Aug. 6, 1911 in Celeron, N.Y.April 26, 1989, in Los AngelesCBS comedy series “I Love Lucy” (1951-1957), “The Lucy Show” (1962-68), “Here’s Lucy” (1968-74).
As Variety‘s Tom Gilbert observed after her death, “Ball’s elastic facial expressions and precise comic timing catapulted her into an American institution.”“Love, Lucy,” published posthumously in 1996, from a memoir Ball wrote in the mid-1960s.Emmy wins for lead comedy actress in 1953, 1956, 1967 and 1968.
Hollywood Foreign Press Assn.‘s Cecil B. DeMille Award, 1979. Academy of Television Arts & Sciences’ Governors Award, 1989With her husband and “I Love Lucy” co-star Desi Arnaz, Ball was a TV pioneer who etched an enduring template for TV sitcoms shot on film, which ignited the.
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