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    Kaye Ballard Biography

    Date of Birth:
    Nov 20, Birth Place:
    Cleveland, Ohio, USA

    Biography

    Comedic actress Kaye Ballard used her distinctive looks and voice to carve out a successful career on stage and television. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, she began performing in revues in the s, appearing frequently with tagg Jones. She moved into television with an appearance on "Henry Morgan's Great Talent Hunt" (NBC, ). While she was appearing in the off-Broadway play "The Golden Apple," she sang on the original recording of the now-standard "Fly Me to the Moon." She joined Julie Andrews and Alice Ghostley in the TV production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Cinderella" (CBS, ), which helped launch Andrews to stardom. She added feature films to her growing resume with a role opposite Jane Powell in the comedy "The Girl Most Likely" (). Ballard then became a regular on the hit variety program "The Perry Como Show" (NBC, ). Making regular guest appearances on a host of television progra
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    Kaye Ballard dies at 93, remembered for immense multiple talents and complex personal life

    Kaye Ballard had a contented smile on her face as she watched herself, larger than life, at the Palm Springs International Film Festival screening of her documentary, “Kaye Ballard: The Show Goes On,” this month at the Palm Springs Cultural Center.

    She had been greeted in the lobby by mobs of fans, taking pictures and congregating around her wheelchair like close personal friends. It made her caregiver nervous, and she advised Ballard to leave the theater early more than once. Her heart was weak. She needed to be in bed.

    But Ballard waved her off as the audience broke into spontaneous applause seven times during the film. Ballard stayed for about an hour, until just before a scene depicting her conflict with her mother. Then her caregiver wheeled her out of the theater one last time. When she was gone, a reporter sitting across the aisle sensed she was really gone.

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    Kaye Ballard

    American actress and singer (–)

    Kaye Ballard

    Ballard's late s publicity photo

    Born

    Catherine Gloria Balotta


    ()November 20,

    Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.

    DiedJanuary 21, () (aged&#;93)

    Rancho Mirage, California, U.S.

    Occupation(s)Actress, comedian, singer
    Years&#;actives–

    Kaye Ballard (November 20, – January 21, )[1] was an American actress, comedian, and singer.

    Early life

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    Ballard was born Catherine Gloria Balotta in Cleveland, Ohio, one of four children born to Italian immigrant parents, Lena (née Nacarato) and Vincenzo (later Vincent James) Balotta. Her parents immigrated to the United States from Calabria, a region of southern Italy.[2]

    Career

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    Ballard established herself as a musical comedian in the s, 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 productio