Sugar, Pepper, Pearl, Sunny, Goldie, Bubbles, all those are nicknames borne by petite actress Iris Adrian in several of the 160 movies she made. With such names, don't expect to see her playing Joan of Ark or Electra but it remains that all these pet names reflect her winning femininity, its sweetness, its spiciness, its radiance. What's more their funny overtones are telltale signs of Iris Adrian's own quick witty sense of humor. Sexy yes, but with a sharp tongue. This aspect of her personality helped her to evolve and last, changing from the roles of blonde chorines or waitresses or, on the wilder side, of streetwalkers and other gangsters' molls to colorful bit parts in comedies with Abbott and Costello, Jerry Lewis and Elvis Presley. She ended up playing almost exclusively for Walt Disney productions before retiring at the respectable age of 82. Though she never achieved star status she could easily have if the circumstances had been favorable. For she steals scenes in a lot of movies provided of course her role is fleshed out sufficiently. She was excellent, for instance, in more than one poverty row crime movies. Don't miss her in 'Gold Diggers of 1937', 'Go West' (with the Marx Brothers, 1940), 'Lady of Burlesque' (1943), 'The Paleface'(1948), 'Once a Thief' (1950) and 'The Errand Boy' (with Jerry Lewis, 1961). Date of Death 17 September 1994, Hollywood, California (aftermath of earthquake)
Movie | Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys | (archive footage) | 1992-04-05 |
Movie | Murder Can Hurt You! | Candy Store Proprietor | 1980-05-21 |
Movie | Herbie Goes Bananas | Loud American Wife | 1980-06-25 |
Series | Trapper John, M.D. | Unknown | 1979-09-23 |
Movie | Getting Married | Neighbor | 1978-05-17 |
Series | The Ted Knight Show | Dottie | 1978-04-08 |
Movie | No Deposit, No Return | Housewife | 1976-02-05 |
Movie | Freaky Friday | Bus Passenger | 1976-12-17 |
Movie | Scandalous John | Mavis | 1971-06-22 |
Movie | The Love Bug | Carhop | 1968-12-23 |
Movie | Alice Through the Looking Glass | Tiger Lily | 1966-11-06 |
Movie | That Darn Cat! | Landlady | 1965-12-02 |
Series | Petticoat Junction | Unknown | 1963-09-24 |
Movie | Blue Hawaii | Enid Garvey | 1961-11-22 |
Movie | The Errand Boy | Anastasia Anastasia, Actress | 1961-11-28 |
Series | The Detectives | Unknown | 1959-10-16 |
Movie | The Buccaneer | Brown's Blowsy Girlfriend | 1958-12-11 |
Movie | Carnival Rock | Celia | 1957-09-01 |
Movie | The Helen Morgan Story | Klingman's Secretary | 1957-10-02 |
Series | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Unknown | 1955-10-02 |
Movie | Highway Dragnet | Dolly - Cafe Waitress | 1954-01-20 |
Movie | The Fast and the Furious | Wilma Belding | 1954-11-01 |
Movie | Crime Wave | Hastings' Girlfriend (uncredited) | 1953-10-22 |
Movie | Carson City | Saloon Girl in Fight (uncredited) | 1952-06-13 |
Movie | Abbott and Costello: The Drugstore | Woman Who Slaps Lou | 1952-12-05 |
Movie | The Scarf | Floozy at Level Louie's Place | 1951-04-06 |
Series | The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok | Unknown | 1951-04-15 |
Movie | Stop That Cab | Lucy Gugenheimer | 1951-03-30 |
Movie | G.I. Jane | Lieutenant Adrian | 1951-07-06 |
Series | Racket Squad | Unknown | 1951-06-07 |
Movie | Varieties on Parade | 1951-07-20 | |
Movie | My Favorite Spy | Lola | 1951-12-25 |
Movie | Joe Palooka in Humphrey Takes a Chance | Miss Tuttle | 1950-06-04 |
Movie | The Woman on Pier 13 | Waitress | 1950-06-15 |
Movie | Sideshow | Nellie | 1950-06-18 |
Movie | Hunt the Man Down | Marie (uncredited) | 1950-12-26 |
Movie | Hi-Jacked | Aggie | 1950-07-07 |
Movie | Once a Thief | Pearl | 1950-07-07 |
Movie | Flamingo Road | Blanche - Inmate of Women's Prison (uncredited) | 1949-04-30 |
Movie | My Dream Is Yours | 1949-04-15 | |
Movie | The Lovable Cheat | Madame Mercadet | 1949-05-11 |
