Biography: Lucille Ball was born on 8/6/1911 in Celeron, New York. Ball
played in 60 film's in the 30's to the late 40's. In 1940 she married a Cuban band leader Desi Arnaz and the two together created one of the most famous shows of all-time "I Love Lucy". It ran from 51 to 57, making 179 episodes and never finished worst than third in the ratings. Lucy and Desi ended their marriage in 60.. She did shows with Bob Hope and Henry Fonda. In 89, Lucille Ball died at the age of 77.
Filmography:
I Love Lucy's 50th Anniversary Special (2001)
Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts, The (1998)
America's Tribute to Bob Hope (1988)
Hollywood The Golden Years: The RKO Story (1987)
"Life with Lucy" (1986)
That's Dancing! (1985)
Stone Pillow (1985)
Bob Hope Buys NBC?
"Scooby and Scrappy-Doo" (1979)
Circus of the Stars #2 (1977)
Lucy Calls the President (1977)
CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years (1976)
Gypsy in My Soul (1976)
Mame (1974)
Swing Out, Sweet Land (1970)
"Here's Lucy" (1968)
Yours, Mine and Ours (1968)
Guide for the Married Man, A (1967)
MGM's Big Parade of Comedy (1964)
Critic's Choice (1963)
"Lucille Ball Show, The" (1962-68)
Facts of Life, The (1960)
"Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour, The" (1957-60)
Forever Darling (1956)
Long, Long Trailer, The (1954)
Magic Carpet, The (1951)
"I Love Lucy" (1951)
Fuller Brush Girl, The (1950)
Fancy Pants (1950)
Woman of Distinction, A (1950)
Easy Living (1949)
Miss Grant Takes Richmond (1949)
Sorrowful Jones (1949)
Her Husband's Affairs (1947)
Lured (1947)
Dark Corner, The (1946)
Two Smart People (1946)
Easy to Wed (1946)
Lover Come Back (1946)
Ziegfeld Follies (1946)
Abbott and Costello in Hollywood (1945)
Without Love (1945)
Meet the People (1944)
Thousands Cheer (1943)
Du Barry Was a Lady (1943)
Best Foot Forward (1943)
Seven Days' Leave (1942)
Big Street, The (1942)
Valley of the Sun (1942)
Look Who's Laughing (1941)
Girl, a Guy, and a Gob, A (1941)
Too Many Girls (1940)
Dance, Girl, Dance (1940)
You Can't Fool Your Wife (1940)
Marines Fly High, The (1940)
Panama Lady (1939)
That's Right You're Wrong (1939)
Five Came Back (1939)
Twelve Crowded Hours (1939)
Beauty for the Asking (1939)
Go Chase Yourself (1938)
Next Time I Marry, The (1938)
Annabel Takes a Tour (1938)
Room Service (1938)
Affairs of Annabel, The (1938)
Having Wonderful Time (1938)
Joy of Living (1938)
Hitting a New High (1937)
Stage Door (1937)
Don't Tell the Wife (1937)
Chatterbox (1936)
Dummy Ache (1936)
So and Sew (1936)
Swing It (1936)
That Girl from Paris (1936)
Winterset (1936)
One Live Ghost (1936)
Bunker Bean (1936)
Farmer in the Dell, The (1936)
Follow the Fleet (1936)
Night at the Biltmore Bowl, A (1935)
I Dream Too Much (1935)
Three Musketeers, The (1935)
Top Hat (1935)
Old Man Rhythm (1935)
I'll Love You Always (1935)
Roberta (1935)
Whole Town's Talking, The (1935)
Carnival (1935)
His Old Flame (1935)
Fugitive Lady (1934)
Hold That Girl (1934)
Three Little Pigskins (1934)
Jealousy (1934)
Broadway Bill (1934)
Men of the Night (1934)
Kid Millions (1934)
Perfectly Mismated (1934)
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back (1934)
Affairs of Cellini, The (1934)
Bottoms Up (1934)
Nana (1934)
Moulin Rouge (1934)
Blood Money (1933)
Bowery, The (1933)
Broadway Through a Keyhole (1933)
Roman Scandals (1933)
Trivia: Was the first woman to own her own film studio.
During the 1933 filming of Roman Scandals, young Lucille Ball, portraying a slave girl, needed to have her eyebrows entirely shaved off. They never grew back.
Quote: "I'd rather regret the things that I have done than the things that I have not."
Information courtesy of The Internet Movie Database. Used with permission.
Nominations and Awards
American Comedy Awards, USA
1987
• Won, Lifetime Achievement Award in Comedy
Emmy Awards
1989
• Won, Governor's Award
1968
• Won, Emmy
Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Comedy Series for The Lucille Ball Show (1962)
1967
• Won, Emmy
Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Comedy Series for The Lucille Ball Show (1962)
1966
• Nominated, Emmy
Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Comedy Series for The Lucille Ball Show (1962)
1963
• Nominated, Emmy
Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Series (Lead) for The Lucille Ball Show (1962)
1958
• Nominated, Emmy
Best Continuing Performance (Female) in a Series by a Comedienne, Singer, Hostess, Dancer, M.C., Announcer, Narrator, Panelist, or any Person who Essentially Plays Herself for I Love Lucy (1951)
1957
• Nominated, Emmy
Best Continuing Performance by a Comedienne in a Series for I Love Lucy (1951)
1956
• Won, Emmy
Best Actress - Continuing Performance for I Love Lucy (1951)
• Nominated, Emmy
Best Comedienne
1955
• Nominated, Emmy
Best Actress Starring in a Regular Series for I Love Lucy (1951)
1954
• Nominated, Emmy
Best Female Star of Regular Series for I Love Lucy (1951)
1953
• Won, Emmy
Best Comedienne
• Won, Emmy
Best Comedienne
• Nominated, Emmy
Most Outstanding Personality
1952
• Nominated, Emmy
Best Comedian or Comedienne
Golden Apple Awards
1973
• Won, Golden Apple
Female Star of the Year
1963
• Nominated, Golden Apple
Most Cooperative Actress
Golden Globes, USA
1979
• Won, Cecil B. DeMille Award
1975
• Nominated, Golden Globe
Best Motion Picture Actress - Musical/Comedy for Mame (1974)
1972
• Nominated, Golden Globe
Best TV Actress - Musical/Comedy for Here's Lucy (1968)
1970
• Nominated, Golden Globe
Best TV Actress - Musical/Comedy for Here's Lucy (1968)
1969
• Nominated, Golden Globe
Best Motion Picture Actress - Musical/Comedy for Yours, Mine and Ours (1968)
1968
• Nominated, Golden Globe
Best TV Star - Female for The Lucille Ball Show (1962)
Hasty Pudding Theatricals, USA
1988
• Woman of the Year
Laurel Awards
1968
• Won, Golden Laurel
Female Comedy Performance for Yours, Mine and Ours (1968)
1961
• Runner(s) up, Golden Laurel
Top Female Comedy Performance for The Facts of Life (1960)
Television Critics Association Awards
1989
• Won, Career Achievement Award
Women in Film Crystal Awards
1977
• Won, Crystal Award