Considered one of America’s most beloved redheads, Lucille Ball, the adored comedian actress, was born on at the present time in historical past, Aug. 5, 1911, in Jamestown, New York, as Biography.com and different sources have famous.
Her dad and mom had been Henry Durrell Ball, an electrician, and Desiree Ball.
The household moved round as a consequence of her father’s employment, and tragically, in 1915, Lucille Ball’s father died from typhoid fever, stated Historical past.com.
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At age 15, Ball arrived in New York Metropolis to attend drama faculty with aspirations of working as an actress.
She labored as a waitress and a hat mannequin — and in 1933 Ball was employed because the Chesterfield Cigarette Lady, based on Historical past.com
Actress Lucille Ball (1911-1989) and her husband, actor and musician, Desi Arnaz (1917-1986) attend a proper occasion, USA, circa 1955. (Archive Images/Getty Pictures)
Over the following years, Ball loved main roles in dozens of B-movies within the late Nineteen Thirties and Forties.
Then, in 1940, Ball met Cuban bandleader Desi Arnaz whereas taking pictures “Too Many Women” — and the couple quickly eloped, the identical supply indicated.
Ball starred as a spouse on the radio program “My Favourite Husband” from 1947 to 1951.
“It was instantly obvious this was a sitcom like no different.”
“When CBS determined to launch the favored collection on the comparatively new medium of TV, Lucy insisted that Arnaz be forged as her husband within the TV model,” stated Historical past.com.
Though there was some resistance from community executives, Ball and Arnaz had been finally forged as Lucy and Ricky Ricardo in “I Love Lucy.”
On Oct. 15, 1951, the TV sitcom made its debut.
Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz in a pilot episode of the tv collection “I Love Lucy,” 1951. “I Love Lucy” aired from 1951 to 1957 and have become some of the in style TV sitcoms in historical past. (CBS/Getty Pictures)
“And to the tv viewing viewers throughout the nation it was instantly obvious this was a sitcom like no different,” said Biography.com.
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The couple welcomed their first youngster, Lucie, in 1951, lower than a yr after the premiere of “I Love Lucy.”
Their son, Desi Jr., was born in 1953 and have become part of the present’s storyline, stated a number of sources.
Lucille Ball (1911-1989) and Desi Arnaz (1917-1986) seem in a scene from “The Ricardos Dedicate Statue,” the final filmed episode of the tv comedy present “I Love Lucy,” April 4, 1957. The episode initially aired on Could 6 of that yr. Ball is dressed as a statue however is pestered by a canine. (CBS Picture Archive/Getty Pictures)
The present co-starred Vivian Vance and William Frawley as Lucy and Desi’s two greatest buddies.
The groundbreaking program’s plot traces had been about marital points, girls within the office and suburban dwelling, stated Biography.com.
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“I Love Lucy” aired from 1951 to 1957 and have become some of the in style TV sitcoms in historical past.
Many commonplace methods in tv productions, comparable to filming in entrance of a dwell studio viewers and utilizing three cameras, began with Desilu Productions, based on the Nationwide Girls’s Historical past Museum.
Ball purchased out Arnaz and took over Desilu Productions, turning into the primary girl to run a serious tv manufacturing studio.
Whereas the present led to 1957, Desilu Productions continued on, producing extra tv hits comparable to “Our Miss Brooks,” “Make Room for Daddy,” “The Dick Van Dyke Present,” “The Untouchables,” “Star Trek” and “Mission: Unattainable,” Biography.com recounted.
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In 1960 Ball and Arnaz divorced.
Two years later, Ball, by then remarried to comic Gary Morton, purchased out Arnaz and took over Desilu Productions, turning into the primary girl to run a serious tv manufacturing studio, based on the Lucille Ball Desi Arnaz Museum.
Lucille Ball in an episode of “Life with Lucy,” airdate Nov. 8, 1986. (ABC Picture Archives/Disney Common Leisure Content material through Getty Pictures)
Ball’s performing work continued; she appeared in two sitcoms, “The Lucy Present” (1962-68) and “This is Lucy” (1968-73).
“Each achieved a modest degree of success, however neither captured the magic that had outlined her earlier program with Arnaz,” famous Biography.com.
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Ball’s last tv collection, “Life with Lucy,” aired for under two months in 1986.
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She made her final tv look on the Academy Awards on March 29, 1989.
She died lower than a month later, on April 26, 1989, in Los Angeles, as Britannica.com famous. She was 77.
Lucille Ball (1911-1989) hugs William Frawley (1887-1966) as she stands behind him in the course of the shock occasion for her thirteenth marriage ceremony anniversary to Cuban-born actor and singer Desi Arnaz, held at Larry Finley’s restaurant on Sundown Strip, Los Angeles, California. (Getty Pictures)
Ball’s comedic genius influenced generations of comedians, and her recognition continued into the twenty first century, stated Britannica.com.
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The Lucille Ball–Desi Arnaz Middle, which boasts a museum devoted to “I Love Lucy,” is a vacationer attraction in Jamestown, New York.
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In 2001, the U.S. Postal Service honored Ball with a commemorative stamp.
