Rotten Tomatoes
Movies Tv shows RT App News Showtimes

Catlin Adams

Highest Rated: 82% The Jerk (1979)

Lowest Rated: 25% Underworld: Awakening (2012)

Birthday: Oct 11, 1950

Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, USA

Los Angeles native Catlin Adams made her film debut using her birth name Nira Barab in "Up in the Cellar" (1970), playing the daughter of Larry Hagman and Joan Collins who succumbs to the charms of a seductive young man. After decamping to NYC to study and begin a writing career, she adopted her new name and began to find work. Adams appeared in the TV-movie "The Panic in Echo Park" (NBC, 1971) before landing several roles in Off-Off-Broadway productions. Returning to Hollywood in the late 1970s, she was cast as dominatrix encountered by Steve Martin's "The Jerk" (1979) and as the traditional Jewish wife of Neil Diamond's "The Jazz Singer" (1980).

Show Less Show More

Highest-Rated Movies

82% 84% The Jerk Watchlist 75% 94% Snapshots Watchlist 26% 69% The Jazz Singer Watchlist 25% 62% Underworld: Awakening Watchlist Panic in Echo Park Watchlist 27% Sticky Fingers Watchlist Burt Watchlist Stolen: One Husband Watchlist 51% Toothless Watchlist 33% Freaky Friday Watchlist

Filmography

Movies TV Shows
Burt 2025 Sylvia Actor Snapshots 75% 94% 2018 Executive Producer Underworld: Awakening 25% 62% 2012 Olivia Actor Toothless 51% 1997 Carrie's Mom Actor Freaky Friday 33% 1995 Dana "Dinky" Barb Actor Stolen: One Husband 1990 Actor, Director Sticky Fingers 27% 1988 Director, Screenwriter, Producer The Jazz Singer 26% 69% 1980 Rivka Rabinovitch Actor The Jerk 82% 84% 1979 Patty Bernstein Actor Panic in Echo Park 1977 Cynthia Actor
Load More