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 an ... d 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
| Organization | Category | Movie |
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I Love Lucy
as Lucy Ricardo
Episodes: 180
First Aired: Oct 15, 1951
The Lucy Show
as Lucy Carmichael
Episodes: 156
First Aired: Oct 01, 1962
Here's Lucy
as Lucy Carter
Episodes: 144
First Aired: Sep 23, 1968
I Love Lucy: In Color
as Lucy Ricardo
Episodes: 18
First Aired: Dec 14, 2018
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
as Lucy Ricardo
Episodes: 13
First Aired: Nov 06, 1957
Life with Lucy
as Lucy Barker
Episodes: 8
First Aired: Sep 20, 1986
The Jack Benny Program
as Rachel Revere
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 28, 1950
The Ann Sothern Show
as Lucy Ricardo
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 06, 1958
NBC Sunday Showcase
as Lucy Ricardo
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 20, 1959
The Bob Hope Show
as Self
Episodes: 14
First Aired: Apr 09, 1950
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
Episodes: 9
First Aired: Jun 20, 1948
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Episodes: 6
First Aired: Oct 06, 1958
What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest
Episodes: 6
First Aired: Feb 02, 1950
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
Episodes: 4
First Aired: Oct 01, 1962
The Carol Burnett Show
as Self - Guest
Episodes: 4
First Aired: Sep 11, 1967
Dinah!
as Self
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Oct 21, 1974
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
as Self
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Sep 14, 1973
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Dec 11, 1961
Entertainment Tonight
as Self
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Sep 15, 1981
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Jun 06, 1968
Treffpunkt New York
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 03, 1961
E! True Hollywood Story
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Aug 21, 1996
Password
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 02, 1961
The Greatest Show on Earth
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 17, 1963
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 22, 1969
This Is Your Life
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 01, 1952
The Flip Wilson Show
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 17, 1970
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Apr 02, 1973
The Kennedy Center Honors
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Dec 28, 1978
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jul 29, 1957
The Practice
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 30, 1976
The Emmy Awards
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 25, 1949
Three's Company
as Self - Host
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 15, 1977
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 04, 1963
Intimate Portrait
as Self (archive footage)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Nov 14, 1993
Startime
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 06, 1959
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Co-Hostess
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Dec 11, 1961
The Pearl Bailey Show
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 23, 1971
The Ed Wynn Show
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 06, 1949
Donny & Marie
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 23, 1976
The RKO Story: Tales From Hollywood
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jul 03, 1987
The Danny Kaye Show
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 25, 1963
Best of The Dean Martin Variety Show
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 10, 1966
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