Singing funny girl Kaye Ballard was born to perform...and perform she has in a career now broaching seven decades. With a strong comedy background and tunnel mouth to rival Martha Raye, the broad and bouncy trouper has drawn laughs on the musical stage, in night clubs, in recordings and on TV. As the archetypal over-emotive, knuckle-biting Italian...
The Girl Most Likley (Original Album Plus Bonus Tracks 1958)
Nominations
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Solo Performance
Star Sign
Scorpio
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Quote
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[Of Eve Arden]: Eve Arden was another class act to work with. Just classy, classy, and I bought a house in Los Angeles, and everyone said, 'You sold your house to Eve Arden?' I said, 'No!' I sold my 28 pier mortgage to Eve Arden; and she was just a wonderful, woman to work with.
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[When asked if $250 would be a joke, and whether Eve Arden, who starred alongside Ballard herself, were making enough]: Yes! We were all supposed to get a two-hundred-fifty-dollar raise the second year, and suddenly Proctor & Gamble wouldn't do it. So Desi said, 'Either you do it, or the show doesn't go on.' And all this when we were still in the top ten! What was so funny was that Eve and I were telling him, 'No! We want to do it!' It's fascinating the difference [in salaries] today. Eve and I didn't make that much money. Eve Arden who was a big star then, made six-thousand a week, and I made two. When you compare that today to one or two million dollars an episode!! It's crazy!
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I'm one of the lucky ones. People get Master's Degree and they say, 'I don't know what I wanted to do,' I knew I always wanted to do. Isn't that nice?
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On "The Mothers-in-Law" series: It's hard to get away from anything like that. It's like the Fonz. Only he made a lot of money. We didn't
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Referring to Kaye Ballard Lane in Rancho Mirage, California: Frank Sinatra had a street. Dean Martin had a street. I have a lane.
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Fact
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Rancho Mirage, California [January 2010]
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Breast cancer survivor.
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Began her career on Vaudeville as an impressionist and singer.
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
Little Insects
2000
Queen Palooma (voice)
The Million Dollar Kid
2000
Mrs. Crabby
Baby Geniuses
1999
Mayor
The Modern Adventures of Tom Sawyer
1998
Mrs. Grumpy Old Man
Ava's Magical Adventure
1998
Leona the Sheriff
Walking to Waldheim
1997
Short
Yetta Sher
Due South
1994-1995
TV Series
Mrs. Vecchio
Daddy Dearest
1993
TV Series
Mrs. Lento
Joey Takes a Cab
1991
What a Dummy
1990-1991
TV Series
Mrs. Treva Travalony
The Munsters Today
1989-1991
TV Series
Mother Earth / Mother Nature
Fate
1990
Judy
Eternity
1990/II
Sabrina
Selma
Modern Love
1990
Receptionist
Monsters
1989
TV Series
Faye Ingram
The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
1989
TV Series
Madame Agogo
Tiger Warsaw
1988
Aunt Thelma
The Law and Harry McGraw
1987
TV Series
Angela Calucci
The Perils of P.K.
1986
Young People's Specials
1984
TV Series
Mrs. Deluca
Great Performances
1983
TV Series
Duchess
Pandemonium
1982
Glenn's Mom
Trapper John, M.D.
1980-1981
TV Series
Beulah Krakowsky / Mother
Here's Boomer
1981
TV Series
Sophia
The Love Boat
1978-1981
TV Series
Babe / Joan Redmond / Cora Bass
The Steve Allen Comedy Hour
1980
TV Series
Falling in Love Again
1980
Mrs. Lewis (1940's)
Broadway on Showtime
1980
TV Series
Salome
The Dream Merchants
1980
TV Series
Esther Kessler
Fantasy Island
1979
TV Series
Elvira Wilson
Flying High
1978
TV Series
Li'l Abner in the Dogpatch Today
1978
TV Movie
Alice
1977
TV Series
Seama
Freaky Friday
1976
Coach Betsy
The Ritz
1976
Vivian Proclo
Police Story
1976
TV Series
Nurse Ladue
The Montefuscos
1975
TV Series
Filomena
Sonic Boom
1974
Short
Aggie
Love, American Style
1970-1973
TV Series segment "Love and the Soap Opera" / Helen segment "Love and the Dream Burglar" / Sally segment "Love and the V.I.P. Restaurant"
- Love and the Mind Reader/Love and the Mr. and Mrs./Love and the Soap Opera 1973 ... segment "Love and the Soap Opera"
The Doris Day Show
1970-1972
TV Series
Angie Pallucci / Flossie Moore
Here's Lucy
1971
TV Series
Donna
Which Way to the Front?
1970
Senora Messina
All My Children
1970
TV Series
Mrs. Remo (1993)
The Red Skelton Hour
1969
TV Series
DMV Clerk
The Mothers-In-Law
1967-1969
TV Series
Kaye Buell
Laugh-In
1968
TV Series
Guest Performer
A House Is Not a Home
1964
Sidonia
The Patty Duke Show
1964
TV Series
Mrs. Selby
Play of the Week
1961
TV Series
The Girl Most Likely
1958
Marge
Cinderella
1957
TV Special
Stepsister Portia
Kraft Theatre
1956
TV Series
Henry Morgan's Great Talent Hunt
1951
TV Series
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Muppet Show
1977
TV Series performer - 1 episode
The Doris Day Show
1970
TV Series performer - 1 episode
The Garry Moore Show
1958
TV Series performer - 1 episode
The Girl Most Likely
1958
performer: "Travelogue", "All the Colors of the Rainbow"
Cinderella
1957
TV Special performer: "Stepsisters' Lament", "When You're Driving Through The Moonlight" A Lovely Night
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Diahann Carroll: The Lady. The Music. The Legend
2010
TV Movie very special thanks
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2016
Documentary post-production
Herself
Twenty-Five Palms
2015
Documentary
Herself
The Outrageous Sophie Tucker
2014
Documentary
Herself
Moms Mabley: I Got Somethin' to Tell You
2013
Documentary
Herself
Troupers
2011
Documentary
Herself
Here's Harry: Remembering Gale Gordon
2011
Video documentary short
Herself - Interviewee
Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America
2009
TV Series documentary
Herself / Herself - Comedian
A Lovely Night: The Making of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Television Classic
2005
Short
Herself
The Pool of Desire
2004
Documentary short
Herself
The Desilu Story
2003
TV Movie documentary
Herself
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
$7 Million
