'I Love Lucy' actress Shirley Mitchell dies at 94
Shirley Mitchell, the comic actress who played Marion Strong, Lucy Ricardo's friend with the cackling laugh on the TV classic "I Love Lucy," has died. She was 94.
Mitchell, who was believed to be the last surviving adult cast member from the legendary CBS sitcom, died Nov. 11 of heart failure at her condominium in Westwood, her sister-in-law, the Oscar-nominated "Sunset Blvd." actress Nancy Olson, told The Hollywood Reporter.
Mitchell was the widow of Jay Livingston, the pop composer and lyricist who collaborated with Ray Evans on the Academy Award-winning songs “Mona Lisa” (performed by Nat King Cole), “Que Sera, Sera” (Doris Day) and “Buttons and Bows” (Bob Hope). The couple was married from 1992 until his death in 2001.
Mitchell joined the cast of Lucille Ball’s "I Love Lucy" for the 1953-54 season and appeared in three episodes. In one, “Lucy Tells the Truth,” Marion gets frank opinions about her new hat and her laugh during the girls’ weekly bridge game. (Lucy has bet Ricky (Desi Arnaz) and Fred and Ethel Mertz (William Frawley and Vivian Vance) $100 that she can go 24 hours without telling a lie.)
“Marion, stop cackling. I’ve been waiting 10 years for you to lay that egg!” Lucy says.
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I loved the episodes when she was on...what a great voice she did for that. RIP
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