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Jul 24, 1999 · Lucille Ball picked up radio transmissions on her fillings that led to the capture of Japanese spies in California in 1942.
Lucille Désirée Ball (August 6, 1911 – April 26, 1989) was an American actress, comedian, producer, and studio executive. She was recognized by Time in 2020 as one of the most influential women of the 20th century for her work in all four of these areas. [1]
May 26, 2024 · Lucille Ball, radio and motion-picture actress and longtime comedy star of American television, best remembered for her classic television comedy series I Love Lucy, which set the standard for situation comedies. Learn more about Ball’s life and career in this article.
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- Creating “I Love Lucy”
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Dropping out of high school at the age of fifteen, Ball moved to New York to study acting and found her first stage work as a chorus girl in 1927. She had her first break as a poster-girl for Chesterfield cigarettes and soon found herself in tinsel town as one of twelve slave-girls in the Eddie Cantor film, “Roman Candles”(1933). By the mid-1930s, ...
Though universally recognized as a true talent and charismatic performer, Ball had yet to find the niche that would shoot her to super-stardom. From one film to the next her roles would change from the seriously dramatic to the light-hearted romantic lead. Dramas, Comedies, Musicals, she would and could do anything. But it wasn’t until her part on ...
After two successful years of “My Favorite Husband,” Ball moved her act to the new medium of television, bringing along her husband, the Cuban band leader Desi Arnaz, as a co-star. Together they created the most popular television show of the 1950s. “I Love Lucy” was the perfect home for Ball – a place where she could return to the physical comedy ...
After a successful ten year run, the pressures of the industry and public life became too much and Arnaz and Ball canceled the show and were divorced. Soon Ball became president of Desilu and within a short while returned to television. Deciding to stick with her well-loved character she developed a new series called “The Lucy Show” in which she wo...
In nineteen fifty, the broadcasting company, CBS, decided to make a television program based on the radio show, “My Favorite Husband.” Lucille Ball was the star of the radio show.
Lucille Désirée Ball was an American comedienne, 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.
Ball, Lucille (1911–1989) American actress, star of the television show "I Love Lucy," and co-founder and president of Desilu Productions, which revolutionized television production in America and the world. Name variations: Lucy. Born Lucille Ball on August 6, 1911, in Jamestown in western New York State; died following heart surgery at ...
