Lucille Ball Profile

Name: Lucille Ball
Birth Name: Lucille Désirée Ball
Nickname: Technicolor Tessie




Birth Date: August 6, 1911

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Lucille Ball Quotes

A man who correctly guesses a woman's age may be smart, but he's not very bright.
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Desi (Desi Arnaz) was the great love of my life. I will miss him until the day I die. But I don't regret divorcing him. I just couldn't take it anymore.
Lucille Ball

Edie knew the truth about all of us. She knew who had flat fannies and who didn't -- but she never told.
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Lucille Ball Biography

Ball is a Hollywood icon. Born August 6, 1911, Ball studied at the John Murray Anderson School for the Dramatic Arts in New York, but went home a few weeks later after acting coaches told her to pick another career. Lucille Ball came to New York in 1929 to prove her coaches wrong and became a fashion model. She had a 2-year break from her career to get better from rheumatoid arthritis and came back to continue her modeling career in 1932. During this time, Ball has started a career as an actress on Broadway as “Diane Belmont”, while modeling for designer Hattie Carnegie.

In 1933, Lucille Ball moved to Hollywood to shift to a career in films. Throughout the 1930s, she appeared in various RKO Radio Pictures, including hit movies with the Three Stooges and the Marx Brothers. Other early film appearances of Ball include a small role in the 1935 film “Roberta” and the 1937 hit movie “Stage Door” and the 1939 B-movie “Five Came Back.” To gain more exposure and income, Lucille took up work in several radio shows, including the “Phil Baker show” in 1937 and the “Wonder Show” in 1938. In the 1940s, Ball signed with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, while working in films such as the 1940 “Too Many Girls,” – a film where she met future husband Desi Arnaz – and the 1942 “The Big Street.”

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About Lucille Ball

Lucille Ball started her career as a fashion model in 1929 after leaving the John Murray Anderson School for the Dramatic Arts when her drama coaches told her she has no future at all as a performer. Determined to prove her mentors wrong, she switched to acting in 1932 while modeling for designers like Hattie Carnegie. After trying her luck on Broadway, she soon moved to Hollywood to appear in films, appearing in small movie roles with the Three Stooges and Marx Brothers. Ball also landed a small role in the 1937 Katharine Hepburn film “Stage Door” and in the 1939 movie “Five Came Back”.

By 1937, Ball worked in a radio show, “Phil Baker show” to earn side income. She was then cast in the “Wonder Show” in 1938. In 1942, Lucille Ball appeared in “The Big Street” alongside Henry Fonda. However, it was in 1948 that Ball became a global phenomenon when she was cast in the radio program “My Favorite Husband”, which led to its TV version – the CBS “I Love Lucy” show. While the “I Love Lucy” was on breaks, Ball worked on feature films, such as “The Long, Long Trailer” and “Forever, Darling”.

Ball also co-founded a production company called “Desilu” with then-husband Arnaz, which produced several TV shows, such as “Our Miss Brooks”, “The Untouchables”, “Mission: Impossible” and “Star Trek”. By 1960, Ball came back to Broadway to star the musical, “Wildcat”, but ran its course early when she became too ill to perform. Ball died in 1989 with over 100 awards and recognitions from numerous organizations and awarding bodies.

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