Kippie kovacs biography

Login to see how you relate to 33 million family members. Bette Wilcox Kovacs abt. Bette Kovacs formerly Wilcox. Born about [location unknown]. Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]. Mother of Kip Raleigh Kovacs Lancaster. Profile last modified 10 May Created 25 Sep Is Bette your ancestor? After Kovacs died, his widow successfully fought their mother for their custody.

Many of the kinescopes he made on the DuMont television network have been lost. Married Edie Adams in Mexico City. The car in which he was killed was a new Chevrolet Corvair. Was chosen originally to play the character of Melville Crump in It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World , but he died in a one-car accident before principal shooting. The role of Melville Crump was finally played by Sid Caesar.

When he died, he owed the IRS several hundred thousand dollars in back taxes he felt the tax system was unfair, and simply refused to pay it. His widow, Edie Adams , made television commercials and did other work to finally pay the back taxes, refusing help from her celebrity friends. Kovacs was killed in an automobile accident in Los Angeles in the early morning hours of January 13, Shortly after her husband's death, Edie Adams won a "nasty custody battle" with Kovacs' ex-wife Bette over Edie's stepdaughters,.

Kippie kovacs biography

Both daughters, Bette and Kippie, testified that they wanted to stay with their stepmother, Edie. Kip married Burt's son Bill Lancaster at age 16, when she was several months pregnant with her daughter Keigh. The couple divorced only a few year later, as Kip reached adulthood. Login to see how you relate to 33 million family members. Kip Raleigh Kovacs Lancaster - Born 4 Jan in Ohio.

Sister of Mia Susan Kovacs [half].