Lillian Adams


Lillian Adams was an American actress who appeared in over 100 film and television roles.
Born in Chicago, Adams appeared in movies such as Private Benjamin and Bruce Almighty as well as television series such as Gomer Pyle: USMC, The Flying Nun, The Twilight Zone, Archie Bunker's Place, Married... with Children, NYPD Blue, Frasier, and Modern Family. Her last film project was an independent film titled At What Price.
Adams also appeared in commercials for CVS Pharmacy as the mascot Super Saver Lillian.
On May 25, 2011, Adams died of heart failure in Woodland Hills, California, aged 89.

Selected filmography

  • Crisis as Nurse
  • Whirlybirds as Drugstore Clerk
  • The Wild and the Innocent as Kiri Hawks
  • Tormented as Mrs. Ellis
  • A Majority of One as Mrs. Stein
  • Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man as Indian Woman
  • The Outer Limits as Dix's Mother
  • A Very Special Favor as Therapy Group Member
  • Family Affair as Mrs. Mariani
  • Enter Laughing as Theater Goer
  • Dragnet 1967 as Mother Maria, Gypsy con artist
  • Funny Girl as Pushcart Woman
  • Ironside as Mrs. Farber
  • The Comic as Old Lady
  • Pate Katelin en Buenos Aires
  • Adam-12 as Mrs. Fine
  • Heavy Traffic as voice of Rosa
  • Lepke as Mama Meyer
  • Half a House as Bitsy's client
  • An Enemy of the People
  • Swap Meet as Woman
  • The Last Word as Information Lady
  • The Jerk as Tillie
  • The Hunter as Blumenthal's Secretary
  • Private Benjamin as Mrs. Goodman
  • Archie Bunker's Place as Mrs. Plotkin
  • Hey Good Lookin' as voice of Italian Woman
  • Hambone and Hillie as Estelle
  • Summer School as Grandma Eakian
  • Out of This World as Evie
  • Murphy Brown as Estelle
  • Unstrung Heroes as Aunt Estelle
  • Night Stand as Ruthie / Pamela
  • Wings as Older Lady
  • Temporarily Yours as Passenger #1
  • Hang Time as The Russian Woman
  • Mike Hammer, Private Eye as Mrs. Dominic
  • Foreign Correspondents as Sonya
  • Becker as Mrs. Rowick
  • Dharma & Greg as Mrs. Spinoza
  • Anywhere but Here as Jack's Mother
  • Magnolia as Donnie's Old Neighbor
  • Attention Shoppers as Gracie
  • Little Nicky as Old Lady at Game
  • Dean Quixote as University Teller
  • The Sweetest Thing as Aunt Frida
  • Kiss the Bride as Aunt Speed
  • Malcolm in the Middle as Mona
  • Today I Vote for My Joey as Selma
  • Bruce Almighty as Mama Kowolski
  • Love for Rent as Mrs. Goldfarb
  • The TV Set as Audience Member #2
  • It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia as Irvine Simon
  • Ugly Betty as Esther
  • Bar Starz as Crazy Old Lady
  • The Suite Life on Deck as Mrs. Pepperman
  • Two and a Half Men as Mrs. Freemantle
  • Tanner Hall as Victoria's Grandmother
  • Modern Family as Passenger on Plane
  • Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie as Mrs. Wareheim