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Lucille Ball
Age: 77 (passed away Apr. 26th, 1989)
Height: 5' 7"
Birth Place: Jamestown, New York, USA
Born: Aug. 6th, 1911
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NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at
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BIOGRAPHY: Remembered as a dizzy sitcom redhead with show business aspirations, Lucille Ball was, in fact, a show business powerhouse and television pioneer. Throughout her teen years, Ball tried unsuccessfully to launch her show business career, finally landing a spot as a "Ziegfeld Girl". She launched her Hollywood career as one of the "Goldwyn Girls", but she moved out from the crowd of starlets to starring roles. With "I Love Lucy" (1951), she and husband Desi Arnaz pioneered the 3-camera technique now the standard in filming TV sitcoms, and the concept of syndicating television programs. She was also the first woman to own her own film studio as the head of Desilu.
TRIVIA:
- Suffered a second miscarriage with her and 'Desi Arnaz' (qv)'s second child in 1949.
- The day she first met 'Desi Arnaz' (qv), she had a black eye and a torn dress from filming a fight scene for _Dance, Girl, Dance (1940)_ (qv) and he didn't find her at all attractive until they met again later in the day when she had changed into her own clothes and makeup. His oft-quoted first impression of her extraordinary beauty was "That's a hunk o' woman".
- Pictured on a 34¢ USA commemorative postage stamp in the Legends of Hollywood series, issued 6 August 2001.
- Felt that she did not deserve the title of "Queen of Comedy" and felt that it belonged to her idol, 'Carole Lombard (I)' (qv).
- In Italy, her films were often dubbed by 'Lidia Simoneschi' (qv) or 'Wanda Tettoni' (qv), notably in the hilarious _The Long, Long Trailer (1953)_ (qv). She was occasionally dubbed by 'Rosetta Calavetta' (qv), 'Dhia Cristiani' (qv), 'Rina Morelli' (qv) and 'Renata Marini' (qv) (in _Stage Door (1937)_ (qv)).
- Appears on a 44¢ USA commemorative postage stamp in the Early Television Memories issue with 'Vivian Vance' (qv), as Lucy Ricardo and Ethel Mertz, in a scene from _"I Love Lucy" (1951) {Job Switching (#2.1)}_ (qv). The stamp was issued 11 August 2009.
- (3 March 1960) Filed for a divorce from husband 'Desi Arnaz' (qv), the day following the last day of filming _"The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour" (1957)_ (qv).
- Born a brunette.
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