Lucille Ball
Acting
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.
A Grammy Celebration of Latin Music
Lucy Ricardo (archive footage) (uncredited)
Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed
Self (archive footage)
Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story
Self (archive footage)
Lucy and Desi
Self (archive footage)
My Darling Vivian
Self (archive footage)
This Is Bob Hope...
Self (archive footage)
I Love Lucy Christmas Special
Lucy
Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration
Lucy Ricardo / I Love Lucy (archive footage)
Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored
Lucy Ricardo (archive footage)
Pioneers of Primetime
Judy Garland: By Myself
Self (archive footage)
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
(archive footage)
Biography: Bob Hope: America's Entertainer
Self (archive footage)
The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 2
Self (archive footage)
The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 1
Self (archive footage)
Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy
Self (archive footage)
Television: The First Fifty Years
Self / Lucy Ricardo (archive footage)
The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
Self - Roastee (archive footage)
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
Self (archive footage)
The Funny World of Lucy, Volume 1
That's Entertainment! III
(archive footage)
The Best Of Danny Kaye - The Television Years
Self (archive footage)
Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie
Self
Bob Hope's Love Affair with Lucy
(archive footage)
A Tribute to Lucy
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
Self
A Beverly Hills Christmas
Self
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Self
All Star Party for Clint Eastwood
Self
Stone Pillow
Florabelle
Night of 100 Stars II
Self
That's Dancing!
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
Self (archive footage)
All Star Party for Lucille Ball
Self
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Showbiz Goes to War
Self (archive footage)
Women I Love: Beautiful But Funny
Self
A Love Letter to Jack Benny
Herself
Lucy Moves to NBC
Self
Cher... and Other Fantasies
Cleaning Lady
Lucy Calls the President
Lucy Whittaker
CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years
Self
NBC: The First Fifty Years
What Now, Catherine Curtis?
Catherine Curtis
Shirley MacLaine: Gypsy in My Soul
Self
Three for Two
Sally / Rita / Pauline
Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television
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Lucy Gets Lucky
Lucy Collins
Happy Anniversary and Goodbye
Norma Michaels
Mame
Mame Dennis
Jack Benny's 20th Anniversary TV Special
Janet (uncredited)
Swing Out, Sweet Land
Statue of Liberty (voice)
Ann-Margret: From Hollywood with Love
Self
The Jack Benny Birthday Special
Self
The Dean Martin Christmas Show
Self - Guest (uncredited)
Yours, Mine and Ours
Helen North Beardsley
Carnival Nights
Self
A Guide for the Married Man
Technical Adviser (Mrs. Joe X)
Lucy in London
Lucy Carmichael
Carol + 2
Self
Salute to Stan Laurel
Self
The Big Parade of Comedy
Julie Hampton in 'Meet the People' (archive footage)
The Lucille Ball Comedy Hour
Bonnie Blakely
General Foods Opening Night
Critic's Choice
Angela Ballantine
The Facts of Life
Kitty Weaver
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
Self
The Bob Hope Chevy Show
Lucy Ricardo
Forever, Darling
Susan Vega
Lucy's Really Lost Moments
Lucy Ricardo
A Star Is Born World Premiere
Self
The Long, Long Trailer
Tacy Collini
I Love Lucy: The Movie
Lucy Ricardo
Ellis in Freedomland
The Laundromat (voice)
The Magic Carpet
Princess Narah
The Fuller Brush Girl
Sally Elliot
Fancy Pants
Agatha Floud
A Woman of Distinction
Self (uncredited)
Miss Grant Takes Richmond
Ellen Grant
Easy Living
Anne, Lenahan's Secretary
Sorrowful Jones
Gladys O'Neill
Her Husband's Affairs
Margaret Weldon
Lured
Sandra Carpenter
Easy to Wed
Gladys Benton
Lover Come Back
Kay Williams
Two Smart People
Ricki Woodner
The Dark Corner
Kathleen Stewart
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
Self (uncredited)
Ziegfeld Follies
Lucille Ball (segment "Here's to the Ladies")
Without Love
Kitty Trimble
G.I. Journal
Self
Meet the People
Julie Hampton
Best Foot Forward
Lucille Ball
Thousands Cheer
Lucille Ball
Du Barry Was a Lady
May Daly / Madame Du Barry
Seven Days' Leave
Terry Havalok-Allen
The Big Street
Gloria Lyons
Valley of the Sun
Christine Larson
Look Who's Laughing
Julie Patterson
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
Dot Duncan
Too Many Girls
Connie Casey
Dance, Girl, Dance
Bubbles
You Can't Fool Your Wife
Clara Fields Hinklin
The Marines Fly High
Joan Grant
That's Right – You're Wrong
Sandra Sand
Five Came Back
Peggy Nolan
Panama Lady
Lucy
Beauty for the Asking
Jean Russell
Twelve Crowded Hours
Paula Sanders
Next Time I Marry
Nancy Crocker Fleming
Annabel Takes a Tour
Annabel Allison
Room Service
Christine Marlowe
The Affairs of Annabel
Annabel Allison
Having Wonderful Time
Miriam
Joy of Living
Salina Garret Pine
Go Chase Yourself
Carol Meeley
Stage Door
Judith
Don't Tell the Wife
Annie Howell
That Girl from Paris
Claire Williams
Winterset
Girl (uncredited)
One Live Ghost
Maxine
So and Sew
Sally Curtis
Dummy Ache
Actress
Swing It
Mary (uncredited)
Bunker Bean
Rosie Kelly
The Farmer in the Dell
Gloria Wilson
Follow the Fleet
Kitty Collins
Muss 'em Up
Departing Train Passenger (uncredited)
Chatterbox
Lillian Temple
Foolish Hearts
Hat Check Girl (uncredited)
I Dream Too Much
Gwendolyn Dilley
The Three Musketeers
(uncredited)
Top Hat
Flower Shop Clerk (uncredited)
Old Man Rhythm
College Girl
A Night at the Biltmore Bowl
Lucille Ball
Hooray for Love
Chorine (uncredited)
I'll Love You Always
Lucille (uncredited)
Roberta
Fashion Model (uncredited)
The Whole Town's Talking
Bank Employee (uncredited)
Carnival
Nurse (uncredited)
His Old Flame
Behind the Evidence
Secretary (uncredited)
Fugitive Lady
Beauty Operator (uncredited)
Three Little Pigskins
Daisy Simms
Broadway Bill
Blonde Telephone Operator (uncredited)
Jealousy
(uncredited)
Men of the Night
Peggy (uncredited)
Perfectly Mismated
Kid Millions
Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
The Affairs of Cellini
Lady-in-Waiting (uncredited)
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
Bridesmaid
Murder at the Vanities
Earl Carroll Girl (uncredited)
Bottoms Up
Chorine (uncredited)
Hold That Girl
Girl (uncredited)
Nana
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Moulin Rouge
Show Girl (uncredited)
Roman Scandals
Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
Blood Money
Davy's Girlfriend (uncredited)
Broadway Thru a Keyhole
Chorine / Girl at the Beach
The Bowery
Blonde (uncredited)