Lucille Ball Add to My Celebs Age 77 (passed away Apr. 26th, 1989) Birthday Aug. 6th, 1911 Born in Jamestown, New York, USA Height 5' 7"

Lucille Ball's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) I Love Lucy Lucy Ricardo The Lucy Show Lucy Carmic… Donny and Marie Lucille Ball Dean Martin Celebrity Roast Woman of th… Here's Lucy Lucy Carter The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour Lucy Ricardo Body Language Lucille Ball Life with Lucy Lucy Barker Make Room for Granddaddy Lucy Carter The Mary Tyler Moore Hour Lucille Ball TV Land Moguls Lucille Ball Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse Lucy Ricardo

Main Movie Roles 1985 - That's Dancing! 1974 - Mame 1968 - Yours, Mine and Ours 1967 - A Guide for the Married Man 1960 - The Facts of Life 1956 - Forever, Darling 1947 - Lured 1946 - The Dark Corner 1946 - Easy to Wed 1945 - Without Love 1943 - Thousands Cheer 1943 - Du Barry Was a Lady 1943 - Best Foot Forward 1940 - Dance, Girl, Dance 1938 - Room Service 1938 - Joy of Living 1938 - Having Wonderful Time 1937 - Stage Door 1936 - Follow the Fleet 1935 - Roberta 1935 - Top Hat 1933 - Blood Money 1933 - Roman Scandals

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB


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:

• She was fired from working at an ice cream store because she kept forgetting to put bananas in banana splits.
• Had a superstition about the letters A and R, which is why her character was named Lucy RicARdo in _"I Love Lucy" (1951)_ (qv); Lucy CARmichael in _"The Lucy Show" (1962)_ (qv); Lucy CARter in _"Here's Lucy" (1968)_ (qv) and Lucy BARker in _"Life with Lucy" (1986)_ (qv) (she was also married to 'Desi ARnaz'). She believed she didn't have luck in her career until she changed her name to Arnaz.
• Pictured on a 34¢ USA commemorative postage stamp in the Legends of Hollywood series, issued 6 August 2001.
• Lucy filed for divorce from 'Desi Arnaz' (qv) in the 1940s, but didn't go through with it because they reconciled.
• Disliked any false form of a bird, she preferred to see them in person so she banned all pictures of birds from her house and any hotel room she was staying in.
• (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).
• 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)).
• Lucy and her son, 'Desi Arnaz Jr.' (qv), appeared together on the very first cover of "TV Guide" magazine in 1953.

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