What another fun woman to think about when you think Vintage! Lucille Ball . Who else still enjoys watching her show sometimes late at night? Here is some fun facts about her: Lucille Désirée Ball (August 6, 1911 – April 26, 1989) was an American comedienne, model, film and television actress and studio executive. She was star of the sitcoms I Love Lucy, The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour, The Lucy Show, Heres Lucy and Life with Lucy, and was one of the most popular and influential stars in the United States during her lifetime. Ball had one of Hollywoods longest careers.[1] In the 1930s and 1940s she started as an RKO girl, playing bit parts as a chorus girl or similar roles and becoming a television star during the 1950s. She continued making films in the 1960s and 1970s. In 1962, Ball became the first woman to run a major television studio, Desilu, which produced many successful and popular television series such as Mission: Impossible and Star Trek.[2] In 1929, Ball landed work as a model and later began her performing career on Broadway using the stage name Diane Belmont. She assumed many small movie roles in the 1930s as a contract player for RKO Radio Pictures. Ball was dubbed the Queen of the Bs (referring to her many roles in B-films). Ball met and eloped with Cuban bandleader Desi Arnaz in 1940. In 1951, Ball was instrumental in co-creating the television series I Love Lucy with her husband, Arnaz. On July 17, 1951, at almost 40 years of age, Ball gave birth to their first child, Lucie Désirée Arnaz.[3] A year and a half later, she gave birth to their second child, Desiderio Alberto Arnaz IV, known as Desi Arnaz, Jr.[4] Ball and Arnaz divorced on May 4, 1960. On April 26, 1989, Ball died of a dissecting aortic aneurysm at age 77.[5] At the time of her death, she had been married to her second husband and business partner, standup comedian Gary Morton, for more than 27 years.[6] Ball was nominated for an Emmy Award thirteen times, and won four times.[7] In 1977, Ball was among the first recipients of the Women in Film Crystal Award.[8] She was the recipient of the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award in 1979,[9] the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Kennedy Center Honors in 1986,[10] and the Governors Award from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in 1989.[11]
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