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Lucille Ball
Lucille Ball
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Lucille Ball: Biography
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Birth Name:
Lucille Desiree Ball
Birth Place:
Celoron, NY
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign:
08/06/1911, Leo
Date of Death:
04/26/1989
Profession:
Actor; dancer; producer; model; studio executive
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Lucille Ball Fast Facts:
Was one of the original "Goldwyn Girls" along with Betty Grable and Paulette Goddard.
Shaved her eyebrows for her role as a slave girl in 1933's
Roman Scandals
. They never grew back.
In 1953, she and her newborn son, Desi Arnaz Jr., appeared on the first cover of TV GUIDE magazine; 50 years later, the magazine dubbed her TV's Greatest Star (Johnny Carson was second).
During the six-year run of
I Love Lucy
, the series never ranked lower than third; it was the first show to be filmed before an audience, and Ball and husband Desi Arnaz pioneered the three-camera production technique that is now standard for sitcoms.
Believed the letters A and R brought good luck, which is why her TV characters were named Lucy RicARdo (
I Love Lucy
), Lucy CARmichael (
The Lucy Show
), Lucy CARter in (
Here's Lucy
), and Lucy BARker (
Life with Lucy
). Her first husband was Desi ARnaz, second was GARy Morton.
A few years after her death in 1989, the manuscript to her long-lost autobiography was found in a filing cabinet.
Love, Lucy
, which covered her life into the '60s, was published in 1996.
Lucille Ball Relationships:
Desi Arnaz - Ex-husband
Desi Arnaz Jr. - Son
Gary Morton - Husband
Lucie Arnaz - Daughter
Desiree Hunt - Mother
Henry Dunnell Ball - Father
Lucille Ball Awards:
1963 Emmy: Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress - Nominee
1966 Emmy: Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Comedy Series - Nominee
1967 Emmy: Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Comedy Series - Winner
1968 Emmy: Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Comedy Series - Winner
1958 Emmy: Best Continuing Performance (Female) in a Series by a Comedienne, Singer, Hostess, Dancer, M.C., Announcer, Narrator, Panelist, - Nominee
1975 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy - Nominee
1971 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy - Nominee
1979 Golden Globe: Cecil B. DeMille Award - Winner
1956 Emmy: Best Actress - Continuing Performance - Winner
1955 Emmy: Best Actress Starring in a Regular Series - Nominee
1952 Emmy: Best Comedian or Comedienne - Nominee
1953 Emmy: Best Comedienne - Winner
1956 Emmy: Best Comedienne - Nominee
1957 Emmy: Best Continuing Performance by a Comedienne in a Series - Nominee
1954 Emmy: Best Female Star of a Regular Series - Nominee
1953 Emmy: Most Outstanding Personality - Nominee
1961 Golden Globe: Actress in a Leading Role - Musical or Comedy - Nominee
1969 Golden Globe: Actress in a Leading Role - Musical or Comedy - Nominee
1972 Golden Globe: Actress in a Leading Role - Musical or Comedy Series or Television Movie - Nominee
1968 Golden Globe: Actress in a Television Series - Nominee
1970 Golden Globe: Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy - Nominee
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