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((short description|American screenwriter))
((More citations needed|date=March 2016))
((Infobox person
| name         = Madelyn Pugh
| image        = Madelyn Pugh Davis, 1966.jpg
| imagesize    =
| caption      = Pugh in 1966
| occupation   = Television producer and writer
| years_active = 1951–2009
| spouse       = ((plainlist|
* ((marriage|[[Quinn Martin]]|1955|1960|end=divorce))
* ((marriage|Richard Davis|1964|2009|end=his death))
))
| children = 1 (with Martin)
| birth_date   = ((birth date|1921|3|15))
| birth_place  = [[Indianapolis, Indiana]], U.S.
| death_date   = ((death date and age|2011|4|20|1921|3|15))
| death_place  = [[Bel Air, California]], U.S.
))

'''Madelyn Pugh''' (March 15, 1921 &ndash; April 20, 2011), sometimes credited as '''Madelyn Pugh Davis''', '''Madelyn Davis''', or '''Madelyn Martin''',<ref name="IMDb">((cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0205070|title=Madelyn Pugh|website=IMDb.com|accessdate=2016-03-06))</ref> was a television writer who became known in the 1950s for her work on the ''[[I Love Lucy]]'' television series.

==Early life and education==
Pugh was born in [[Indianapolis]], [[Indiana]], to I. Watt Pugh, a bank treasurer,<ref name="1930 United States Federal Census">1930 United States Federal Census</ref> and Louise Huff.<ref>Indiana, Birth Certificates, 1907-1940</ref> She had two older sisters, Audrey and Rosalind.<ref name="1930 United States Federal Census"/>

During her senior year at [[Shortridge High School]], she was co-editor of the high school newspaper, along with her classmate [[Kurt Vonnegut]].<ref name=kurt>((cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdANElmRU6k&t=4m10s |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090926232551/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdANElmRU6k |archive-date=2009-09-26 |url-status=dead|title=NOW – A Tribute To Kurt Vonnegut – PBS|last=PBS|date=13 April 2007|access-date=8 May 2017|via=YouTube))</ref> She graduated in 1938, two years before Vonnegut.<ref name='Shortridge-1938-Pugh'>((cite web|url=https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/1265/images/30757_061603-00063?ssrc=&backlabel=Return&backurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ancestry.com%2F|title=Shortridge Annual 1938 "Madelyn Laverne Pugh" (Shortridge High School, Indianapolis, Indiana)|author=<!--Not stated--> |page=142|date=1938|website=Ancestry.com |publisher=Generations Network|url-access=subscription|access-date=7 July 2020))</ref><ref name=kurt/>

In 1942, she graduated from [[Indiana University]]'s School of Journalism.((citation needed|date=December 2021))

==Career==
Pugh became interested in writing while serving as Friday editor of the [[Shortridge High School]] daily newspaper in Indianapolis, Indiana with classmate [[Kurt Vonnegut]].<ref name=kurt/> At Shortridge she also served as vice president of her senior class. Her first professional writing job was writing short radio spots for WIRE, an Indianapolis radio station.

When her family moved to California, she got work as a radio writer, first for NBC and then CBS, where she met Bob Carroll. Pugh credits some of her breakthrough as "the girl writer" to the war effort, which limited the pool of qualified male writers; she was frequently the only female writer on staff.((Citation needed|date=April 2011))

Early in her career, as a staff writer for [[CBS Radio]] in Hollywood, Pugh forged a partnership with [[Bob Carroll Jr.]] which lasted more than 50 years. Together they wrote some 400 television programs and roughly 500 radio shows. While the team was writing for ''[[The Steve Allen Show]]'', they became interested in writing for [[Lucille Ball]]'s new radio show, ''[[My Favorite Husband]]''. They paid Allen to write his own show one week so they could focus on creating a script submission for ''[[My Favorite Husband]]''. Under the supervision of head writer [[Jess Oppenheimer]], the pair wrote Ball's radio program for its 2½ years.<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.lucylibrary.com/Pages/profile-bobandmadelyn.html|accessdate=October 30, 2006|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061025220002/http://www.lucylibrary.com/Pages/profile-bobandmadelyn.html|archivedate=October 25, 2006|title=Bob and Madelyn profiles))</ref>

Pugh and Carroll helped create a [[vaudeville]] act for Lucille Ball and her husband [[Desi Arnaz]], which became the basis for the pilot episode of ''[[I Love Lucy]]''. Together with Oppenheimer and/or [[Bob Schiller]] and [[Bob Weiskopf]], who joined the show at the beginning of the fifth year, the team tackled 39 episodes per season for the run of the series. Although they never won, Pugh and Carroll were nominated for three [[Emmy Award]]s for their work on the series.<ref>((cite web|url=https://poll.imdb.com/name/nm0205070/awards|title=Madelyn Davis - Awards - IMDb|website=Poll.imdb.com|date=2009-05-01|accessdate=2016-03-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070312160503/http://poll.imdb.com/name/nm0205070/awards|archive-date=2007-03-12|url-status=dead))</ref>

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 Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour|The Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Show]]'' (aka ''[[The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour]]'') and Ball's final series,  ''[[Life with Lucy]]'' (1986).((citation needed|date=October 2016))

The pair's other writing credits include work on the television series ''[[Fireside Theatre|The Jane Wyman Show]]'', ''[[The Paul Lynde Show]]'', ''Dorothy'', ''[[Margaret Whiting|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 (1968 film)|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 (American TV series)|Alice]]'' and occasionally contributed scripts, one of which was awarded a [[Golden Globe Award]].<ref name="IMDb"/>

In September 2005, Madelyn Pugh Davis, who lived in California, released her memoirs, titled ''Laughing with Lucy'', written with Bob Carroll Jr.

==Personal 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 they remained married until his death in 2009.<ref>California, Marriage Index, 1949-1959</ref><ref>Dennis Hevesi, [https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/22/arts/television/madelyn-pugh-davis-writer-for-i-love-lucy-dies-at-90.html?ref=obituaries "Madelyn Pugh Davis, Writer for ‘I Love Lucy’, Dies at 90"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', April 21, 2011.</ref>
[[Image:Madelyn Pugh Laughing with Lucy.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Cover of ''Laughing with Lucy'']] 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==
* ((cite book|last1=Davis|first1=Madelyn Pugh|last2=Carroll, Jr.|first2=Bob|title=Laughing with Lucy: My Life with America's Leading Lady of Comedy|date=2005|publisher=Emmis Books|location=Cincinnati, OH|isbn=978-1-578-60247-6|oclc=1245315312))

==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 Los Angeles|Women in Film]] [[Women in Film Crystal + Lucy Awards#Past Lucy Award Winners|Lucy Award]]<ref>((cite web|url=http://wif.org/past-recipients|accessdate=April 10, 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110630083646/http://www.wif.org/past-recipients|archivedate=June 30, 2011|title=WIF awardees))</ref>
* 1998, Indiana Broadcasters Award
* 2006, Paley Center for Media "She Made It!" honoree

==References==
((Reflist))

==External links==
* ((IMDb name|id=0205070|name=Madelyn Davis))
* [http://mediaschool.indiana.edu/our-people/our-alumni/distinguished-alumni-awards/ Interview], indiana.edu; accessed October 15, 2016. 
* [http://www.emmytvlegends.org/interviews/people/madelyn-pugh-davis  Interview], emmytvlegends.org; accessed October 15, 2016.

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