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Lucille Ball
Lucille Désirée Ball (August 6, 1911 – April 26, 1989) was an American comedian, film, television, stage and radio actress, model, film and television executive, and star of the sitcoms I Love Lucy, The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour, The Lucy Show, Here's Lucy and Life With Lucy. One of the most popular and influential stars in America during her lifetime, with one of Hollywood's longest careers, especially on television, Ball began acting in the 1930s, becoming both a radio actress and B-movie star in the 1940s, and then a television star during the 1950s. She was still making films in the 1960s and 1970s. Ball received thirteen Emmy Award nominations and four wins. In 1977 Ball was among the first recipients of the Women in Film Crystal Award. She was the recipient of the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award in 1979, the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Kennedy Center Honors in 1986 and the Governors Award from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in 1989. In 1929, Ball landed work as a model and later began her performing career on Broadway using the stage name Dianne Belmont. She appeared in many small movie roles in the 1930s as a contract player for RKO Radio Pictures. Ball was labeled as the "Queen of the Bs" (referring to her many roles in B-films). In 1951, Ball was pivotal in the creation of the television series I Love Lucy. The show co-starred her then husband, Desi Arnaz as Ricky Ricardo and Vivian Vance and William Frawley as Ethel and Fred Mertz, the Ricardos' landlords and friends. The show ended in 1957 after 180 episodes. They then changed the format a little - lengthening the time of the show from 30 minutes to 60 minutes (the first one went 75 mins), adding some characters, altering the storyline somewhat, and renaming the show from "I Love Lucy" to "The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour", which ran for three seasons (1957–1960) and 13 episodes. Ball went on to star in two more successful television series: The Lucy Show, which ran on CBS from 1962 to 1968 (156 Episodes), and Here's Lucy from 1968 to 1974 (144 episodes). Her last attempt at a television series was a 1986 show called Life with Lucy - which failed miserably after 8 episodes aired although 13 were produced. Ball met and eloped with Cuban bandleader Desi Arnaz in 1940. On July 17, 1951, almost 40 years old, Ball gave birth to their first child, Lucie Désirée Arnaz. A year and a half later, Ball gave birth to their second child, Desiderio Alberto Arnaz IV, known as Desi Arnaz, Jr. Ball and Arnaz divorced on May 4, 1960. On April 26, 1989, Ball died of a dissecting aortic aneurysm at age 77. At the time of her death she had been married to her second husband, standup comedian and business partner Gary Morton, for twenty-eight years.
Release Date | Title | Character Name | Rating | Your Lists |
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December 28th, 2025 | A Grammy Celebration of Latin Music | Lucy Ricardo (archive footage) (uncredited) | 5 | |
June 7th, 2024 | Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 6.2 | |
June 20th, 2023 | Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed | Self (archive footage) | 5.7 | |
June 2nd, 2023 | Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story | Self (archive footage) | 6.4 | |
January 21st, 2022 | Lucy and Desi | Self (archive footage) | 7.1 | |
April 27th, 2020 | My Darling Vivian | Self (archive footage) | 7.1 | |
December 29th, 2017 | This Is Bob Hope... | Self (archive footage) | 8 | |
December 2nd, 2016 | I Love Lucy Christmas Special | Lucy | 10 | |
October 13th, 2015 | Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration | Lucy Ricardo / I Love Lucy (archive footage) | 10 | |
January 1st, 2011 | Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored | Lucy Ricardo (archive footage) | TBD | |
November 9th, 2005 | Pioneers of Primetime | TBD | TBD | |
February 25th, 2004 | Judy Garland: By Myself | Self (archive footage) | 8.3 | |
January 1st, 2004 | TV in Black: The First Fifty Years | (archive footage) | 5.3 | |
August 22nd, 2003 | Biography: Bob Hope: America's Entertainer | Self (archive footage) | TBD | |
February 22nd, 2001 | The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 1 | Self (archive footage) | TBD | |
