1999.

Mrs. Spinoza, "Law & Disorder," Dharma & Greg, ABC, 1999.

"A Rookie Script," Two Guys, a Girl, and a Pizza Place (also known as Two Guys and a Girl), ABC, 2000.

Daffodil Church, "Cop Out," Nash Bridges (also known as Bridges), CBS, 2000.

"The Final Show," Chicken Soup for the Soul, PAX, 2000.

Barbara Bushwick, "After Hours," Even Stevens, Disney Channel, 2000.

Mrs. Kanter, "Seduced and Abandoned," The Division (also known as Heart of the City), Lifetime, 2001.

Old woman, "Company Picnic: Part 1," Malcolm in the Middle, Fox, 2002.

Second old lady, "Lies of Minelli," Philly, ABC, 2002.

Mildred, "The Devil & Dr. Phil," Frasier, NBC, 2003.

Grandma, "The Bar Mitzvah," Unfabulous, Nickelodeon, 2005.

Patient, "… And I'll Cry if I Want To," Out of Practice, CBS, 2005.

Mona, "Malcolm's Money," Malcolm in the Middle, Fox, 2006.

Other episodic appearances include Ally McBeal, Fox; Mrs. Hathaway, Beverly Hills, 90210, Fox; Mrs. Furlong, Boy Meets World, ABC; Boyz in the Woodz, The WB; Blue Collar, The WB; elderly woman, Citizen Baines, CBS; Esther, Good Advice, CBS; Russian woman, Hang Time, NBC; JKX: The Jamie Kennedy Experiment, The WB; Phyllis, Love & War, CBS; Mrs. Abramson, Moloney, NBC; old woman, My Wife and Kids, ABC; and hospital administrator, The X-Files, Fox.