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 | The Apple Dumpling Gang | Poker Polly | 1975-07-01 |
Movie | Scandalous John | Mavis | 1971-06-22 |
Movie | The Odd Couple | Waitress | 1968-05-16 |
Movie | The Love Bug | Carhop | 1968-12-23 |
Movie | Alice Through the Looking Glass | Tiger Lily | 1966-11-06 |
Series | Get Smart | Unknown | 1965-09-18 |
Series | Green Acres | Unknown | 1965-09-15 |
Movie | That Darn Cat! | Landlady | 1965-12-02 |
Series | The Munsters | Unknown | 1964-09-24 |
Series | Petticoat Junction | Unknown | 1963-09-24 |
Series | The Beverly Hillbillies | Unknown | 1962-09-26 |
Series | The Lucy Show | Unknown | 1962-10-01 |
Series | Going My Way | Unknown | 1962-10-03 |
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 | So You Want to Know Your Relatives | Bubbles LaVonne (uncredited) | 1954-12-18 |
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 | Stop That Cab | Lucy Gugenheimer | 1951-03-30 |
Movie | Life with Buster Keaton | 1951-02-10 | |
Movie | The Scarf | Floozy at Level Louie's Place | 1951-04-06 |
Series | The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok | Unknown | 1951-04-15 |
Movie | My Favorite Spy | Lola | 1951-12-25 |
Movie | G.I. Jane | Lieutenant Adrian | 1951-07-06 |
Movie | Varieties on Parade | 1951-07-20 | |
Series | Racket Squad | Unknown | 1951-06-07 |
Movie | The Woman on Pier 13 | Waitress | 1950-06-15 |
Movie | Joe Palooka in Humphrey Takes a Chance | Miss Tuttle | 1950-06-04 |
Movie | Sideshow | Nellie | 1950-06-18 |
Movie | Blondie's Hero | Mae | 1950-03-09 |
Movie | Once a Thief | Pearl | 1950-07-07 |
Movie | Hunt the Man Down | Marie (uncredited) | 1950-12-26 |
Movie | Hi-Jacked | Aggie | 1950-07-07 |
Movie | Flamingo Road | Blanche - Inmate of Women's Prison (uncredited) | 1949-04-30 |
Movie | Sky Dragon | Wanda LaFern | 1949-04-27 |
Movie | Miss Mink of 1949 | Mrs. McKelvey | 1949-02-11 |
Movie | My Dream Is Yours | 1949-04-15 | |
Movie | The Lovable Cheat | Madame Mercadet | 1949-05-11 |
Movie | Mighty Joe Young | Gloria (uncredited) | 1949-07-27 |
Movie | Always Leave Them Laughing | Julie Adams | 1949-11-26 |
Movie | There's a Girl in My Heart | Lulu Troy | 1949-12-19 |
Movie | Tough Assignment | Gloria | 1949-11-15 |
Movie | Trail of the Yukon | Paula | 1949-07-31 |
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 | The Trouble with Women | Rita La May | 1947-06-25 |
Movie | Love and Learn | New Danceland Hostess (uncredited) | 1947-05-02 |
Movie | The Bamboo Blonde | Montana Jones | 1946-07-15 |
Movie | Vacation in Reno | Bunny Wells | 1946-12-10 |
Movie | Cross My Heart | Miss Baggart | 1946-12-18 |
Movie | It's a Pleasure | Wilma | 1945-03-03 |
Movie | Boston Blackie's Rendezvous | Martha | 1945-07-05 |
Movie | Steppin' in Society | Shirley | 1945-07-09 |
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 | Swing Hostess | Marge O'Day | 1944-09-08 |
Movie | Shake Hands with Murder | Patsy Brent | 1944-04-22 |
Movie | The Woman in the Window | Streetwalker (uncredited) | 1944-10-25 |
Movie | Bluebeard | Mimi | 1944-11-11 |
Movie | I'm from Arkansas | Doris | 1944-10-31 |
Movie | Alaska | Kitty | 1944-11-18 |
Movie | Taxi, Mister | Waitress | 1943-04-16 |
Movie | Ladies' Day | Kitty McClouen | 1943-04-09 |
Movie | The Crystal Ball | Mrs. Angela Martin | 1943-01-22 |
Movie | Lady of Burlesque | Gee Gee Graham | 1943-05-01 |
Movie | Calaboose | Gert | 1943-01-29 |
Movie | Action in the North Atlantic | Jenny O'Hara (uncredited) | 1943-06-12 |
Movie | Hers to Hold | Arlene | 1943-07-16 |
Movie | Spotlight Scandals | Bernice Quigley | 1943-09-24 |
Movie | His Butler's Sister | Sunshine Twin | 1943-11-26 |
Movie | Submarine Base | Dorothy | 1943-07-20 |
Movie | Rings on Her Fingers | 1942-03-20 | |
Movie | Roxie Hart | Gertie | 1942-02-20 |
Movie | Fingers at the Window | Babe Stanton (uncredited) | 1942-04-22 |
Movie | Orchestra Wives | Sassy Woman Exiting Bus | 1942-09-04 |
Movie | Highways by Night | Blonde Chorine | 1942-10-02 |
Movie | Broadway | Maisie | 1942-05-08 |
Movie | Road to Zanzibar | French soubrette | 1941-04-11 |
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 | Sing Another Chorus | Francine La Verne | 1941-09-19 |
Movie | I Killed That Man | Verne Drake | 1941-11-28 |
Movie | New York Town | Toots O'Day (uncredited) | 1941-10-31 |
Movie | Swing It Soldier | Dena Maxwellton | 1941-11-07 |
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 | One Third of a Nation | Myrtle | 1939-02-10 |
Movie | Back Door to Heaven | Sugar (uncredited) | 1939-04-19 |
Movie | Murder at Glen Athol | Muriel Randel | 1936-02-27 |
Movie | Mister Cinderella | Lil, Maizie's Friend | 1936-10-22 |
Movie | One Rainy Afternoon | Theater Ticket Seller (Uncredited) | 1936-05-13 |
Movie | Lady Luck | Rita | 1936-09-13 |
Movie | Our Relations | Alice | 1936-09-15 |
Movie | Rumba | Goldie Allen | 1935-02-08 |
Movie | The Gay Deception | Gettel's Wife (uncredited) | 1935-09-13 |
Movie | Stolen Harmony | Sunny Verne | 1935-04-20 |
Movie | The Vagabond King | Extra | 1930-02-17 |
Movie | Lord Byron of Broadway | Lady In The Audience | 1930-02-28 |
Movie | Let's Go Native | Island Girl (uncredited) | 1930-08-15 |
Movie | Chasing Husbands | 1928-12-22 |