Who in your opinion was Lucille Ball's number one rival as the queen of tv comedy in the 1950's (this can be someone you prefer to Lucy, someone you think is the second best tv comedienne, or someone you feel was considered the second best tv comedienne. I'm not including Vivian Vance in the possibilities since this is really about Lucy's peers.

I tried to edit it to add more chioces but unfortunately I can seem to do that - or delete this and start a new thread for the poll, in any case here are five more choices plus "Other".


GERTRUDE BERG
NANETTE FABRAY
ANN JEFFREYS
GALE STORM
BETTY WHITE
Other (someone not mentioned)

I voted for Gracie Allen because she is one of my all-time favorites.

Eve Arden was the star of one of the funniest and also the most underrated sitcoms of the 1950's "Our Miss Brooks". Eve was a great comedienne and was at the very top of her game on this show. Sadly her work was overshadowed by Lucy's work on ILL and in fact is now largely forgotten.

i voted for eve arden she was a very funny lady