Lucille Ball
Acting
🎂 1911-08-06
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
Cast credits(197)
Self
1962
Self
1962
Self - Guest
1968
Rachel Revere
1950
Lucy Carter
1968
Self - Guest
1967
Self
1948
Self
1961
Self - Co-Hostess
1961
Self - Mystery Guest
1950
Self
1969
Self
1957
Self
1950
Self
1952
Kate Reynolds
1963
Lucy Ricardo
1958
Lucy Carmichael
1962
Self
1963
1958
Self
1963
Self
1970
Self (archive footage)
1993
Self
1978
Self
1973
Self
1981
Self
1976
Self
1984
Self
1949
Self
1961
Self
1949
Lucy Ricardo
1951
1976
Self
1987
Self
1973
Lucy Ricardo
1959
1996
Lucy Ricardo
1957
Self
1974
1961
1959
Lucy Barker
1986
Flower Shop Clerk (uncredited)
1935
Helen North Beardsley
1968
Self
1971
Sandra Carpenter
1947
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2024
Self
1985
Self (archive footage)
2023
Bubbles
1940
Kathleen Stewart
1946
Self
1987
Tacy Collini
1954
Lucille Ball (segment "Here's to the Ladies")
1945
(archive footage)
1994
Judith
1937
(archive footage)
2004
Janet (uncredited)
1970
Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
1933
Self / Lucy Ricardo (archive footage)
1999
Agatha Floud
1950
Fashion Model
1935
Technical Adviser (Mrs. Joe X)
1967
Mame Dennis
1974
Kitty Collins
1936
Self (archive footage)
2020
Statue of Liberty (voice)
1970
Self (uncredited)
1950
Terry Havalok-Allen
1942
Self
1984
May Daly / Madame Du Barry
1943
Gloria Lyons
1942
Peggy Nolan
1939
Christine Marlowe
1938
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
1934
Self (archive footage)
2022
Angela Ballantine
1963
Self (archive footage)
2023
Julie Hampton in 'Meet the People' (archive footage)
1964
Blonde Telephone Operator (uncredited)
1934
Lucy Ricardo (archive footage)
2011
Annabel Allison
1938
Sally Elliot
1950
Lady-in-Waiting (uncredited)
1934
(archive footage)
1982
Susan Vega
1956
Self (archive footage)
1985
Kitty Trimble
1945
Kitty Weaver
1960
Nurse
1935
Show Girl (uncredited)
1934
Davy's Girlfriend (uncredited)
1933
Connie Casey
1940
Nancy Crocker Fleming
1938
Bridesmaid
1934
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983
(uncredited)
1934
Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
1934
Dot Duncan
1941
Princess Narah
1951
Gladys O'Neill
1949
Lucille Ball
1943
Bank Employee (uncredited)
1935
Rosie Kelly
1936
Self - Guest (uncredited)
1968
Lucille Ball
1943
Christine Larson
1942
Self (uncredited)
1945
Self (archive footage)
2001
Lucy Ricardo / I Love Lucy (archive footage)
2015
Anne, Lenahan's Secretary
1949
Claire Williams
1936
Self
1980
Girl (uncredited)
1936
Ricki Woodner
1946
Salina Garret Pine
1938
Self (archive footage)
2017
Miriam
1938
Ellen Grant
1949
Self - Roastee (archive footage)
1998
Julie Hampton
1944
Jean Russell
1939
Self
1954
Self
1965
Self (archive footage)
2004
Gwendolyn Dilley
1935
Lucy Ricardo
1953
Self (archive footage)
1997
Paula Sanders
1939
Bonnie Blakely
1964
Gladys Benton
1946
Blonde (uncredited)
1933
Self
1988
Annabel Allison
1938
Catherine Curtis
1976
Florabelle
1985
Sandra Sand
1939
Lucy Carmichael
1966
Lillian Temple
1936
Chorine (uncredited)
1934
Girl (uncredited)
1934
Earl Carroll Girl (uncredited)
1934
Cleaning Lady
1979
Self (archive footage)
2001
Chorine / Girl at the Beach
1933
Norma Michaels
1974
Lucy
1939
Margaret Weldon
1947
(uncredited)
1935
College Girl
1935
Actress
1936
1934
Self
1960
Annie Howell
1937
Hat Check Girl
1935
Beauty Operator (uncredited)
1934
Chorine (uncredited)
1935
Departing Train Passenger (uncredited)
1936
Daisy Simms
1934
Self (archive footage)
2000
Carol Meeley
1938
The Laundromat (voice)
1952
Lucille (uncredited)
1935
Gloria Wilson
1936
Lucy Whittaker
1977
Lucy Collins
1975
Julie Patterson
1941
Lucy Ricardo
1956
Mary (uncredited)
1936
Lucille Ball
1935
Self
1969
Self
1966
Sally / Rita / Pauline
1975
Clara Fields Hinklin
1940
Self
1976
Self
1969
(archive footage)
1989
Self (archive footage)
2003
Kay Williams
1946
Joan Grant
1940
Lucy
2016
Secretary (uncredited)
1935
1976
Self
1987
Self (archive footage)
1993
(archive footage)
1975
Lucy Ricardo
1956
Self
1976
Self
1993
Self
1944
2005
Maxine
1936
Sally Curtis
1936
1963
1997
1935
Peggy (uncredited)
1934
Self
1982
Directing (2)
Production (17)
Executive In Charge Of Production
1962
Producer
1957
Executive Producer
1952
Producer's Assistant
1956
Executive Producer
1965
Executive Producer
1961
Executive Producer
1981
Executive Producer
1966
Executive Producer
1976
Producer
1958
Executive Producer
1974
Executive In Charge Of Production
1974
Executive Producer
1975
Executive In Charge Of Production
1975
Executive Producer
1975
Executive Producer
1963
Producer
1975
