Lucille Ball
Acting
- Nacimiento:
- 1911-08-06
- Fallecimiento:
- 1989-04-26
- Lugar de nacimiento:
- Jamestown, New York, USA
Biografía
Lucille Désirée Ball (August 6, 1911 – April 26, 1989) 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.
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Filmografía
A Grammy Celebration of Latin Music
Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution
Rock Hudson: Sólo el cielo lo supo
Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story
Lucy and Desi
My Darling Vivian
This Is Bob Hope...
The Fabulous Allan Carr
I Love Lucy Christmas Special
Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration
Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored
Pioneers of Primetime
Judy Garland: By Myself
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
Biography: Bob Hope: America's Entertainer
Cher: The Farewell Tour
The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 1
The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 2
Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy
Television: The First Fifty Years
The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
The Funny World of Lucy, Volume 1
E! True Hollywood Story
Érase una vez en Hollywood III
Intimate Portrait
The Best Of Danny Kaye - The Television Years
Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie
Bob Hope's Love Affair with Lucy
A Tribute to Lucy
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
A Beverly Hills Christmas
The RKO Story: Tales From Hollywood
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
All Star Party for Clint Eastwood
Life with Lucy
Stone Pillow
Night of 100 Stars II
¡Esto sí es bailar!
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
All Star Party for Lucille Ball
Body Language
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Showbiz Goes to War
Women I Love: Beautiful But Funny
Entertainment Tonight
A Love Letter to Jack Benny
Lucy Moves to NBC
Cher... and Other Fantasies
The Kennedy Center Honors
Lucy Calls the President
CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years
NBC: The First Fifty Years
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
What Now, Catherine Curtis?
The Practice
Donny & Marie
Shirley MacLaine: Gypsy in My Soul
Three for Two
Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television
Lucy Gets Lucky
Happy Anniversary and Goodbye
Dinah!
Ante todo, mujer
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
The Pearl Bailey Show
Jack Benny's 20th Anniversary TV Special
The Flip Wilson Show
Swing Out, Sweet Land
Ann-Margret: From Hollywood with Love
The Jack Benny Birthday Special
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
The Dean Martin Christmas Show
Here's Lucy
The Dick Cavett Show
Tuyos, míos, nuestros
Carnival Nights
Omnibus
The Carol Burnett Show
Guía para el hombre casado
Lucy in London
Carol + 2
Salute to Stan Laurel
El gran desfile de la comedia
The Lucille Ball Comedy Hour
La hora de los famosos
The Danny Kaye Show
General Foods Opening Night
The Greatest Show on Earth
Elección crítica
The Lucy Show
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Merv Griffin Show
The Mike Douglas Show
Password
Treffpunkt New York
Los hechos de la vida
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
NBC Sunday Showcase
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
The Ann Sothern Show
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
The Bob Hope Chevy Show
Por siempre, cariño
Lucy's Really Lost Moments
MGM Parade
A Star Is Born World Premiere
Un remolque larguísimo
I Love Lucy: The Movie
This Is Your Life
Ellis in Freedomland
La alfombra mágica
Te quiero, Lucy
The Jack Benny Program
Los apuros de Sally
El rey del Oeste
The Bob Hope Show
A Woman of Distinction
What's My Line?
Miss Grant Takes Richmond
Vida fácil
The Ed Wynn Show
Sorrowful Jones
The Emmy Awards
The Ed Sullivan Show
Her Husband's Affairs
El asesino poeta
Que siga la boda
Mi mujer me apasiona
Two Smart People
Envuelto en la sombra
Abbott y Costello en Hollywood
Ziegfeld Follies
Sin amor
G.I. Journal
Meet the People
La reina de corazones (Best Foot Forward)
El desfile de las estrellas
La Dubarry era una dama
Seven Days' Leave
Su última danza
El valle del sol
Look Who's Laughing
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
Too Many Girls
Baila, muchacha, baila
You Can't Fool Your Wife
The Marines Fly High
That's Right – You're Wrong
Five Came Back
Panama Lady
Beauty for the Asking
Twelve Crowded Hours
Cuando vuelva a casarme
Anabel y el vizconde
El hotel de los líos
The Affairs of Annabel
Having Wonderful Time
Joy of Living
Go Chase Yourself
Damas del teatro
Don't Tell the Wife
El mundo a sus pies
Winterset
One Live Ghost
So and Sew
Dummy Ache
Swing It
Bunker Bean
The Farmer in the Dell
Sigamos la flota
Muss 'em Up
Chatterbox
Foolish Hearts
Canción de amor
Por la dama y el honor
Sombrero de copa
Old Man Rhythm
A Night at the Biltmore Bowl
Hooray for Love
I'll Love You Always
Roberta
Pasaporte a la fama
Carnival
His Old Flame
Behind the Evidence
Fugitive Lady
Three Little Pigskins
Estrictamente confidencial
Jealousy
Men of the Night
Perfectly Mismated
El chico millonario
The Affairs of Cellini
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
El crimen del Vanities
Hollywood conquistado
Hold That Girl
La reina del boulevard
Moulin Rouge
Escándalos Romanos
Blood Money
Broadway Thru a Keyhole
El arrabal
The Lucy-Desi Milton Berle Special
The Time Element