Actress, comedienne, and singer Kaye Ballard, also credited as Kay Ballard was born as Catherine Gloria Balotta on November 20, 1925, in Cleveland, Ohio, to an Italian immigrant father.
She appeared on Broadway and on television. From 1967 to 1969, she co-starred in the NBC sitcom, The Mothers-in-Law, with Eve Arden. She also appeared as a regular on The Doris Day Show from 1970-1972.
Ballard established herself as a musical comedienne in the 194...
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Actress, comedienne, and singer Kaye Ballard, also credited as Kay Ballard was born as Catherine Gloria Balotta on November 20, 1925, in Cleveland, Ohio, to an Italian immigrant father.
She appeared on Broadway and on television. From 1967 to 1969, she co-starred in the NBC sitcom, The Mothers-in-Law, with Eve Arden. She also appeared as a regular on The Doris Day Show from 1970-1972.
Ballard established herself as a musical comedienne in the 1940s, joining the Spike Jones touring revue of entertainers. Capable of playing broad physical comedy as well as stand-up dialogue routines, she became familiar in television and stage productions. During 1954 she was the first person to record the song "In Other Words" (later renamed "Fly Me To The Moon"). During 1957, she and Alice Ghostley played the two ugly stepsisters in the live telecast of Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella, starring Julie Andrews in the title role. She made appearances on the American television game show Match Game,...
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