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'I Love Lucy' actress dies at 92
LOS ANGELES - Actress Doris Singleton, who played one of Lucy and Ricky Ricardo's lesser-known neighbors on "I Love Lucy," has died. She was 92.
Lucie Arnaz, daughter of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, confirmed the death in a post on her Facebook page. Singleton died Tuesday, the same day as writer-director Nora Ephron, and Arnaz acknowledged them both in her post, writing, "They were loved and appreciated and will be missed."
Singleton's death also was reported by Variety and the Hollywood Reporter.
Her character, first called Lillian Appleby and then Caroline Appleby, appeared in 10 episodes. She was Lucy's neighbor, the wife of a radio station owner.
"She was sort of Lucy's nemesis" because both had young sons, Singleton said in a 2005 interview for the Archive of American Television of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation. "There was a rivalry there but she had to be nice, Lucy had to be nice to Caroline, because her husband owned the radio station."
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Harpo Marx was the guest star in one episode.
"Harpo played a concert for us afterward," Singleton said, adding that she loved the episode "I was one of the blondes he was chasing!"
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Desi Arnaz
Cuban-American conductor, actor, processor and telly studio head (1917–1986)
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