Editing Cecily Adams

{{Short description|American actress (1958–2004)}}
{{For|the Buffy the Vampire Slayer character Cecily Addams|Halfrek}}
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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]].<ref name=Variety>[https://variety.com/2004/scene/markets-festivals/cecily-adams-1117901661/ "Cecily Adams"]. ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]''. March 12, 2004.</ref>

==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.<ref name=Variety/>

Adams portrayed the recurring character of [[Ishka]] (also known as "Moogie"), mother of the [[Ferengi]] brothers [[Rom (Star Trek)|Rom]] and [[Quark (Star Trek)|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.<ref>{{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/}}</ref>

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! (Canadian TV 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 [[jingle]]s and television theme songs.<ref>Beaver, Jim, Life's That Way. Putnam/Penguin Publishers, 2009</ref>

Adams worked in casting TV series such as ''[[3rd Rock From the Sun]]'' and ''[[Eerie, Indiana]]'', and features including ''[[American Heart (film)|American Heart]]'' (1992) and ''[[Home Room (film)|Home Room]]'' (2002). Until her death, she served as casting director for ''[[That '70s Show]]''.<ref name=Variety/>

==Personal life==
Adams married actor/writer [[Jim Beaver]] in 1989; their daughter<ref name=Variety/><ref name=LifesThatWay>[[Jim Beaver|Beaver, Jim]], ''Life's That Way''.  Putnam/Penguin Publishers, 2009</ref> 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]].<ref name=LifesThatWay/>

==Filmography==

===Casting===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ {{Screen reader-only|Cecily Adams casting director credits}}<!-- [[WP:ACCESSIBILITY]] & [[MOS:TABLECAPTION]] -->
|-
! 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)|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 ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ {{Screen reader-only| Cecily Adams film and television credits}}<!-- [[WP:ACCESSIBILITY]] & [[MOS:TABLECAPTION]] -->
|-
! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes
|-
| 1982
| ''[[Simon & Simon]]''
| Muffin Goldstein
| 1 episode
|-
| 1982
| ''[[Quincy, M.E.]]''
| Roommate
| 1 episode
|-
| 1987
| ''[[Check It Out! (Canadian TV series)|Check It Out!]]''
| Psychiatrist
| 1 episode
|-
| 1988
| ''[[The Equalizer (1985 TV series)|The Equalizer]]''
| Claudia
| Episode: "[[The Equalizer (1985 TV series) season 3#ep65|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 (TV series)|Home Improvement]]''
| Dana
| 1 episode
|-
| 1996
| ''[[Murder One (TV series)|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 (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)|The Dogs of War]]"
|-
| 1999
| ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine''
| Patron in Vic's Lounge
| Episode: "[[What You Leave Behind (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)|What You Leave Behind]]" (unbilled cameo, series finale)
|-
| 1999
| ''[[Total Recall 2070]]''
| Records Clerk
| 1 episode
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|id=0010820|name=Cecily Adams}}

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