Editing Lou Costello (section)

==Family==
On January 30, 1934, Costello married Anne Battler, a [[burlesque]] chorus dancer. Their first child, Patricia "Paddy" Costello, was born in 1936,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article50072299 |title=Lou Costello's Daughter Weds  |newspaper=[[The Barrier Miner]] |volume=LXVI |issue=17,558 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=November 11, 1953 |access-date=August 12, 2017 |page=12 |via=National Library of Australia}}, ''...Patricia Anne Costello, 17, daughter of Abbott's comedy partner Lou Costello, after her marriage in California last week to James Cardinet....''</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article138519824 |title=Grandfather |newspaper=[[Cootamundra Herald]] |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=June 4, 1954 |access-date=August 12, 2017 |page=1 |via=National Library of Australia}}, ''Santa Monica, Thursday – Film comedian Lou Costello is now a grandfather with the birth of a boy yesterday to his daughter, Patricia Cardinet....''</ref> followed by Carole on December 23, 1938, and Lou Jr. (nicknamed "Butch") on November 6, 1942, who died in a drowning incident a year later.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article48773549 |title=Lou Costello Broadcasts After Son's Death |newspaper=[[The Advertiser (Adelaide)|The Advertiser]] |volume=LXXXVI |issue=26549 |location=Adelaide |date=November 6, 1943 |access-date=August 12, 2017 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia}}, ''The one-year-old son of comedian Lou Costello fell into the family swimming pool and was drowned this afternoon....''</ref><ref name=stricken>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=VgkrAAAAIBAJ&pg=4428,2487619&dq=lou+costello&hl=en|title=Mrs. Lou Costello Fatally Stricken|date=December 6, 1959|work=Reading Eagle|access-date=November 21, 2012}}</ref> Their last child, Christine, was born on August 15, 1947.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article59466275 |title=Gossip Of Stars |newspaper=[[The Sunday Times (Western Australia)|Sunday Times (Perth)]] |issue=5284 |location=Western Australia |date=August 31, 1947 |access-date=August 12, 2017 |page=12 (Supplement to the Sunday Times) |via=National Library of Australia}}, ''Mrs. Lou Costello has just given birth to a baby girl. This is her third daughter. It is to be named Christine, after Lou's father....''</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Daughter to Lou Costellos |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1947/08/16/archives/daughter-to-lou-costellos.html |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=August 14, 1947}}</ref>
	
Costello's elder brother [[Pat Costello (actor)|Pat Costello]] was a musician who led his own band before moving to Hollywood, where he was enlisted to perform stunts in Lou's place in the first ten Abbott and Costello films. He later appeared in a supporting role in ''[[Mexican Hayride]]'' (1948).<ref name="Furmanek 1991"/>
	
Costello's sister Marie Katherine Cristillo (1912–1988) was married to actor [[Joe Kirk]] (Nat Curcuruto), who portrayed Mr. Bacciagalupe on the Abbott and Costello radio and television shows <ref>Eder, Bruce. [http://www.allmovie.com/artist/joe-kirk-p38481 "Joe Kirk: Biography"]. [[AllMovie]]. Retrieved February 12, 2015.</ref> and appeared in supporting roles in several of the team's films.<ref name="Furmanek 1991"/>

Costello's daughter Carole appeared in uncredited baby roles in a few Abbott and Costello films. She would later become a contestant coordinator for the game show ''[[Card Sharks]]'' as well as a [[Nightclub act|nightclub singer]]. She died of a [[stroke]] on March&nbsp;29, 1987, aged 48, while married to Craig Martin, eldest son of [[Dean Martin]].<ref>{{cite news |agency=[[Associated Press]] |title=Carole Costello, 48, Comic's Daughter, Dies|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-04-03-mn-2409-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times |date=April 3, 1987 |access-date=March 27, 2016}}</ref> Carole's daughter Marki Costello is an actress, director and producer in film and television.<ref>{{cite web |title=Marki Costello |url=https://www.metacritic.com/person/marki-costello |website=[[Metacritic]] |access-date=August 3, 2020}}</ref>

Costello's daughter Chris published a biography titled ''Lou's on First'' in 1981.<ref name=First>Costello, C. ''Lou's on First: A Biography: The tragic life of Hollywood's greatest clown warmly recounted by his youngest child.'' St. Martin's Press (1981). {{ISBN|0312499132}}</ref>