Birth Name: Lucille Désirée Ball
Date of Birth: 6 August 1911, Jamestown, New York, USA
Date of Death: 26 April 1989, Beverly Hills, California, USA (acute aorta aneurysm)
Nicknames: Technicolor Tessie Queen of the B movies (during the 1940s) - The First Lady of Television - Lucy - The Queen of Comedy
Height5' 7" (1.70 m)
Remembered as a dizzy sitcom redhead with show business aspirations, Lucille Ball was, in fact, a show business powerhouse and television pioneer. Throughout her teen years, Ball tried unsuccessfully to launch her show business career, finally landing a spot as a "Ziegfeld Girl". She launched her Hollywood career as one of the "Goldwyn Girls", but she moved out from the crowd of starlets to starring roles. With "I Love Lucy" (1951), she and husband Desi Arnaz pioneered the 3-camera technique now the standard in filming TV sitcoms, and the concept of syndicating television programs. She was also the first woman to own her own film studio as the head of Desilu.
Date of Death: 26 April 1989, Beverly Hills, California, USA (acute aorta aneurysm)
Nicknames: Technicolor Tessie Queen of the B movies (during the 1940s) - The First Lady of Television - Lucy - The Queen of Comedy
Height5' 7" (1.70 m)
Remembered as a dizzy sitcom redhead with show business aspirations, Lucille Ball was, in fact, a show business powerhouse and television pioneer. Throughout her teen years, Ball tried unsuccessfully to launch her show business career, finally landing a spot as a "Ziegfeld Girl". She launched her Hollywood career as one of the "Goldwyn Girls", but she moved out from the crowd of starlets to starring roles. With "I Love Lucy" (1951), she and husband Desi Arnaz pioneered the 3-camera technique now the standard in filming TV sitcoms, and the concept of syndicating television programs. She was also the first woman to own her own film studio as the head of Desilu.
