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Lucille Ball

1911 - 1989

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"Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world. "Lucille Ball was an american Actress, comedian, a model, film-studio executive, and a producer. She was one of Americas most beloved comedians, and was known for her television show, "I Love Lucy." Lucy was born in Jamestown, New york and started as a singer, model, and filmstar then she had become one a comedian on the TV show I Love Lucy which she started with her husband Desi Arnaz. They have gotten divorced in the 1960's and then Lucy went to star on the Lucy Show and Here's Lucy and she had became a top TV executive. At the age of 15, she convinces her mother to enroll her into New York City drama school. Lucy was also too nervous to draw herself any notice, the school had wrote to her mother, "Lucy's wasting her time and ours. She's too shy and reticent to put her best foot forward." She started calling herself Diane Belmont, and found her work as a model for a designer Hattie Carnegie, and then was overcoming rheumatoid Arthritis for chesterfield cigarettes. In the 1930's she had dyed her hair to blonde, and moved to Hollywood to find acting gigs, she also landed a role an as extra in the Ritz Brother film The Three Muskateers and then in 1937, she had earned a part in Stage Door, where Katharine Hepburg and Ginger Rogers both starred. Ball appeared in 72 movies in her career and had an unofficial title of "The Queen of B Movies." Arnaz her husband at that time pushed his wife to try broadcasting and she landed a lead part in the radio comedy "My Favorite Husband." One of the most memorable parts in I Love Lucy was her Pregnancy when she gave birth to Little Ricky and it was the same day when she delivered her son Desi Jr.

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