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Lucille Ball

Television Actress / Model (person) / Film Actress / Comedian / Television Producer / Actress | * 08/06/1911 († 77, 04/26/1989) | Jamestown, New York (United States of America (USA))
1,594 † died 35 years ago
Lucille Désirée Ball (August 6, 1911 – April 26, 1989) was an American actress, comedian, and studio executive. She was nominated for 13 Primetime Emmy Awards, winning five times, and was the recipient of several other accolades, such as the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award and two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She earned many honors, including the Women in Film Crystal Award, an induction into the Television Hall of Fame, a Kennedy Center Honor, and the Governors Award from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Ball's career began in 1929 when she landed work as a model. Shortly thereafter, she began her performing career on Broadway using the stage name Diane (or Dianne) Belmont. She later appeared in films in the 1930s and 1940s as a contract player for RKO Radio Pictures, being cast as a chorus girl or in similar roles, with lead roles in B-pictures and supporting roles in A-pictures. During this time, she met Cuban bandleader Desi Arnaz, and they eloped in November 1940. In the 1950s, Ball ventured into television, where she and Arnaz created the sitcom I Love Lucy. She gave birth to their first child, Lucie, in 1951, followed by Desi Arnaz Jr. in 1953. They divorced in March 1... ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Comedies | Drama | Romance / Love

Known for these Movies & Shows

A newly wed couple, Tacy and Nicky, travel in a trailer for their honeymoon. The journey is a humorous one that could end up destroying their marriage. ...

The Long, Long Trailer

Certification unknown

1954 | 3.4/5 | 1h 36min
Comedy, Romance / Love
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Cuban Bandleader Ricky Ricardo would be happy if his wife Lucy would just be a housewife. Instead she tries constantly to perform at the Tropicana where he works, and make life comically frantic in th ...

I Love Lucy

TV-G

1951 | 4.0/5 | 30min per episode
Comedy, Kids & Family
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The Lucy Show is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from 1962–68. It was Lucille Ball's follow-up to I Love Lucy. A significant change in cast and premise for the 1965–66 season divides the prog ...

The Lucy Show

Certification unknown

1962 | 3.6/5 | 30min per episode
Comedy
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Here's Lucy

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1968 | 3.5/5 | 25min per episode
Comedy
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Awards & Nominations for Lucille Ball

Presidential Medal of Freedom Kennedy Center Honors National Women's Hall of Fame Crystal Award Los Angeles Times Women of the Year Silver Cup 2x Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series Star On Hollywood Walk of Fame Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year 3x Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical 3x Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy 2x Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
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Movies with Lucille Ball as Actress(136)

