Lucille Ball

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    Люсиль Болл, Lucille Désirée Ball, Lucy, The Queen of the B's, Λουσίλ Μπολ , Λουσίλ Ντεζιρέ Μπολ

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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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lucille Ball, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

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  • wc Gender: Female
  • calendar_month Birth Date: 1911-08-06
  • event Death Date 1989-04-26
  • school Known for: Acting
  • star Popularity: 10.1
  • info Birth Place Jamestown, New York, USA
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Lucille Ball

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Ann-Margret: From Hollywood with Love

1969-12-06

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Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers

1985-01-01

5.9

A Guide for the Married Man

1967-05-25

6.3

Lured

1947-08-28

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Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored

2011-01-01

6.4

The Dark Corner

1946-04-09

7

Roberta

1935-03-07

6.8

The Long, Long Trailer

1954-02-19

6.8

Without Love

1945-03-22

6.4

Dance, Girl, Dance

1940-08-30

6.8

Yours, Mine and Ours

1968-04-24

6.8

Follow the Fleet

1936-02-20

7

Forever, Darling

1956-02-09

6

Mame

1974-03-07

6

Best Foot Forward

1943-10-08

6.1

Ziegfeld Follies

1945-08-26

5.4

Miss Grant Takes Richmond

1949-10-20

6.1

Du Barry was a Lady

1943-08-13

6.4

Thousands Cheer

1943-09-13

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Stage Door

1937-10-08

6.5

Room Service

1938-09-21

6.2

Easy to Wed

1946-07-25

5.7

Joy of Living

1938-05-06

4.9

Having Wonderful Time

1938-07-01

5.2

The Facts of Life

1960-11-14

6.3

Five Came Back

1939-06-23

7.1

Lucy and Desi

2022-01-21

10

Showbiz Goes to War

1982-12-31

6.3

Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story

2023-06-02

6

Stone Pillow

1985-11-05

5.6

Fancy Pants

1950-07-19

6.1

Sorrowful Jones

1949-07-04

6

Broadway Bill

1934-11-30

6

All Star Party for Lucille Ball

1984-12-09

5.5

Her Husband's Affairs

1947-11-12

4.7

The Magic Carpet

1951-10-18

6

The Fuller Brush Girl

1950-09-15

5.7

Too Many Girls

1940-10-08

5

Meet the People

1944-06-01

5.5

Critic's Choice

1963-02-24

6.4

Two Smart People

1946-06-04

5.8

The Big Street

1942-08-13

5.9

Easy Living

1949-10-08

5.2

Twelve Crowded Hours

1939-02-23

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Jack Benny's 20th Anniversary TV Special

1970-11-16

6

Seven Days' Leave

1942-11-13

4

The Affairs of Annabel

1938-09-09

5.6

Panama Lady

1939-05-12

5.7

Beauty for the Asking

1939-02-24

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Bob Hope's Love Affair with Lucy

1989-09-23

6

Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC

1988-05-16

6.7

Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

2023-06-20

6.9

Three Little Pigskins

1934-12-08

5.7

That's Right – You're Wrong

1939-11-24

4.2

Swing It

1936-06-30

6.5

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

1983-02-25

4.7

A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob

1941-03-14

5.8

Valley of the Sun

1942-02-06

5.5

Look Who's Laughing

1941-11-21

4.6

Bunker Bean

1936-06-26

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Foolish Hearts

1935-12-27

4.8

I Dream Too Much

1935-11-29

6.3

That Girl from Paris

1936-12-31

6.2

Lover Come Back

1946-06-21

4.5

You Can't Fool Your Wife

1940-05-21

4.5

Go Chase Yourself

1938-04-22

6.8

Next Time I Marry

1938-12-09

5

Annabel Takes a Tour

1938-11-10

5.5

The Marines Fly High

1940-03-04

2

Behind the Evidence

1935-01-08

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Don't Tell the Wife

1937-03-05

6.5

Kid Millions

1934-11-10

6

A Beverly Hills Christmas

1987-12-22

5

Nana

1934-02-01

7

Moulin Rouge

1934-01-10

5.3

Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back

1934-08-15

7

Blood Money

1933-11-17

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Biography: Bob Hope: America's Entertainer

2003-08-22

4.8

The Affairs of Cellini

1934-08-24

6

CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years

1976-11-28

7.3

Top Hat

1935-08-29

6.3

Old Man Rhythm

1935-08-02

4.3

Bottoms Up

1934-04-12

5.4

Murder at the Vanities

1934-05-18

5

Lucy Calls the President

1977-11-21

5

One Live Ghost

1936-11-07

5.7

Broadway Thru a Keyhole

1933-11-02

8

Night of 100 Stars II

1985-03-10

6

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood

1960-01-10

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Television: The First Fifty Years

