Daughter of Get Smart (1965) star Don Adams and dancer Dorothy Bracken, Stacey Adams began her career as an actress. She worked briefly as a casting director in partnership with her half-sister, Cecily Adams, then branched out into production work. She worked as an executive assistant to actor/director/producer Ken Olin, then as a vice president of development at Paramount Television and the CBS network. She appeared with her father in Get Smart, Again! (1989).