Talk:Imogene Coca

rename page

I believe the page Imogene Coca should be moved to Imogene Fernandez de Coca with a redirect from the original Imogene Coca. My reasoning is that an article should be named in the most complete, accurate way possible, with popular or common uses of the topic being placed either on a redirect page or a disambiguation page. In this way Wikipedia will serve to subtly inform a reader what is the complete correct name of the subject in which they are interested. --JAXHERE | Prevaricate at me 14:30, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

I respectfully disagree. I think her actual name should be prominently noted, but her stage name is what people will look for her as.--T. Anthony 20:11, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

Pics

http://images.google.com/images?um=1&hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&q=imogene+coca&btnG=Search+Images —Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.193.144.79 (talk) 11:18, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

The main picture used for Imogene's entry should at least be one of the publicity stills she herself approved during her life. There are numerous such stills available, such as the one in the UNT special collections here: https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc856042/

Or perhaps it could include ones from her youth https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:(Portrait_of_Imogene_Coca,_Mary_Lou_Williams,_and_Ann_Hathaway,_between_1938_and_1948)_(LOC)_(5476587972).jpg.

I don't know what the copyright rules are for the ones outside the commons site, but there are a number of stills from her vaudeville days available too. Hypatia 9000 (talk) 22:24, 6 November 2022 (UTC)

Husband's death

burton's death date is listed as 1953 in the body text and 1955 in the infobox.Toyokuni3 (talk) 04:28, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

Some D-bag had put this on the main page, so I moved it here

By its earlier definition in this very article under CAREER, "On the Twentieth Century" is not a FILM. "On the Twentieth Century" should be listed under BROADWAY CREDITS instead. It should appear under "Broadway credits", along with Coca's other extensive Broadway work: "When You Smile" in 1925; "Garrick Gaieties" in 1930; "Shoot the Works" in 1931, "Flying Colors" in 1932-33; "New Faces of 1934": "Fools Rush In" in 1934-35; "New Faces of 1936": "Who's Who" in 1938"; "The Straw Hat Revue" in 1939; "All in Fun" in 1940; "Concert Varieties" in 1945; "Janus" in 1955-56; "The Girls in 509" in 1958-59; and "On the Twentieth Century" in 1978-79. Except for the last three stage productions and the earlier "When You Smile," all of these productions were musical comedy-revues and were very successful despite the Great Depression. Her years of work in the Poconos and Catskills during the 1930s first brought real fame there. "Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America" by Lawrence Masion and Michael Kantor, 2008; the many Obituaries for Coca currently on the Internet--especially that of the London Independent--; and of course the Internet Broadway Database. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.220.7.207 (talk) 21:07, 20 June 2009 (UTC)

Career

There is a Youtube video of her performing a sketch on the Steve Allen show in "western dress" with Andy Griffin, Steve Allen and Elvis Presley in July, 1956. Steve Allen introduces her as "Cactus Coca". I would like to see that appearance documented because The Steve Allen Show is not mentioned. Here is the Youtube link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPl_kZTsBqg Figlinus (talk) 19:31, 28 August 2010 (UTC)