Fleshy, smiling, ethnically-Italian-and-proud-of-it actress, singer and revue performer Kaye Ballard has divided her time between sitcoms, the stage and cabaret. She is particularly remembered as Kaye Buell, foil and compatriot of Eve Arden's Eve Hubbard on "The Mothers-in-Law" (NBC, 1967-69), a sitcom produced by Desi Arnaz in which the two wacky neighbors get into trouble each week a la Lucy and Ethel.

Ballard made her performing debut in her native Cleveland at age 12 and three years later was singing at the local Stage Door Canteen. In 1943, Ballard was performing at The Bowery, a Detroit