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Abigail 'Tommye' Adams

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Actress

The Resume

    (January 11, 1922-February 13, 1955)
    Born in Greenville, South Carolina
    Birth name was Margaret Thomas Adams
    Overdosed on Barbiturates at 33
    Starred in 'Copacabana' and 'Colorado Serenade'

Why she might be annoying:

    Her marriage to much-older actor Lyle Talbot was annulled.
    She had a torrid eleven-year romance with producer George Jessel.
    She hit Jessel upside the head in an airport, with the press dubbing her 'Miss Warpath of 1950.'
    She was arrested for public drunkenness (December 12, 1954).

Why she might not be annoying:

    Montgomery Clift was a close friend.
    Her dog saved her when she set her bedroom afire by way of a smoldering cigarette.
    George Jessel fainted upon hearing of her death.
    Her great-grandfather was the governor of North Carolina.

Credit: Black Chic


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 6 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 11 Votes: 36.36% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 15 Votes: 93.33% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 8 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 33 Votes: 60.61% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 12 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 19 Votes: 57.89% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 24 Votes: 54.17% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 92 Votes: 38.04% Annoying