Lucille Ball
Acting
🎂 1911-08-06
Lucille Désirée Ball 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.
Cast credits(199)
Self
1962
Self
1961
Self - Co-Hostess
1961
Lucy Carmichael
1962
Lucy Ricardo
1951
Self
1963
Lucy Carter
1968
Self - Guest
1967
Self (archive footage)
1993
Self
1948
Self - Mystery Guest
1950
1958
Self
1962
Self
1984
Self - Guest
1968
Lucy Ricardo
1958
Self
1968
Self
1950
Self
1974
Self
1978
Rachel Revere
1950
Self
1970
Self
1963
Helen North Beardsley
1968
Self
1973
Self
1952
1959
Self
1976
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2024
Self
1957
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983
Self
1981
1961
Lucy Ricardo
1957
Self
1973
Kate Reynolds
1963
Show Girl (uncredited)
1934
Agatha Floud
1950
Self
1965
(archive footage)
1982
Blonde Telephone Operator (uncredited)
1934
Self
1969
Self (archive footage)
2023
Tacy Collini
1954
Technical Adviser (Mrs. Joe X)
1967
Julie Hampton in 'Meet the People' (archive footage)
1964
Lucy Barker
1986
Bridesmaid
1934
Mame Dennis
1974
Ricki Woodner
1946
Lucy Ricardo / I Love Lucy (archive footage)
2015
Self
1954
Lucille Ball (segment "Here's to the Ladies")
1945
Lucy Collins
1975
Self (archive footage)
2020
Self
1976
1976
Self
1969
Lucy Whittaker
1977
Self
1987
Statue of Liberty (voice)
1970
Self
1976
Self (uncredited)
1945
Self
1969
Self
1988
Self
1987
Claire Williams
1936
Self
1971
Self
1984
Flower Shop Clerk (uncredited)
1935
Self - Guest (uncredited)
1968
Lucy Ricardo
1953
Lucille Ball
1943
Ellen Grant
1949
Lucy Ricardo
1959
Kathleen Stewart
1946
Christine Larson
1942
Self (archive footage)
1985
Gladys O'Neill
1949
(archive footage)
1994
Self (archive footage)
1997
Gloria Lyons
1942
Self - Roastee (archive footage)
1998
Sally Elliot
1950
Peggy Nolan
1939
Annabel Allison
1938
Sandra Carpenter
1947
Lady-in-Waiting (uncredited)
1934
Fashion Model
1935
1963
Self
1960
Self (archive footage)
2000
Self (archive footage)
2023
Anne, Lenahan's Secretary
1949
Terry Havalok-Allen
1942
Self
1985
Departing Train Passenger (uncredited)
1936
Salina Garret Pine
1938
Lucille Ball
1943
Blonde (uncredited)
1933
Self
1949
Kitty Weaver
1960
Self
1993
Kay Williams
1946
Lucy Ricardo
1956
Lucy
1939
Kitty Trimble
1945
Davy's Girlfriend (uncredited)
1933
Lucy
2016
The Laundromat (voice)
1952
2005
Gloria Wilson
1936
Judith
1937
(archive footage)
2004
Beauty Operator (uncredited)
1934
Gladys Benton
1946
Chorine (uncredited)
1934
Self
1980
Lillian Temple
1936
Connie Casey
1940
Secretary (uncredited)
1935
Lucille (uncredited)
1935
Self (uncredited)
1950
Lucy Carmichael
1966
Miriam
1938
Jean Russell
1939
Julie Patterson
1941
Susan Vega
1956
Self (archive footage)
2022
Joan Grant
1940
1935
1996
Paula Sanders
1939
(archive footage)
1975
Dot Duncan
1941
Self
1949
Christine Marlowe
1938
Girl (uncredited)
1936
Clara Fields Hinklin
1940
Girl (uncredited)
1934
May Daly / Madame Du Barry
1943
Angela Ballantine
1963
Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
1934
Self (archive footage)
2004
Chorine (uncredited)
1935
Lucy Ricardo
1956
(uncredited)
1935
Self (archive footage)
2017
Peggy (uncredited)
1934
Kitty Collins
1936
Sally / Rita / Pauline
1975
Norma Michaels
1974
Bubbles
1940
Florabelle
1985
Self
1961
Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
1933
Sandra Sand
1939
Self / Lucy Ricardo (archive footage)
1999
Margaret Weldon
1947
Princess Narah
1951
Annie Howell
1937
Lucy Ricardo (archive footage)
2011
Bonnie Blakely
1964
Rosie Kelly
1936
Earl Carroll Girl (uncredited)
1934
College Girl
1935
Catherine Curtis
1976
Bank Employee (uncredited)
1935
Carol Meeley
1938
Chorine / Girl at the Beach
1933
Daisy Simms
1934
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
1934
Gwendolyn Dilley
1935
Lucille Ball
1935
Annabel Allison
1938
Nurse
1935
Nancy Crocker Fleming
1938
Janet (uncredited)
1970
Self (archive footage)
2018
Self (archive footage)
2003
(uncredited)
1934
Hat Check Girl
1935
1934
Cleaning Lady
1979
Self
1944
(archive footage)
1989
Self
1987
Self (archive footage)
2001
Self (archive footage)
2001
Julie Hampton
1944
Self
1966
Self (archive footage)
1993
Sally Curtis
1936
Mary (uncredited)
1936
1997
Self
1982
Actress
1936
Maxine
1936
1976
Production (16)
Executive In Charge Of Production
1962
Executive Producer
1961
Executive Producer
1952
Producer
1957
Executive In Charge Of Production
1975
Executive Producer
1975
Producer
1958
Executive Producer
1965
Producer's Assistant
1956
Executive Producer
1981
Executive Producer
1975
Executive Producer
1974
Executive In Charge Of Production
1974
Executive Producer
1976
Executive Producer
1963
Producer
1975
