Kaye Ballard (1925-2019) was a comic actress and singer who began her career in vaudeville. She was the guest star on The Muppet Show episode 123.
Ballard appeared on Broadway in such musicals as The Golden Apple and Carnival, and appeared as Ruth in Joseph Papp's 1980s adaptation of Gilbert & Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance. She played one of the stepsisters in the 1957 early TV version of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella (opposite Julie Andrews), and appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show, Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (as a regular "Kraft Music Hall Player"), and other variety series. In sitcoms, she was a regular on The Mothers-in-Law and What a Dummy! Other TV credits included a 1993 stint on All My Children (as Mrs. Remo) and guest spots on Here's Lucy, The Love Boat, and Due South (recurring as Mrs. Vecchio).