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Lucille Ball

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Lucille Désirée Ball was an American comedienne, model, film and television executive, and film, television, stage and radio actress who starred in the sitcoms I Love Lucy, The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour, The Lucy Show and Here’s Lucy. For over five decades, Lucille Ball was one of the most popular and influential stars in America. In 1929, the beautiful, fiery red head, Lucille Ball landed work as a model and later began her performing career on Broadway using the stage name “Diane Belmont”. Through the 1930s and 1940s she became a star in both film and radio.

In 1951, Ball was pivotal in the creation of the iconic television series I Love Lucy. The show co-starred her then husband, Desi Arnaz as Ricky Ricardo and Vivian Vance and William Frawley as Ethel and Fred Mertz, the Ricardos’ loveable landlords. CBS was initially not impressed with the pilot episode produced by Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz’s Desilu Productions company, so the couple toured the road in a vaudeville act with Lucy as the zany housewife who was determined to get in Arnaz’s show. The tour was a success, and CBS put I Love Lucy on their lineup. Lucille Ball’s brilliant comedic timing and strikingly beautiful looks became as recognizable as the iconic episodes in the I Love Lucy sitcom. From such classic episodes as the chocolate factory fiasco to the hilarious vitameatavegamin commercial, Lucille Ball entertained audiences and touched the hearts of America. As a strong, determined, and independent woman in the male-dominated 1950s, Lucille Ball taught woman all over the world that with passion and dedication, anything is possible.

In her lifetime, Ball received thirteen Emmy Award nominations and four wins. She was the recipient of the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award in 1979, the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Kennedy Center Honors in 1986 and the Governors Award from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in 1989.

• Born: Lucille Désirée Ball August 6, 1911 Jamestown, New York
• Died: April 26, 1989 (aged 77) Los Angeles, California
• Cause of death: dissecting aortic aneurysm
• Other names: Lucille Ball Morton
• Occupation: Actress, comedian, model, film executive
• Years active: 1932-1986
• Spouse: Desi Arnaz (m.1940-1960; divorced) Gary Morton (m.1961-1989; her death)

Read more about Lucille Ball at Wikipedia or at the Internet Movie Database

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