Pugh and Carroll are credited with helping create the 'Lucy' character, which Ball played in one form or another for over 40 years. The pair also wrote episodes for The Lucy Show, Here's Lucy, The Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Show (aka The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour) and Ball's final series, Life with Lucy (1986). The pair's other writing credits include work on the television series The Paul Lynde Show, Dorothy, Those Whiting Girls, Kocham Klane (an I Love Lucy series remake in Poland) and The Tom Ewell Show. They also worked on the films Forever, Darling and Yours, Mine and Ours, starring Ball. They created and wrote the Desi Arnaz Productions series The Mothers-in-Law (filmed at Desilu), which starred actresses Kaye Ballard and Eve Arden. The two served for seven years as executive producers of the long-running television series Alice and occasionally contributed scripts, one of which was awarded a Golden Globe Award. In September 2005, Madelyn Pugh Davis, who lived in California, released her memoirs, titled Laughing with Lucy, written with Bob Carroll Jr. Private life and death Pugh was married twice, first to TV producer Quinn Martin on December 24, 1955 in Los Angeles, until their 1960 divorce. They had a son, Michael Quinn Martin. She later married Dr. Richard Merrill Davis in 1964, and remained married until his death in 2009. Pugh Davis died on April 20, 2011, aged 90, in Bel Air, California, and her ashes were in a place of honor on display in the Chapel columbarium, at Hollywood Forever Cemetery. Works and publications Portrayal in popular media Pugh was played by Alia Shawkat (younger) and Linda Lavin (older) in Being the Ricardos, a 2021 film written and directed by Aaron Sorkin. Awards Madelyn Pugh Davis and Bob Carroll Jr. 1955, Emmy nomination for comedy writing, I Love Lucy 1970, Emmy nomination for "Lucy Meets the Burtons" episode, Here's Lucy 1979, Golden Globe as Producers for Alice 1990, Television Academy Hall of Fame award, I Love Lucy 1992, Writers' Guild of America Paddy Chayefsky Laurel Award for Television Achievement 1999, "Loving Lucy" award, Lucy Convention 2001, UCLA Lifetime Achievement award Madelyn Pugh Davis 1957, Los Angeles Times Times Woman of the Year Award 1957, Women in Communications award 1960, Kappa Kappa Gamma Outstanding Alumni award 1972, Indiana University Distinguished Alumni award 1996, Women in Film Lucy Award 1998, Indiana Broadcasters Award 2006, Paley Center for Media "She