Lucille Ball
Biography
Lucille Désirée Ball (August 6, 1911 – April 26, 1989) was an American comedian, film, television, stage and radio actress, model, film and television executive, and star of the sitcoms I Love Lucy, The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour, The Lucy Show, Here's Lucy and Life With Lucy. One of the most popular and influential stars in America during her lifetime, with one of Hollywood's longest careers, especially on television, Ball began acting in the 1930s, becoming both a radio actress and B-movie star in the 1940s, and then a television star during the 1950s. She was still making films in the 1960s and 1970s.
Ball received thirteen Emmy Award nominations and four wins. In 1977 Ball was among the first recipients of the Women in Film Crystal Award. 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.
In 1929, Ball landed work as a model and later began her performing career on Broadway using the stage name Dianne Belmont. She appeared in many small movie roles in the 1930s as a contract player for RKO Radio Pictures. Ball was labeled as the "Queen of the Bs" (referring to her many roles in B-films). In 1951, Ball was pivotal in the creation of the 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' landlords and friends. The show ended in 1957 after 180 episodes. They then changed the format a little - lengthening the time of the show from 30 minutes to 60 minutes (the first one went 75 mins), adding some characters, altering the storyline somewhat, and renaming the show from "I Love Lucy" to "The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour", which ran for three seasons (1957–1960) and 13 episodes. Ball went on to star in two more successful television series: The Lucy Show, which ran on CBS from 1962 to 1968 (156 Episodes), and Here's Lucy from 1968 to 1974 (144 episodes). Her last attempt at a television series was a 1986 show called Life with Lucy - which failed miserably after 8 episodes aired although 13 were produced.
Ball met and eloped with Cuban bandleader Desi Arnaz in 1940. On July 17, 1951, almost 40 years old, Ball gave birth to their first child, Lucie Désirée Arnaz. A year and a half later, Ball gave birth to their second child, Desiderio Alberto Arnaz IV, known as Desi Arnaz, Jr. Ball and Arnaz divorced on May 4, 1960.
On April 26, 1989, Ball died of a dissecting aortic aneurysm at age 77. At the time of her death she had been married to her second husband, standup comedian and business partner Gary Morton, for twenty-eight years.
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Personal info
Gender
Female
Birthday
1911-08-06
Place of birth
Jamestown, New York, USA
Images
Cast
A Guide for the Married Man
1967
5.90
Lured
1947
6.30
Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored
2011
0.00
The Dark Corner
1946
6.60
Roberta
1935
6.98
The Long, Long Trailer
1954
6.80
Without Love
1945
6.80
Dance, Girl, Dance
1940
6.40
Yours, Mine and Ours
1968
6.80
Follow the Fleet
1936
6.80
Forever, Darling
1956
7.00
Mame
1974
6.20
Best Foot Forward
1943
6.00
Ziegfeld Follies
1945
6.04
Miss Grant Takes Richmond
1949
5.40
Du Barry Was a Lady
1943
6.10
Thousands Cheer
1943
6.30
Stage Door
1937
7.00
Room Service
1938
6.50
Easy to Wed
1946
6.20
Joy of Living
1938
5.70
Having Wonderful Time
1938
4.90
The Facts of Life
1960
5.20
Five Came Back
1939
6.20
Lucy and Desi
2022
7.20
Showbiz Goes to War
1982
10.00
Stone Pillow
1985
6.00
Fancy Pants
1950
5.65
Sorrowful Jones
1949
6.10
Broadway Bill
1934
6.00
All Star Party for Lucille Ball
1984
6.00
Her Husband's Affairs
1947
5.40
The Magic Carpet
1951
4.70
The Fuller Brush Girl
1950
6.00
Too Many Girls
1940
5.70
Meet the People
1944
5.00
Critic's Choice
1963
5.50
Two Smart People
1946
6.40
The Big Street
1942
5.80
Easy Living
1949
5.90
Twelve Crowded Hours
1939
5.20
Seven Days' Leave
1942
6.00
The Affairs of Annabel
1938
4.00
Panama Lady
1939
5.60
Beauty for the Asking
1939
5.70
Bob Hope's Love Affair with Lucy
1989
0.00
Three Little Pigskins
1934
6.94
That's Right – You're Wrong
1939
5.70
Swing It
1936
4.20
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
1941
4.70
Valley of the Sun
1942
5.80
Look Who's Laughing
1941
5.50
Bunker Bean
1936
4.60
Foolish Hearts
1935
0.00
I Dream Too Much
1935
4.90
That Girl from Paris
1936
6.50
Lover Come Back
1946
6.20
You Can't Fool Your Wife
1940
4.50
Go Chase Yourself
1938
4.50
Next Time I Marry
1938
6.80
Annabel Takes a Tour
1938
5.00
The Marines Fly High
1940
5.50
Behind the Evidence
1935
2.00
Don't Tell the Wife
1937
0.00
Kid Millions
1934
6.50
A Beverly Hills Christmas
1987
3.50
Nana
1934
5.00
Moulin Rouge
1934
7.00
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
1934
5.30
Blood Money
1933
7.00
The Affairs of Cellini
1934
4.90
Top Hat
1935
7.27
Old Man Rhythm
1935
6.30
Bottoms Up
1934
4.30
Murder at the Vanities
1934
5.40
Lucy Calls the President
1977
5.00
One Live Ghost
1936
5.00
Broadway Thru a Keyhole
1933
5.70
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
8.00
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
1960
6.00
Three for Two
1975
3.00
Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie
1993
8.20
The Farmer in the Dell
1936
0.00
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964
6.30
Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution
2024
6.20
Roman Scandals
1933
6.00
The Three Musketeers
1935
6.40
Chatterbox
1936
6.00
The Bowery
1933
5.10
Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration
2015
10.00
That's Entertainment! III
1994
7.00
The Dean Martin Christmas Show
1968
7.60
I Love Lucy: The Movie
1953
7.20
Carnival
1935
0.00
Swing Out, Sweet Land
1970
5.67
Happy Anniversary and Goodbye
1974
4.80
Lucy Gets Lucky
1975
1.00
What Now, Catherine Curtis?
1976
0.00
Lucy Moves to NBC
1980
1.00
A Star Is Born World Premiere
1954
8.00
This Is Bob Hope...
2017
8.00
Fugitive Lady
1934
6.00
Hold That Girl
1934
0.00
Men of the Night
1934
2.00
Perfectly Mismated
1934
0.00
The Whole Town's Talking
1935
6.80
Hooray for Love
1935
4.70
Jealousy
1934
4.70
His Old Flame
1935
0.00
A Night at the Biltmore Bowl
1935
6.00
Winterset
1936
5.60
Muss 'em Up
1936
5.50
Lucy in London
1966
6.00
I'll Love You Always
1935
3.00
So and Sew
1936
0.00
The Lucille Ball Comedy Hour
1964
7.50
General Foods Opening Night
1963
0.00
Dummy Ache
1936
4.80
A Woman of Distinction
1950
6.20
Lucy's Really Lost Moments
1956
6.50
Judy Garland: By Myself
2004
7.50
Cher... and Other Fantasies
1979
10.00
Carol + 2
1966
0.00
Salute to Stan Laurel
1965
0.00
The Jack Benny Birthday Special
1969
0.00
I Love Lucy Christmas Special
2016
10.00
Ellis in Freedomland
1952
0.00
My Darling Vivian
2020
7.50
NBC: The First Fifty Years
1976
0.00
The Funny World of Lucy, Volume 1
1997
10.00
G.I. Journal
1944
0.00
The Bob Hope Chevy Show
1956
0.00
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987
7.70
Pioneers of Primetime
2005
0.00