Madelyn Davis

Birth Name:

Madelyn Pugh

Birth Place:

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

Profession

Writer, Producer, Script department, Soundtrack

Was honored by the Paley Center for Media in 2006 for her contributions to writing as one of the few female writers in the industry
Won a Laurel Award from the Writers Guild of America for TV Writing Achievement in 1992
Won a Lifetime Achievement Award from the University of California, Los Angeles for her writing work with Bob Carroll Jr․ in 2001
Graduated from Indiana University with a degree in Journalism in 1942
Met Bob Carroll Jr․ when they were both writers for CBS Radio in the 1940s, where they worked on "My Favorite Husband" starring Lucille Ball
Started out as a writer for the Indianapolis radio station WIRE before moving to Los Angeles in 1943 to work for CBS
Best known as a writer of "I Love Lucy" and the 1968 film "Yours, Mine and Ours․"
Wrote all 180 episodes of "I Love Lucy" with her writing partner, Bob Carroll Jr․, as well as the show's various spin-offs, including "The Lucy Show," "The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour," and "Here's Lucy․"
Wrote the memoir "Laughing with Lucy: My Life with America's Leading Lady of Comedy" with Bob Carroll Jr․ in 2005
Although she and Bob Carroll Jr․ dated briefly, they always kept their partnership professional and eventually married other people
Tested out many of the physical stunts in "I Love Lucy" before Lucille Ball performed them, which often involved being wrapped in rugs and hung out of windows
Was a classmate of novelist Kurt Vonnegut at Shortridge High School, where they were both members of the fiction club

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