Cecily Adams

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{{Infobox person

| name = Cecily Adams

| image = Cecily Adams.jpg

| birth_name = Cecily April Adams

| birth_date = {{birth date|1958|2|6|mf=y}}

| birth_place = New York City, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2004|3|3|1958|2|6|mf=y}}

| death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.

| occupation = Actress

| spouse = {{marriage|Jim Beaver|1989}}

| children = 1

| years_active = 1982–2004

| father = Don Adams

| relatives = Dick Yarmy (uncle)

}}

Cecily April Adams (February 6, 1958 – March 3, 2004) was an American actress.

Early life

Adams was born in Jamaica, Queens, New York City, the daughter of comic actor Don Adams and singer Adelaide Efantis. Her siblings included her brother Sean, and her sisters Carolyn Steele, Christine Adams, Cathy Metchik, Paramount TV executive Stacey Adams and Beige Adams. She attended Beverly Hills High School, where she participated in acting, an activity she continued at the University of California at Irvine.[https://variety.com/2004/scene/markets-festivals/cecily-adams-1117901661/ "Cecily Adams"]. Variety. March 12, 2004.

Career

Adams studied improvisational comedy at the Groundlings and was a member of the Acme Comedy Theater in Los Angeles. She was also an acting coach.

Adams portrayed the recurring character of Ishka (also known as "Moogie"), mother of the Ferengi brothers Rom and Quark, in four of her five appearances in the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, replacing Andrea Martin. Adams was, in fact, nine years younger than Armin Shimerman, who played Quark, despite playing his mother.{{cite web | last=DeCandido | first=Keith | title=Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Rewatch: 'Ferengi Love Songs'| work=Tor.com | date=July 11, 2014 | accessdate=September 12, 2016 | url=http://www.tor.com/2014/07/11/star-trek-deep-space-nine-rewatch-ferengi-love-songs/}}

She appeared in guest roles on a variety of television series, including Just Shoot Me!, Murphy Brown, and Party of Five, and with her father in his television series Check It Out! and television movie Get Smart Again. Adams played a lead role in the 1991 independent feature film Little Secrets.

Adams was also a lyricist, and with her collaborator, David Burke wrote pop songs and commercial jingles and television theme songs.Beaver, Jim, Life's That Way. Putnam/Penguin Publishers, 2009

Adams worked in casting TV series such as 3rd Rock From the Sun and Eerie, Indiana, and features including American Heart (1992) and Home Room (2002). Until her death, she served as casting director for That '70s Show.

Personal life

Adams married actor/writer Jim Beaver in 1989; their daughterBeaver, Jim, Life's That Way. Putnam/Penguin Publishers, 2009 was born in 2001. Adams, though a non-smoker, died of lung cancer on March 3, 2004, at the age of 46, in Los Angeles, California. Her husband's memoir, Life's That Way, details her last few months. She was cremated and her ashes scattered at Fern Canyon in Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park, California, and at Franklin Canyon Park in Beverly Hills, California.

Filmography

=Casting=

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Year	Title	Notes
1988 \| Who Framed Roger Rabbit \| Film (as casting assistant, uncredited)
1991 \| Little Secrets \| Film
1991–1992 \| Eerie, Indiana \| 19 episodes
1992 \| American Heart \| Film
1998–2000 \| 3rd Rock from the Sun \| 49 episodes
1999–2004 \| That 70s Show \| 128 episodes
2002 \| That 80s Show \| 13 episodes

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|+ {{Screen reader-only|Cecily Adams casting director credits}}

Year

Title

Notes

1988

| Who Framed Roger Rabbit

| Film (as casting assistant, uncredited)

1991

| Little Secrets

| Film

1991–1992

| Eerie, Indiana

| 19 episodes

1992

| American Heart

| Film

1998–2000

| 3rd Rock from the Sun

| 49 episodes

1999–2004

| That 70s Show

| 128 episodes

2002

| That 80s Show

| 13 episodes

=Acting =

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Year	Title	Role	Notes
1982 \| Simon & Simon \| Muffin Goldstein \| 1 episode
1982 \| Quincy, M.E. \| Roommate \| 1 episode
1987 \| Check It Out! \| Psychiatrist \| 1 episode
1988 \| The Equalizer \| Claudia \| Episode: "Target of Choice"
1989 \| Get Smart, Again! \| Customer \| TV movie (bit part)
1991 \| Little Secrets \| Roxanne \| Film
1993 \| Melrose Place \| Receptionist \| 1 episode
1995 \| Home Improvement \| Dana \| 1 episode
1996 \| Murder One \| Roberta Vogel \| 1 episode
1997 \| Just Shoot Me! \| Doris \| 1 episode
1997 \| Party of Five \| Diana \| 1 episode
1997 \| Murphy Brown \| Secretary #86 \| 1 episode
1997 \| Star Trek: Deep Space Nine \| Ishka \| Episode: "Ferengi Love Songs"
1998 \| Star Trek: Deep Space Nine \| Ishka \| Episode: "The Magnificent Ferengi"
1998 \| Star Trek: Deep Space Nine \| Ishka \| Episode: "Profit and Lace"
1999 \| Star Trek: Deep Space Nine \| Ishka \| Episode: "The Dogs of War"
1999 \| Star Trek: Deep Space Nine \| Patron in Vic's Lounge \| Episode: "What You Leave Behind" (unbilled cameo, series finale)
1999 \| Total Recall 2070 \| Records Clerk \| 1 episode

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|+ {{Screen reader-only| Cecily Adams film and television credits}}

Year

Title

Role

Notes

1982

| Simon & Simon

| Muffin Goldstein

| 1 episode

1982

| Quincy, M.E.