LOS ANGELES (AP) — A friend says that actress Kaye Ballard, co-star of the TV series “The Mothers-in-Law,” has died. She was 93.
The friend, Marguerite Gordon, says Ballard died Monday night at her home in Rancho Mirage, California.
Ballard had been fighting kidney cancer, Gordon said Tuesday.
A boisterous comedian and singer as well as an actress, Ballard appeared in Broadway musicals and nightclubs from New York to Las Vegas.
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She starred with Eve Arden in the 1960s sitcom “The Mothers-In-Law.” The series marked a high point in a career that began when Ballard was 12 and lasted into the 21st century.
A documentary on Ballard’s life and career premiered at the Palm Springs International Film Festival last week.