1. Dorthea "Doris" Singleton was an American actress, perhaps best remembered as Lucy Ricardo's frenemy, Carolyn Appleby, in I Love Lucy.
15 Facts About Doris Singleton
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Doris Singleton began her career in show business as a vocalist in the late 1930s with Art Jarrett's orchestra.
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Doris Singleton worked in New York during World War II both as a guest star and in regular roles on numerous hit radio shows, including The Whistler and The Alan Young Show, on which she played Young's girlfriend, Betty Dittenfeffer.
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Doris Singleton had a recurring role in I Love Lucy playing Carolyn Appleby in ten episodes between 1953 and 1957.
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In 1966, Doris Singleton was teamed again with Ball on The Lucy Show in the episode, "Lucy and Art Linkletter", in which she plays Ruth Cosgrove, an actress whom Linkletter hires to help Lucy with a stunt on his television series.
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Doris Singleton did appear in the series premiere episode, "Mod, Mod Lucy".
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In 1970, Doris Singleton was featured on an episode of ABC sitcom, Make Room For Granddaddy which had Lucille Ball as the guest star.
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Doris Singleton played the sympathetic neighbor, Susie, to Annie Farge's scatterbrained character "Angel Smith" in the CBS sitcom, Angel from 1960 to 1961.
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Doris Singleton appeared in All in the Family as Edith's hotel roommate, Lydia Stonehurst, in the 1971 episode "Edith has Jury Duty".
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Doris Singleton appeared in two Perry Mason episodes, titled "The Case of the Crooked Candle" and "The Case of the Purple Woman".
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Doris Singleton guest-starred on My Three Sons, playing two different characters who had recurring roles throughout the long run of the show.
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At the time of her death in June 2012, Doris Singleton was the last surviving major recurring adult cast member from the "Lucy" shows.
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Doris Singleton married comedy writer, director, and producer Charles Isaacs in 1941, and they remained married until he died on December 13,2002.
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Doris Singleton died in Los Angeles in 2012, aged 92, from complications of cancer.
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Doris Singleton had no children and left no immediate survivors.