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Lucille Ball
9 books119 followersBest known American actress Lucille Désirée Ball starred of the popular situation comedy I Love Lucy from 1951 to 1957.
Lucille Désirée Ball on film, television, stage and radio worked as model and film executive of The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour, The Lucy Show, and Here's Lucy. Lucille Ball during her lifetime of longest career of Hollywood. From the 1930s, she worked on movie and television for more than three decades to the 1970s.
Ball in 1929 landed work as a model and, using the stage name "Diane Belmont," later began her performing career on Broadway. She in many small movie roles in the 1930s played under contract for Radio-Keith-Orpheum pictures. People labeled her as the "queen of the Bs," referring to her many roles in B-films. Ball met and eloped with Cuban bandleader Desi Arnaz in 1940.
In 1951, Ball pivotally created the television series. On 17 July 1951, Ball gave birth to Lucie Desiree Arnaz, her first child. The show featured with Desi Arnaz, then her husband, as Ricky Ricardo and Vivian Vance and William Frawley as Ethel and Fred Mertz, the able landlords. A year and a half later circa January 1953, Ball gave birth to Desiderio Alberto Arnaz IV as Desi Arnaz Jr., their second child. Ball and Arnaz divorced on 4 May 1960. The show ended in 1960.
She married Gary Morton, her second husband, standup, and business partner circa 1961 and for 28 years. Ball went in more successful television series; from 1962, The Lucy Show ran on Columbia Broadcasting System to 1968. From 1968, Here's Lucy lasted to 1974.
Ball received thirteen nominations of Emmy and four wins. She received the golden globe award of Cecil B. DeMille in 1979.
From the Kennedy center honors, she received the lifetime achievement award in 1986. She last attempted a television series, a show, called Life with Lucy in 1986. American Broadcasting Corporation cancelled the show, which proved a critical and commercial flop, less than two months into its run.
From the academy of television arts and sciences, she received the governors award in 1989. Ball died of a dissecting aortic aneurysm at 77 years of age.
Lucille Désirée Ball on film, television, stage and radio worked as model and film executive of The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour, The Lucy Show, and Here's Lucy. Lucille Ball during her lifetime of longest career of Hollywood. From the 1930s, she worked on movie and television for more than three decades to the 1970s.
Ball in 1929 landed work as a model and, using the stage name "Diane Belmont," later began her performing career on Broadway. She in many small movie roles in the 1930s played under contract for Radio-Keith-Orpheum pictures. People labeled her as the "queen of the Bs," referring to her many roles in B-films. Ball met and eloped with Cuban bandleader Desi Arnaz in 1940.
In 1951, Ball pivotally created the television series. On 17 July 1951, Ball gave birth to Lucie Desiree Arnaz, her first child. The show featured with Desi Arnaz, then her husband, as Ricky Ricardo and Vivian Vance and William Frawley as Ethel and Fred Mertz, the able landlords. A year and a half later circa January 1953, Ball gave birth to Desiderio Alberto Arnaz IV as Desi Arnaz Jr., their second child. Ball and Arnaz divorced on 4 May 1960. The show ended in 1960.
She married Gary Morton, her second husband, standup, and business partner circa 1961 and for 28 years. Ball went in more successful television series; from 1962, The Lucy Show ran on Columbia Broadcasting System to 1968. From 1968, Here's Lucy lasted to 1974.
Ball received thirteen nominations of Emmy and four wins. She received the golden globe award of Cecil B. DeMille in 1979.
From the Kennedy center honors, she received the lifetime achievement award in 1986. She last attempted a television series, a show, called Life with Lucy in 1986. American Broadcasting Corporation cancelled the show, which proved a critical and commercial flop, less than two months into its run.
From the academy of television arts and sciences, she received the governors award in 1989. Ball died of a dissecting aortic aneurysm at 77 years of age.
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