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Lucille Ball

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Lucille Ball: Biography

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
Desiree Hunt - Mother
Gary Morton - Husband
Henry Dunnell Ball - Father
Lucie Arnaz - Daughter
Lucille Ball Awards:
1963 Emmy: Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Series - Nominee
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
1971 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy - Nominee
1953 Emmy: Most Outstanding Personality - Nominee
1979 Golden Globe: Cecil B. DeMille Award - Winner
1975 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy - Nominee
1961 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy - Nominee
1969 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - 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
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