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Lucille Ball in I Love Lucy (1951)
'I Love Lucy' Actress Dies At 92
Lucille Ball in I Love Lucy (1951)
Actress Doris Singleton, best known for playing Lucy and Ricky Ricardo’s neighbor Carolyn Appleby on the iconic 1950s sitcom "I Love Lucy," has died, reports People magazine. She was 92.

Lucie Arnaz, the daughter of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, confirmed Singleton's death in a statement on her Facebook page, People says, noting its timing with the death of flimmaker Nora Ephron earlier this week.

Singleton appeared in 10 episodes of the 1951 to 1957 sitcom after meeting the show's star, Lucille Ball, before a performance of "My Favorite Husband," the radio show that preceded "I Love Lucy," The Hollywood Reporter notes. Ball invited Singleton to join the show a few years after they met, casting her as the wife of a radio station owner played by Hy Averback.

Trained as a vocalist and ballet dancer, Brooklyn-born Dorothea Singleton performed with the American Ballet Theater and the Art Jarrett's orchestra in the late 1930s,...
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  • 6/28/2012
  • by Jessica Cumberbatch Anderson
  • Huffington Post
Lucille Ball in I Love Lucy (1951)
'I Love Lucy' Actress Dies At 92
Lucille Ball in I Love Lucy (1951)
Actress Doris Singleton, best known for playing Lucy and Ricky Ricardo's neighbor Carolyn Appleby on the iconic 1950s sitcom "I Love Lucy," has died, reports People magazine. She was 92.

Lucie Arnaz, the daughter of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, confirmed Singleton's death in a statement on her Facebook page, People says, noting its timing with the death of flimmaker Nora Ephron earlier this week.

Singleton appeared in 10 episodes of the 1951 to 1957 sitcom after meeting the show's star, Lucille Ball, before a performance of "My Favorite Husband," the radio show that preceded "I Love Lucy," The Hollywood Reporter notes. Ball invited Singleton to join the show a few years after they met, casting her as the wife of a radio station owner played by Hy Averback.

Trained as a vocalist and ballet dancer, Brooklyn-born Dorothea Singleton performed with the American Ballet Theater and the Art Jarrett's orchestra in the late 1930s,...
See full article at Aol TV.
  • 6/28/2012
  • by Jessica Cumberbatch Anderson
  • Aol TV.
Doris Singleton
Doris Singleton, I Love Lucy Actress, Dies at 92
Doris Singleton
Doris Singleton, a character actress and comedian best known as Lucy and Ricky Ricardo’s neighbor - and Lucy's frequent frenemy - Carolyn Appleby on I Love Lucy, has died, Lucie Arnaz, the daughter of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, confirmed. "A day of saying hasta luego to two great ladies, Nora Ephron and Doris Singleton," Arnaz wrote on her Facebook page. "May they both fly swiftly heavenward and enjoy a blissful rest for jobs well done down here. They were loved and appreciated and will be missed." Singleton was 92 and died Tuesday in Los Angeles, reports Variety. Playing the competitive neighbor Appleby,...
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  • 6/28/2012
  • by Stephen M. Silverman
  • PEOPLE.com
I Love Lucy: Doris Singleton Dies; Farewell Carolyn Appleby
Actress Doris Singleton died yesterday at the age of 92. She was best known for her recurring role as Lucy Ricardo's "friend" Carolyn Appleby on I Love Lucy.

After being featured as a teen dancer with the American Ballet Theater, Singleton became a vocalist with Art Jarrett's orchestra in the late 1930s. She had a distinctive voice and that led her to establish a career in radio, working with George Burns, Gracie Allen, Bob Hope, and Jack Benny.

She met Lucille Ball prior to a performance of My Favorite Husband, the radio show that preceded I Love Lucy. Singleton acted in 10 episodes of the classic I Love Lucy sitcom and appeared on Ball's later shows, as well as the 1980 special, Lucy Moves to NBC.

Singleton went on to guest on dozens of other classic TV shows like...
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  • 6/28/2012
  • by TVSeriesFinale.com
  • TVSeriesFinale.com
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