as Self (archive footage)2023 Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story
as Self (archive footage)2023 Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed
as Self (archive footage)2022 Lucy and Desi
as Self (archive footage)2020 My Darling Vivian
as Self (archive footage)2017 This Is Bob Hope...
as Lucy2016 I Love Lucy Christmas Special
as Lucy Ricardo (archive footage)2015 Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration
as Self (archive footage)2004 Judy Garland: By Myself
as (archive footage)2004 TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
as Self - Roastee (archive footage)1998 The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
1997 The Funny World of Lucy, Volume 1
as Self (archive footage)1997 The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
as (archive footage)1994 That's Entertainment! III
as herself1993 Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie
as (archive footage)1989 Bob Hope's Love Affair with Lucy
as Florabelle1985 Stone Pillow
as Self (archival footage)1985 Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
as herself1984 All Star Party for Lucille Ball
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)1983 Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as (archive footage)1982 Showbiz Goes to War
as herself1980 Lucy Moves to NBC
as Lucy Whittaker1977 Lucy Calls the President
as Catherine Curtis1976 What Now, Catherine Curtis?
as herself1976 CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years
as Lucy Collins1975 Lucy Gets Lucky
as Sally / Rita / Pauline1975 Three for Two
as Norma Michaels1974 Happy Anniversary and Goodbye
as Mame Dennis1974 Mame
as Statue of Liberty (voice)1970 Swing Out, Sweet Land
as Janet (uncredited)1970 Jack Benny's 20th Anniversary TV Special
as herself1969 Will the Real Mr. Sellers...
as herself1969 The Jack Benny Birthday Special
as Self - Guest (uncredited)1968 The Dean Martin Christmas Show
as Helen North Beardsley1968 Yours, Mine and Ours
as Technical Adviser (Mrs. Joe X)1967 A Guide for the Married Man
as Lucy Carmichael1966 Lucy in London
as herself1966 Carol + 2
as herself1965 Salute to Stan Laurel
as Julie Hampton in 'Meet the People' (archive footage)1964 The Big Parade of Comedy
as Bonnie Blakely1964 The Lucille Ball Comedy Hour
1963 General Foods Opening Night
as herself1963 Hollywood Without Make-Up
as Angela Ballantine1963 Critic's Choice
as Kitty Weaver1960 The Facts of Life
as herself1960 Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
as Susan Vega1956 Forever, Darling
as Lucy Ricardo1956 Lucy's Really Lost Moments
as herself1954 A Star Is Born World Premiere
as Tacy Collini1954 The Long, Long Trailer
as Lucy Ricardo1953 I Love Lucy: The Movie
as The Laundromat (voice)1952 Ellis in Freedomland
as Princess Narah1951 The Magic Carpet
as Agatha Floud1950 Fancy Pants
as Lucille Ball (uncredited)1950 A Woman of Distinction
as Sally Elliot1950 The Fuller Brush Girl
as Ellen Grant1949 Miss Grant Takes Richmond
as Anne, Lenahan's Secretary1949 Easy Living
as Gladys O'Neill1949 Sorrowful Jones
as Margaret Weldon1947 Her Husband's Affairs
as Sandra Carpenter1947 Lured
as Kay Williams1946 Lover Come Back
as Kathleen Stewart1946 The Dark Corner
as Ricki Woodner1946 Two Smart People
as Gladys Benton1946 Easy to Wed
as Herself (uncredited)1945 Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
as herself1945 Ziegfeld Follies
as Kitty Trimble1945 Without Love
as Julie Hampton1944 Meet the People
as herself1943 Thousands Cheer
as herself1943 Best Foot Forward
as May Daly / Madame Du Barry1943 Du Barry Was a Lady
as Gloria Lyons1942 The Big Street
as Terry Havalok-Allen1942 Seven Days' Leave
as Christine Larson1942 Valley of the Sun
as Julie Patterson1941 Look Who's Laughing
as Dot Duncan1941 A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
as Bubbles1940 Dance, Girl, Dance
as Joan Grant1940 The Marines Fly High
as Connie Casey1940 Too Many Girls
as Clara Fields Hinklin1940 You Can't Fool Your Wife
as Jean Russell1939 Beauty for the Asking
as Paula Sanders1939 Twelve Crowded Hours
as Sandra Sand1939 That's Right - You're Wrong
as Lucy1939 Panama Lady
as Peggy Nolan1939 Five Came Back
as Christine Marlowe1938 Room Service
as Salina Garret Pine1938 Joy of Living
as Carol Meeley1938 Go Chase Yourself
as Annabel Allison1938 Annabel Takes a Tour
as Miriam1938 Having Wonderful Time
as Annabel Allison1938 The Affairs of Annabel
as Nancy Crocker Fleming1938 Next Time I Marry
as Judith1937 Stage Door
as Annie Howell1937 Don't Tell the Wife
as Gloria Wilson1936 The Farmer in the Dell
as Claire Williams1936 That Girl From Paris
as Maxine1936 One Live Ghost
as Rosie Kelly1936 Bunker Bean
as Departing Train Passenger (uncredited)1936 Muss 'em Up
as Lillian Temple1936 Chatterbox
as Mary (uncredited)1936 Swing It
as Girl (uncredited)1936 Winterset
as Sally Curtis1936 So and Sew
as Actress1936 Dummy Ache
as Kitty Collins1936 Follow the Fleet
as Lucille (uncredited)1935 I'll Love You Always
as Nurse1935 Carnival
as Bank Employee (uncredited)1935 The Whole Town's Talking
as Secretary (uncredited)1935 Behind the Evidence
as College Girl1935 Old Man Rhythm
as Chorine (uncredited)1935 Hooray for Love
1935 His Old Flame
as Fashion Model1935 Roberta
as Hat Check Girl1935 Foolish Hearts
as Flower Shop Clerk (uncredited)1935 Top Hat
as Gwendolyn Dilley1935 I Dream Too Much
as herself1935 A Night at the Biltmore Bowl
as (uncredited)1935 The Three Musketeers
as Show Girl (uncredited)1934 Moulin Rouge
as Bridesmaid1934 Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
as Daisy Simms1934 Three Little Pigskins
as Peggy (uncredited)1934 Men of the Night
as Girl (uncredited)1934 Hold That Girl
as Blonde Telephone Operator (uncredited)1934 Broadway Bill
as Dancer1934 Murder at the Vanities
as Beauty Operator (uncredited)1934 Fugitive Lady
as Chorus Girl (uncredited)1934 Nana
as Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)1934 Kid Millions
as Lady-in-Waiting (uncredited)1934 The Affairs of Cellini
1934 Perfectly Mismated
as Chorine (uncredited)1934 Bottoms Up
as (uncredited)1934 Jealousy
as Davy's Girlfriend (uncredited)1933 Blood Money
as Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)1933 Roman Scandals
as Blonde (uncredited)1933 The Bowery
as Chorine / Girl at the Beach1933 Broadway Thru a Keyhole