1999-01-01

3

Three for Two

1975-12-03

8.2

Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie

1993-02-14

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The Farmer in the Dell

1936-03-27

6.3

The Big Parade of Comedy

1964-09-02

5.9

Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

2024-06-07

5.9

Roman Scandals

1933-11-27

6.4

The Three Musketeers

1935-11-01

6

Chatterbox

1936-01-17

5

The Bowery

1933-10-07

10

Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration

2015-10-13

6.9

That's Entertainment! III

1994-07-01

7.6

The Dean Martin Christmas Show

1968-12-19

7.1

I Love Lucy: The Movie

1953-01-01

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Carnival

1935-02-15

4

TV in Black: The First Fifty Years

2004-01-01

5

Swing Out, Sweet Land

1970-01-01

4.8

Happy Anniversary and Goodbye

1974-11-19

1

Lucy Gets Lucky

1975-03-01

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What Now, Catherine Curtis?

1976-03-30

1

Lucy Moves to NBC

1980-02-08

8

A Star Is Born World Premiere

1954-09-28

8

This Is Bob Hope...

2017-12-29

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Fugitive Lady

1934-12-10

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Hold That Girl

1934-03-23

2

Men of the Night

1934-11-18

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Perfectly Mismated

1934-11-12

6.8

The Whole Town's Talking

1935-02-22

4.7

Hooray for Love

1935-06-14

4.7

Jealousy

1934-11-23

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His Old Flame

1935-01-25

6

A Night at the Biltmore Bowl

1935-06-21

5.5

Winterset

1936-12-03

5.5

Muss 'em Up

1936-02-13

6

Lucy in London

1966-10-24

3

I'll Love You Always

1935-03-19

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So and Sew

1936-08-24

7.5

The Lucille Ball Comedy Hour

1964-04-18

0

General Foods Opening Night

1963-09-22

4.5

Dummy Ache

1936-07-10

6.2

A Woman of Distinction

1950-03-16

6.5

Lucy's Really Lost Moments

1956-01-01

7.5

Judy Garland: By Myself

2004-02-25

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Shirley MacLaine: Gypsy in My Soul

1976-01-20

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Cher... and Other Fantasies

1979-03-07

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Carol + 2

1966-03-22

0

The Best Of Danny Kaye - The Television Years

1993-07-01

0

Salute to Stan Laurel

1965-11-23

5

The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender

1997-11-01

0

The Jack Benny Birthday Special

1969-02-17

5.7

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood

1945-10-05

10

I Love Lucy Christmas Special

2016-12-02

0

Ellis in Freedomland

1952-06-15

7.5

My Darling Vivian

2020-04-27

0

The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 1

2001-02-22

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The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 2

2001-02-22

5

The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts

1998-01-01

0

NBC: The First Fifty Years

1976-11-21

10

The Funny World of Lucy, Volume 1

1997-01-01

0

Women I Love: Beautiful But Funny

1982-02-28

0

G.I. Journal

1944-11-03

8.3

Life with Lucy

1986-09-20

7

Here's Lucy

1968-09-23

8.8

The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour

1957-11-06

7.1

The Lucy Show

1962-10-01

0

Treffpunkt New York

1961-02-03

8

I Love Lucy

1951-10-15

8.1

E! True Hollywood Story

1996-08-21

7.2

Password

1961-10-02

5

The Greatest Show on Earth

1963-09-17

4.3

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

1958-10-06

5.8

The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour

1969-01-22

6.4

This Is Your Life

1952-10-01

4.8

The Flip Wilson Show

1970-09-17

4.5

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

1973-04-02

7.2

The Kennedy Center Honors

1978-12-28

5.7

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

1957-07-29

7.5

The Practice

1976-01-30

7.5

The Emmy Awards

1949-01-25

7.8

Three's Company

1977-03-15

5.3

The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts

1973-09-14

5.2

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

1963-10-04

4.8

The Mike Douglas Show

1961-12-11

4.5

Intimate Portrait

1993-11-14

6

Startime

1959-10-06

4.8

The Mike Douglas Show

1961-12-11

7

The Bob Hope Show

1950-04-09

6.5

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948-06-20

6.5

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948-06-20

7.6

The Jack Benny Program

1950-10-28

6.5

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948-06-20

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The Pearl Bailey Show

1971-01-23

7.4

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962-10-01

6

Dinah!

1974-10-21

0

The Ed Wynn Show

1949-10-06

7.5

The Carol Burnett Show

1967-09-11

3.5

Entertainment Tonight

1981-09-15

6.5

Donny & Marie

1976-01-23

6.6

What's My Line?

1950-02-02

6.5

The Ann Sothern Show

1958-10-06

6.6

The Dick Cavett Show

1968-06-06

8

The RKO Story: Tales From Hollywood

1987-07-03

5

NBC Sunday Showcase

1959-09-20

6.3

The Danny Kaye Show

1963-09-25

10

I Love Lucy: Colorized Collection

2019-08-13

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