A familiar face. A favorite credit.
Lucille Ball
The sketches, the credits, the comedy.
All in one place.
Born August 6, 1911
Died April 26, 1989Aged 77
Cast appearances (1)
A face that makes you laugh.
The person behind the punchline
A little backstory.
Lucille Ball was an American actress, comedian and producer who starred as Lucy Ricardo in I Love Lucy. Her work with Desi Arnaz, Vivian Vance and William Frawley combined situation comedy with physical routines and comic performances. Before television, she acted in Hollywood films and starred in the radio comedy My Favorite Husband.
Ball and Arnaz founded Desilu Productions, the company behind I Love Lucy and other television programmes. She later starred in The Lucy Show, Here’s Lucy and Life with Lucy. Her film roles included Yours, Mine and Ours and Mame. She died on April 26, 1989.
Quite the characters
Another side of funny.
The role call