Topic Page: Ball, Lucille, 1911-1989
Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. Credit:Photofest
(born Aug. 6, 1911, Celoron, near Jamestown, N.Y., U.S.—died April 26, 1989, Los Angeles, Calif.) U.S. actress and television star. She performed in films from 1933 and starred in a comedy radio series from 1947. With her bandleader husband, Desi Arnaz, she created the very successful television comedy series I Love Lucy (1951–57) and later the Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour (1957–60). After their divorce in 1960, Ball appeared in The Lucy Show (1962–68) and Here’s Lucy (1968–74). With her red hair and rasping voice and a comic persona alternately brassy and feminine, she was the preeminent female star of the early decades of television.
Birth Place: Celoron, New York, United States
Death Place: Los Angeles, California, United States
Name: Ball, Lucille or Lucille Ball
Gender: female
Nationality: American
Activity: American actress
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