TV Shows/Series with Lucille Ball as Actress(29)

1996 E! True Hollywood Story
as Lucy Barker1986 Life with Lucy
as herself1978 The Kennedy Center Honors
as Self - Host1977 Three's Company
as herself1976 Donny & Marie
as herself1973 The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as herself1971 The Pearl Bailey Show
as herself1970 The Flip Wilson Show
as herself1969 The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
as Self - Guest1968 The Dick Cavett Show
as Lucy Carter1968 Here's Lucy
as Self - Guest / Various Characters1967 The Carol Burnett Show
1963 The Greatest Show on Earth
as herself1963 The Danny Kaye Show
as Lucy Carmichael1962 The Lucy Show
1961 Password
as herself1961 Treffpunkt New York
as Lucy Ricardo1959 NBC Sunday Showcase
1958 Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
as Lucy Ricardo1958 The Ann Sothern Show
as Lucy Ricardo1957 The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
as herself1957 Tonight Starring Jack Paar
as herself1952 This Is Your Life
as Lucy Ricardo1951 I Love Lucy
as Rachel Revere1950 The Jack Benny Program
as Self - Mystery Guest1950 What's My Line?
as herself1948 The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self - Singer1948 The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self - Actress1948 The Ed Sullivan Show

Movies with Lucille Ball as Crew(9)

Crew/In Memory Of1990 Chicago Joe and the Showgirl
Directing/Director1981 Bungle Abbey
Production/Executive Producer1981 Bungle Abbey
Production/Executive Producer1976 What Now, Catherine Curtis?
Production/Executive Producer1975 Lucy Gets Lucky
Production/Executive In Charge Of Production1975 Lucy Gets Lucky
Production/Executive Producer1975 Three for Two
Production/Executive Producer1974 Happy Anniversary and Goodbye
Production/Executive In Charge Of Production1974 Happy Anniversary and Goodbye

TV Shows/Series with Lucille Ball as Crew(3)

Directing/Director1968 Here's Lucy
Production/Executive In Charge Of Production1962 The Lucy Show
Production/Producer1957 The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour

Additional Information

Official websites:
www.lucilleball.com
Born: Sunday, 08/06 1911 (August) in Jamestown, New York (United States of America (USA))
Died: Wednesday, 04/26 1989 (April) in Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (aged: 77)
Zodiac sign: Leo (Chinese zodiac sign: Pig)
Languages: English (EN)
Spouses (current/former): Desi Arnaz, Gary Morton
Siblings: Fred Ball
Father: Henry Ball
Mother: Desiree Hunt
Other names for Lucille Ball (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Люсиль Болл"
"Lucille Désirée Ball"
"Lucy"
"The Queen of the B's"
"Λουσίλ Μπολ"
"Λουσίλ Ντεζιρέ Μπολ"
Lucille Ball frequently works together with these people:
Desi Arnaz (37x, Actor)
Bob Hope (34x, Actor)
Van Nest Polglase (29x, Crew)
Louis Nicoletti (20x, Cast)
Roy Webb (17x, Crew)
Darrell Silvera (16x, Crew)
Edward Stevenson (15x, Crew)
Vernon L. Walker (14x, Crew)
Milton Berle (12x, Actor)
Art Carney (12x, Actor)
George Burns (12x, Actor)
Robert Goulet (12x, Actor)
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