Obituaries
Madelyn Pugh Davis collaborated with partner Bob Carroll Jr. on the groundbreaking series in the 1950s and continued to work with Lucille Ball over four decades. The pioneering female comedy writer is remembered as a ‘class act.’
April 22, 2011
Entertainment & Arts
Madelyn Pugh Davis dies at 90; ‘I Love Lucy’ writer
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April 21, 2011
Television
There are rules for the TV Lucy--be she Ricardo, Carmichael, Carter, or Barker.
Oct. 12, 1986
Even today, comic actresses try to emulate Lucille Ball, arguably the greatest female sitcom superstar.
Sept. 2, 2001
CBS has announced that a previously unseen, 40-year-old, 34-minute pilot for the “I Love Lucy” series will air Monday, April 30.
April 12, 1990
Bob Carroll Jr. and Madelyn Pugh Davis were walking down a street in Hollywood one day in the 1950s when they noticed a pizza maker in the window of an Italian restaurant tossing pizza dough into the air -- nothing out of the ordinary.
Jan. 31, 2007
“I Love Lucy” writers Madelyn Pugh Davis and Bob Carroll Jr. remember where they were the night the seminal Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz sitcom premiered Oct. 15, 1951, on CBS.
Oct. 15, 2001
The death of Lucille Ball last Wednesday at 77 tugged the heartstrings of America and indeed the world.
April 30, 1989
* Regarding your May 17 article about show biz icons not receiving residuals: I was stunned to find out that Madelyn Pugh Davis and Bob Carroll Jr. had not in 43 years been paid a dime in compensation for their script writing of “I Love Lucy.”
May 24, 2000