Birthplace: Jamestown, New York USA
Birthdate: August 6, 1911
Died: April 26, 1989
Spouses: Desi Arnaz (1940 - 1960)
Gary Morton (1961 - 1989)
Children: 2
The film career of Lucille Ball began unceremoniously in the 1930's playing bit parts in a number of works, and few movie fans realize that in these roles she was exposed to some of the biggest and most popular stars of the day. Ball can be seen in everything from Three Stooges shorts to a few Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers works and much more.
Lucille Ball appeared in over 70 movies prior to 1951 when she and husband Desi Arnaz ventured into television with the creation of the "I Love Lucy" show, which ran from 1951 to 1957. Ball was an innovator as a female in the entertainment industry as head of Desilu Studio, the first ever owned and ran by a woman. A huge success that was mainly responsible for most of Ball's wealth, Desilu either produced or supplied production services to many classic television programs such as The Jack Benny Program, I Love Lucy, The Danny Thomas Show, The Real McCoys, My Three Sons, The Dick Van Dyke Show, Gomer Pyle USMC, Hogan's Heroes, Star Trek, That Girl, Mannix and Mission Impossible.
Filmography:
(1927) Tillie the Toiler
(1933) The Bowery
Broadway Through a Keyhole
Blood Money
Roman Scandals
(1934) Moulin Rouge
Nana
Hold That Girl
Murder at the Vanities
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
The Affairs of Cellini
Kid Millions
Men of the Night
Broadway Bill
Jealousy
Fugitive Lady
Three Little Pigskins
(1935) Behind the Evidence
Carnival
The Whole Town's Talking
Roberta
I'll Always Love You
Old Man Rhythm
Top Hat
The Three Musketeers
I Dream Too Much
(1936) Chatterbox
Muss "Em Up
Follow the Fleet
The Farmer in the Dell
Bunker Bean
Winterset
(1937) That Girl from Paris
Don't Tell the Wife
Stage Door
(1938) Go Chase Yourself
Joy of Living
Having Wonderful Time
The Affairs of Annabel
Room Service
Annabel Takes a Tour
Next Time I Marry
(1939) Beauty for the Asking
Twelve Crowded Hours
Panama Lady
Five Came Back
That's Right You're Wrong
(1940) The Marines Fly High
You Can't Fool Your Wife
Dance, Girl, Dance
Too Many Girls
(1941) A Girl, a Guy and a Gob
Look Who's Laughing
(1942) Valley of the Sun
The Big Street
Seven Days" Leave
(1943) DuBarry Was a Lady
Thousands Cheer
Best Foot Forward
(1944) Meet the People
(1945) Without Love
Abbott and Costello in Hollywood
(1946) Ziegfeld Follies
The Dark Corner
Two Smart People
Easy to Wed
Lover Come Back
(1947) Lured
Her Husband's Affairs
(1949) Sorrowful Jones
Miss Grant Takes Richmond
Easy Living
(1950) A Woman of Distinction
Fancy Pants
The Fuller Brush Girl
(1951) The Magic Carpet
(1953) I Love Lucy
(1954) The Long, Long Trailer
(1956) Forever, Darling
(1960) The Facts of Life
(1963) Critic's Choice
(1967) A Guide for the Married Man
(1968) Yours, Mine and Ours
(1974) Mame
(1985) Stone Pillow
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