Doris Singleton

About

Also Known As

Dorthea Singleton

Birth Place

New York, USA

Born

September 28, 1919

Died

June 26, 2012

Biography

Longtime friend and colleague of Lucille Ball (better known as TV's Lucy), Doris Singleton is fondly remembered as her "I Love Lucy" rival, Caroline Appleby. Singleton appeared 10 times on the iconic sitcom and twice on Ball's follow-up series, "The Lucy Show." She was set to become a series regular on "Here's Lucy" in 1968, but 11th-hour changes saw the series focus more intimately on L...

Filmography

Deadly Messages (1985)

Marge

Amelia Earhart (1976)

Mary-Jacky

Voice in the Mirror (1958)

Liz

Affair in Reno (1957)

Nora Ballard

Terror at Midnight (1956)

Linda

Intimate Portrait: Lucille Ball (2002)

Family & Companions

Charles Isaacs

Husband

Radio and TV comedy writer-producer (for such stars as George Burns, Eddie Cantor, Milton Berle, etc.).

Biography

Longtime friend and colleague of Lucille Ball (better known as TV's Lucy), Doris Singleton is fondly remembered as her "I Love Lucy" rival, Caroline Appleby. Singleton appeared 10 times on the iconic sitcom and twice on Ball's follow-up series, "The Lucy Show." She was set to become a series regular on "Here's Lucy" in 1968, but 11th-hour changes saw the series focus more intimately on Lucy's home life. Singleton nevertheless guest-starred as four characters over the six-season run. Outside her life with Lucy, Singleton was the venerable triple threat: she acted in countless TV classics, sang with an orchestra, and danced as a member of the New York City Ballet over the course of her career. Her dulcet tones garnered her radio roles as well. She lent her voice to "My Favorite Husband" in 1948, a progenitor to the televised Lucy shows where she first met and befriended Ball. Elsewhere in TV Land, Singleton appeared on two episodes of the POW comedy "Hogan's Heroes," was in three episodes of the '60s sitcom staple "The Dick Van Dyke Show," and appeared six times as recurring character Margaret Williams in the CBS sitcom "My Three Sons." Singleton scored another prominent recurring role as a good-natured neighbor in the short-lived comedy of manners "Angel."