Carole Cook, a Lucille Ball protégée who was also known for her role in “Sixteen Candles,” died Wednesday. She was 98. Her husband, Tom Troupe, revealed she suffered heart failure in Beverly ...

Actor Carole Cook, who was Lucille Ball's protégé and played Grandma Helen in 'Sixteen Candles,' has died in Beverly Hills three days before her 99th birthday.

Zoe Ball told listeners tuned into her radio show about her near brush with disaster after leaving a candle burning in her home. The presenter shared the anecdote on Tuesday’s (3 October ...

Cook worked alongside Ball on The Lucy Show from 1963-68, appearing in 18 episodes and often playing the role of Lucy Carmichael’s friend Thelma Green, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

WASHINGTON — Carole Cook, a stage and screen actor who became a protégé of Lucille Ball, has died at the age of 98. Her husband, actor Tom Troupe, said Cook died of heart failure on Wednesday ...

Carole Cook, a protege of Lucille Ball who would become a familiar face through appearances on Ball’s TV shows, movies like The Incredible Mr. Limpet and Sixteen Candles and stage musicals 42nd ...