Movie | Sky Dragon | Wanda LaFern | 1949-04-27 |
Movie | Trail of the Yukon | Paula | 1949-07-31 |
Movie | There's a Girl in My Heart | Lulu Troy | 1949-12-19 |
Movie | Mighty Joe Young | Gloria (uncredited) | 1949-07-27 |
Movie | Always Leave Them Laughing | Julie Adams | 1949-11-26 |
Movie | Tough Assignment | Gloria | 1949-11-15 |
Movie | Smart Woman | Newspaper Columnist | 1948-04-30 |
Movie | Out of the Storm | Ginger | 1948-09-11 |
Movie | The Paleface | Pepper | 1948-12-17 |
Movie | Fall Guy | Mrs. Sindell | 1947-03-15 |
Movie | Philo Vance Returns | Maggie McCarthy / Choo-Choo Divine | 1947-04-14 |
Movie | Love and Learn | New Danceland Hostess (uncredited) | 1947-05-02 |
Movie | The Trouble with Women | Rita La May | 1947-06-25 |
Movie | The Bamboo Blonde | Montana Jones | 1946-07-15 |
Movie | Cross My Heart | Miss Baggart | 1946-12-18 |
Movie | Vacation in Reno | Bunny Wells | 1946-12-10 |
Movie | It's a Pleasure | Wilma | 1945-03-03 |
Movie | Steppin' in Society | Shirley | 1945-07-09 |
Movie | Boston Blackie's Rendezvous | Martha | 1945-07-05 |
Movie | Road to Alcatraz | Louise Rogers | 1945-07-10 |
Movie | The Stork Club | Gwen | 1945-12-28 |
Movie | Once Upon a Time | Woman Exiting Theatre (uncredited) | 1944-06-29 |
Movie | Million Dollar Kid | Mazie Dunbar | 1944-02-28 |
Movie | Career Girl | Glenda Benton | 1944-01-11 |
Movie | The Singing Sheriff | Lefty | 1944-09-01 |
Movie | Shake Hands with Murder | Patsy Brent | 1944-04-22 |
Movie | Swing Hostess | Marge O'Day | 1944-09-08 |
Movie | Bluebeard | Mimi | 1944-10-26 |
Movie | I'm from Arkansas | Doris | 1944-10-31 |
Movie | The Woman in the Window | Streetwalker (uncredited) | 1944-10-25 |
Movie | Alaska | Kitty | 1944-11-18 |
Movie | Ladies' Day | Kitty McClouen | 1943-04-09 |
Movie | The Crystal Ball | Mrs. Angela Martin | 1943-01-22 |
Movie | Taxi, Mister | Waitress | 1943-04-16 |
Movie | Calaboose | Gert | 1943-01-29 |
Movie | Hers to Hold | Arlene | 1943-07-16 |
Movie | Spotlight Scandals | Bernice Quigley | 1943-09-24 |
Movie | Lady of Burlesque | Gee Gee Graham | 1943-05-01 |
Movie | Submarine Base | Dorothy | 1943-07-20 |
Movie | Action in the North Atlantic | Jenny O'Hara (uncredited) | 1943-06-12 |
Movie | Rings on Her Fingers | Peggy | 1942-03-20 |
Movie | Roxie Hart | Gertie | 1942-02-20 |
Movie | Orchestra Wives | Sassy Woman Exiting Bus | 1942-09-04 |
Movie | Broadway | Maisie | 1942-05-08 |
Movie | Highways by Night | Blonde Chorine | 1942-10-02 |
Movie | Too Many Blondes | Hortense Kent | 1941-08-01 |
Movie | The Lady from Cheyenne | Chorus Girl | 1941-04-11 |
Movie | Horror Island | Arleen Grady | 1941-03-28 |
Movie | Wild Geese Calling | Mazie | 1941-08-15 |
Movie | Road to Zanzibar | French soubrette | 1941-04-11 |
Movie | Sing Another Chorus | Francine La Verne | 1941-09-19 |
Movie | I Killed That Man | Verne Drake | 1941-11-28 |
Movie | Swing It Soldier | Dena Maxwellton | 1941-11-07 |
Movie | New York Town | Toots O'Day (uncredited) | 1941-10-31 |
Movie | Hard Guy | Goldie Duvall | 1941-10-17 |
Movie | Meet the Wildcat | Jail Cell Blonde | 1940-10-22 |
Movie | Go West | Mary Lou | 1940-12-06 |
Movie | Back Door to Heaven | Sugar (uncredited) | 1939-04-19 |
Movie | One Third of a Nation | Myrtle | 1939-02-10 |
Movie | Lady Luck | Rita | 1936-09-13 |
Movie | One Rainy Afternoon | Theater Ticket Seller (Uncredited) | 1936-05-13 |
Movie | Our Relations | Alice | 1936-09-15 |
Movie | Mister Cinderella | Lil, Maizie's Friend | 1936-10-22 |
Movie | Rumba | Goldie Allen | 1935-02-08 |
Movie | Stolen Harmony | Sunny Verne | 1935-04-20 |
Movie | The Gay Deception | Gettel's Wife (uncredited) | 1935-09-13 |
Movie | The Vagabond King | Extra | 1930-02-17 |
Movie | Let's Go Native | Island Girl (uncredited) | 1930-08-15 |
Movie | Lord Byron of Broadway | Lady In The Audience | 1930-02-28 |
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