Trench coat worn by Imogene Coca in her "modest stripper" routine on stage and television. In that well-known act, Coca seductively shed a trench coat to reveal another underneath. The brown camel hair wool overcoat is double breasted, with rows of brown buttons. This is one of the two coats Coca wore when she performed this act.
Coca was a popular actress and comedian known for her subtle exaggeration and outlandish expressions. She costarred with Sid Caesar on Your Show of Shows (1950-1954), a groundbreaking variety and sketch comedy program celebrated for its adaptation of vaudeville and radio comedy to the new medium of television.
