Lucille Ball & I Love Lucy

A BLOG COMPLETELY DEDICATED TO;

- LUCILLE BALL

A film, television, stage and radio actress. Comedienne, model, film executive and first woman to ever run a studio. Still holds the title as the Queen of comedy and is also known as the first lady of television. Her face has been seen by more people, more times than the face of any other human being who ever lived. Identifiable by just her first name: Lucy.

- I LOVE LUCY

First television show filmed in a movie studio in front of a live audience, first sitcom to use three film cameras to capture all the action simultaneously, first comedy show to use guest stars on a continuing basis and the first program to feature a pregnant woman.

Lucille Ball photographed in 1944

Lucille Ball photographed in 1944

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Lucille Ball photographed by David Gill Evans at the Brown Derby

Lucille Ball photographed by David Gill Evans at the Brown Derby

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Lucille Ball photographed in 1943

Lucille Ball photographed in 1943


Lucille Ball and Elaine Shepard on the set of Ziegfeld Follies, 1945

Lucille Ball and Elaine Shepard on the set of Ziegfeld Follies, 1945

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Lucille Ball photographed in 1951

Lucille Ball photographed in 1951

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Lucille Ball photographed in 1949

Lucille Ball photographed in 1949

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With her eyes glued to the speaker, Lucille Ball receives a light for her cigarette from Jean Negulesco, motion picture director. Daughter of a concert pianist, Lucille started receiving her training for the entertainment world at the ripe old age of five. Years of musical and dramatic coaching have resulted in motion picture stardom for this titian-haired comedienne.Her blue eyes and strawberry-red hair are a combination which makes her a standout in any group. (1947)

With her eyes glued to the speaker, Lucille Ball receives a light for her cigarette from Jean Negulesco, motion picture director. Daughter of a concert pianist, Lucille started receiving her training for the entertainment world at the ripe old age of five. Years of musical and dramatic coaching have resulted in motion picture stardom for this titian-haired comedienne.Her blue eyes and strawberry-red hair are a combination which makes her a standout in any group. (1947)

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The only way I can play a funny scene is to believe it. Then I can convincingly eat like a dog under a table, freeze to death beneath burning-hot klieg lights, or bake a loaf of bread ten-feet long. 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Lucille Ball
August 6, 1911 - April 26, 1989 

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Lucille Ball finds a string of gemns in a bivalve, to the surprise of Allen B. Gellman

Lucille Ball finds a string of gemns in a bivalve, to the surprise of Allen B. Gellman

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