| Lucille Ball  AKA Lucille Desiree Ball
Born: 6-Aug-1911
Birthplace: Jamestown, NY
Died: 26-Apr-1989
Location of death: Los Angeles, CA
Cause of death: Aneurysm
Remains: Cremated, Lake View Cemetery, Jamestown, NY
Gender: Female
Religion: Baptist [1]
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actor
Party Affiliation: See Note [2] Nationality: United States
Executive summary: I Love Lucy
[1] Born into a Baptist family, her parents were married by Reverend Charles D. Reed of the Calvary Baptist Church. Ball "remarried" Desi Arnaz in a Catholic ceremony June 19th, 1949 but she herself never converted to the faith. For a short time also Ball attended Marble Collegiate Church (Dutch Reform), run by Norman Vincent Peale, but never considered herself a member of the Dutch Reformed Church. In her own words, "It was a beautiful ceremony and I believed in it. At the time, I seriously intended to become a Catholic. I took instruction for a long time, but lost the inspiration when I realized that Catholicism did not seem to help Desi in his life." Her second husband, Gary Morton, was a Jew. See Stefan Kanfer, Ball of Fire: The Tumultuous Life and Comic Art of Lucille Ball (2003).
[2] Registered as a Communist in 1936 to placate her grandfather.
Father: Henry Durrell Ball ("Had", d. 1915 typhoid fever)
Mother: Desiree Evelyn Hunt (d. 1977)
Brother: Fredrick Ball ("Fred", b. 17-Jul-1915, d. 5-Feb-2007)
Boyfriend: Alexander Hall (film director, broken engagement)
Husband: Desi Arnaz (m. 30-Nov-1940, div. 4-May-1960, one daughter, one son)
Daughter: Lucie Arnaz (actress, b. 17-Jul-1951)
Son: Desi Arnaz, Jr. (actor, b. 19-Jan-1953)
Husband: Gary Morton (m. 19-Nov-1961, until her death)
Columbia Pictures
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
RKO Radio Pictures under contract
Endorsement of Philip Morris
Endorsement of Liggett Group Chesterfield cigarettes (1949-52)
Endorsement of General Electric 1952
Sgt. Pepper Lonely Heart
Broadcasting and Cable Hall of Fame
Emmy 1953 for Best Comedienne
Emmy 1956 for I Love Lucy
Emmy 1967 for The Lucy Show
Emmy 1968 for The Lucy Show
Hollywood Walk of Fame 6436 Hollywood Blvd. (motion picture)
Hollywood Walk of Fame 6104 Hollywood Blvd. (television)
Kennedy Center Honor 1986
National Women's Hall of Fame
Open Heart Surgery
Miscarriage multiple
Stroke May-1988
Paralyzed
Risk Factors: Rheumatoid Arthritis, Smoking, Aviophobia
TELEVISION
Here's Lucy Lucille Carter (1968-74)
The Lucy Show Lucy Carmichael (1962-68)
The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour Lucille Ball (1957-60)
I Love Lucy Lucy Ricardo (1951-57)
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
Stone Pillow (5-Nov-1985)
Mame (27-Mar-1974)
Yours, Mine and Ours (24-Apr-1968)
A Guide for the Married Man (25-May-1967)
Critic's Choice (13-Apr-1963) · Angela Ballantine
The Facts of Life (14-Nov-1960) · Kitty Weaver
Forever, Darling (9-Feb-1956) · Susan Vega
The Long, Long Trailer (18-Feb-1954) · Tacy Collini
The Magic Carpet (Oct-1951)
The Fuller Brush Girl (15-Sep-1950) · Sally Elliot
Fancy Pants (19-Jul-1950)
Easy Living (8-Oct-1949) · Anne
Miss Grant Takes Richmond (20-Sep-1949) · Ellen Grant
Sorrowful Jones (5-Jun-1949)
Her Husband's Affairs (12-Nov-1947) · Margaret Weldon
Lured (28-Aug-1947)
Easy to Wed (11-Jul-1946) · Gladys Benton
Lover Come Back (21-Jun-1946)
Two Smart People (4-Jun-1946)
The Dark Corner (9-Apr-1946) · Kathleen
Ziegfeld Follies (8-Apr-1946) · Specialty
Without Love (22-Mar-1945) · Kitty Trimble
Meet the People (21-Apr-1944) · Julie Hampton
Thousands Cheer (13-Sep-1943) · Herself
Du Barry Was a Lady (13-Aug-1943) · May Daly
Best Foot Forward (29-Jun-1943) · Herself
Seven Days' Leave (13-Nov-1942) · Terry Havalok-Allen
The Big Street (13-Aug-1942) · Gloria Lyons
Valley of the Sun (6-Feb-1942)
Look Who's Laughing (21-Nov-1941) · Julie Patterson
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob (4-Mar-1941)
Too Many Girls (8-Oct-1940) · Connie Casey
Dance, Girl, Dance (30-Aug-1940)
You Can't Fool Your Wife (21-May-1940) · Clara Hinklin -- Mercedes Vasquez
The Marines Fly High (4-Mar-1940)
That's Right -- You're Wrong (24-Nov-1939) · Sandra Sand
Five Came Back (23-Jun-1939) · Peggy Nolan
Panama Lady (12-May-1939)
Twelve Crowded Hours (23-Feb-1939) · Paula Sanders
Beauty for the Asking (10-Feb-1939) · Jean Russell
Next Time I Marry (1-Dec-1938)
Annabel Takes a Tour (11-Nov-1938) · Annabel
Room Service (30-Sep-1938) · Christine
The Affairs of Annabel (9-Sep-1938) · Annabel
Having Wonderful Time (1-Jun-1938) · Miriam
Joy of Living (6-May-1938) · Salina
Go Chase Yourself (22-Apr-1938) · Carol Meeley
Stage Door (8-Oct-1937) · Judith
There Goes My Girl (21-May-1937)
That Girl from Paris (31-Dec-1936) · Claire Williams
Follow the Fleet (20-Feb-1936) · Kitty Collins
Chatterbox (17-Jan-1936) · Lillian Temple
I Dream Too Much (27-Nov-1935) · Gwendolyn Dilley
Author of books:
Love, Lucy (1996, memoir)
Appears on postage stamps:
USA, Scott #3523 (34 cents, self-adhesive, issued 6-Aug-2001)
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