"I Love Lucy" Actress Doris Singleton Dead At 92 !

Actress Doris Singleton, who played one of Lucy and Ricky Ricardo's lesser-known neighbors on "I Love Lucy," has passed away. She was 92.










Lucie Arnaz, daughter of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, confirmed the death in an email to "The Associated Press" and in a post on her Facebook page. Singleton passed away Tuesday, the same day as writer-director Nora Ephron, and Arnaz acknowledged them both in her post, writing: "They were loved and appreciated and will be missed."

It has to be noted that Singleton's death also was reported by "Variety" and the "Hollywood Reporter".




Just for the record, her character, first called Lillian Appleby and then Caroline Appleby, appeared in 10 episodes. She was Lucy's neighbor, the wife of a radio station owner.

"She was sort of Lucy's nemesis" because both had young sons, Singleton stated in a 2005 interview for the "Archive of American Television of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation". "There was a rivalry there but she had to be nice, Lucy had to be nice to Caroline, because her husband owned the radio station."

Born in Brooklyn, Singleton was a professional ballet dancer as a teenager and later became a singer and radio actress.









Singleton also played Margaret Williams on the 1960s sitcom "My Three Sons" and she made appearances on dozens of other TV shows in the 1950s, 60s and 70s, including another Lucille Ball program, "Here's Lucy," "Perry Mason," "All in the Family," and "Days of Our Lives."

Singleton was married to comedy writer Charlie Isaacs for 61 years before his death in 2002.

R.I.P Doris Singleton

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Katie Holmes And Tom Cruise Divorce: The Real Reason Katie Filed For Divorce

According to a source close to the couple, Katie Holmes was encouraged to file for divorce from Tom Cruise after becoming "sick" of the Tom's controlling ways. 

As it was previously said on another post, the pair announced on Friday that they are splitting after five years of marriage.

A source close to Katie Holmes claimed that as the excitement and glamour of dating one of the world's biggest Hollywood stars wore off Katie was left feeling more and more annoyed by Tom and his desire to control their affair, their daughter's upbringing and Katie's every move.

"When Katie first met Tom she was blown away by him," the source quoted as saying. "She had idolized him as a child and then here she was, with him, in person. Tom turned on the mega-watt smile and the amazing charm that he is capable of exuding and Katie was totally caught up in it all. He totally whisked her off her feet, romance, love, private jets, shopping sprees, all the razzle dazzle that goes with being an A-lister, Katie got caught up in. The next thing you know, she is pregnant and then she's getting married in this fairytale ceremony - she literally didn't have time to breath, let alone take stock of the situation."

The source continues that as time went on though, the reality of Katie's situation and what it meant to be married to a superstar really began to sink in.

"Tom has always made all the decisions in their relationship and called all the shots and initially Katie found it charming -don't forget, she was pretty young when they met and compared to Tom she was hardly worldly," the source claims. 

"Tom hated her being called Katie, and wanted her to insist on being called Kate, which she hated. He vetted all her movie roles, made all the decisions about where and when they would vacation, how Suri would be raised, when she spoke to her parents, where they went for dinner, everything! After five years of this Katie really felt like she was going crazy and that she was actually turning into the robot that the press had always made her out to be. Katie has actually got a great personality and she used to be spunky and feisty. She changed so much when she was with Tom, she became downtrodden and insipid. In the end it just got too much, she was sick of it and decided she had to do something. Basically, she grew up and lost the starstruck goggles she had been wearing"the insider told.

"Katie did not want Tom making all the decisions in Suri's life, and that's what was going on. She decided it was high time she started deciding on what was best for her daughter, or at least having an equal say, and she knew that would be impossible if she remained Mrs. Tom Cruise," the source adds.

Well, to be honest it seemed that it wouldn't last...Tom is obviously a control freak. The same happened with his previous wives...That is of course not an accident! It was apparent that Katie was oppressed by Tom and not pleased at all. She will definitely feel that this divorce is some kind of freedom!


Conclusion: Being married with Tom Cruise is Mission Impossible!


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