How I Lost 10 Pounds in 53 Years : A Memoir

From burlesque and vaudeville to nightclubs, from movies and television toroadway, Kaye Ballard has seen and done it all. Now she tells all in aossipy, upbeat memoir. Affectionate, amazing and impossible to put down, "ow I Lost 10 Pounds in 53 Years" is a wonderful tribute to a legendaryrouper and her times. She has been in show business for more than sixtyears starting in 1946, when she was a movie usher and Spike Jones hired heright out of the aisles! She went on to sing with big bands, starred in manyhows on Broadway and off, headlined the classic sitcom "The Mothers-in-Law"ith Eve Arden and acted in countless movies. Today, she travels with her ownne-woman shows, makes movies and tours.

Kaye Ballard, star of stage, screen, and recording studio, has been in show business for more than sixty years. In 1946, when she was a movie usher, Spike Jones hired her right out of the aisles. In the following years, she sang with big bands, starred in The Golden Apple, Oklahoma!, Carnival, and many other shows on Broadway and off, appeared on the cover of Life, headlined the classic sitcom The Mothers-in-Law with Eve Arden, and acted in countless movies. Today she travels with her own one-woman shows, makes movies, and tours. She lives in Palm Springs, CA


Jim Hesselman is an actor/director/playwright who lives near Louisville, Kentucky where he runs his own production company, Theatre Island Productions.