February 22nd, 2001 | The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 2 | Self (archive footage) | TBD | |
December 3rd, 2000 | Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy | Self (archive footage) | 7 | |
January 1st, 1999 | Television: The First Fifty Years | Self / Lucy Ricardo (archive footage) | TBD | |
January 1st, 1998 | The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts | Self - Roastee (archive footage) | 6.5 | |
November 1st, 1997 | The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender | Self (archive footage) | 5.1 | |
January 1st, 1997 | The Funny World of Lucy, Volume 1 | TBD | 8.5 | |
July 1st, 1994 | That's Entertainment! III | (archive footage) | 7 | |
July 1st, 1993 | The Best Of Danny Kaye - The Television Years | Self (archive footage) | TBD | |
February 14th, 1993 | Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie | Self | 8.2 | |
September 23rd, 1989 | Bob Hope's Love Affair with Lucy | (archive footage) | 9 | |
January 1st, 1989 | A Tribute to Lucy | TBD | TBD | |
May 16th, 1988 | Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC | Self | 6 | |
December 22nd, 1987 | A Beverly Hills Christmas | Self | 3.5 | |
May 18th, 1987 | Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood | Self | 6 | |
November 30th, 1986 | All Star Party for Clint Eastwood | Self | 6 | |
November 5th, 1985 | Stone Pillow | Florabelle | 6.9 | |
March 10th, 1985 | Night of 100 Stars II | Self | 8 | |
January 18th, 1985 | That's Dancing! | Self (archive footage) | 7.1 | |
January 1st, 1985 | Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers | Self (archive footage) | TBD | |
December 9th, 1984 | All Star Party for Lucille Ball | Self | 6 | |
February 25th, 1983 | Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 7 | |
December 31st, 1982 | Showbiz Goes to War | Self (archive footage) | 10 | |
February 28th, 1982 | Women I Love: Beautiful But Funny | Self | 10 | |
February 5th, 1981 | A Love Letter to Jack Benny | Herself | TBD | |
February 8th, 1980 | Lucy Moves to NBC | Self | 3.3 | |
March 7th, 1979 | Cher... and Other Fantasies | Cleaning Lady | 10 | |
November 21st, 1977 | Lucy Calls the President | Lucy Whittaker | 7.5 | |
November 28th, 1976 | CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years | Self | 7.3 | |
November 21st, 1976 | NBC: The First Fifty Years | TBD | TBD | |
October 29th, 1976 | Bob Hope's World of Comedy | Self | TBD | |
March 30th, 1976 | What Now, Catherine Curtis? | Catherine Curtis | 8.5 | |
January 20th, 1976 | Shirley MacLaine: Gypsy in My Soul | Self | TBD | |
December 3rd, 1975 | Three for Two | Sally / Rita / Pauline | 4.3 | |
October 24th, 1975 | Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television | (archive footage) | TBD | |
March 1st, 1975 | Lucy Gets Lucky | Lucy Collins | 4.5 | |
November 19th, 1974 | Happy Anniversary and Goodbye | Norma Michaels | 5.2 | |
March 7th, 1974 | Mame | Mame Dennis | 6 | |
November 16th, 1970 | Jack Benny's 20th Anniversary TV Special | Janet (uncredited) | 7 | |
January 1st, 1970 | Swing Out, Sweet Land | Statue of Liberty (voice) | 6.4 | |
December 6th, 1969 | Ann-Margret: From Hollywood with Love | Self | TBD | |
February 17th, 1969 | The Jack Benny Birthday Special | Self | 9 | |
December 19th, 1968 | The Dean Martin Christmas Show | Self - Guest (uncredited) | 7.6 | |
April 24th, 1968 | Yours, Mine and Ours | Helen North Beardsley | 6.9 | |
March 20th, 1968 | Carnival Nights | Self | 7 | |
May 25th, 1967 | A Guide for the Married Man | Technical Adviser (Mrs. Joe X) | 5.9 | |
October 24th, 1966 | Lucy in London | Lucy Carmichael | 6.5 | |
March 22nd, 1966 | Carol + 2 | Self | 10 | |
November 23rd, 1965 | Salute to Stan Laurel | Self | 8 | |
September 2nd, 1964 | The Big Parade of Comedy | Julie Hampton in 'Meet the People' (archive footage) | 7.2 | |
April 18th, 1964 | The Lucille Ball Comedy Hour | Bonnie Blakely | 7.3 | |
September 22nd, 1963 | General Foods Opening Night | TBD | TBD | |
February 24th, 1963 | Critic's Choice | Angela Ballantine | 5.7 | |
November 14th, 1960 | The Facts of Life | Kitty Weaver | 5.3 | |
January 10th, 1960 | Hedda Hopper's Hollywood | Self | 6 | |
October 21st, 1956 | The Bob Hope Chevy Show | Lucy Ricardo | TBD | |
February 9th, 1956 | Forever, Darling | Susan Vega | 7.1 | |
January 1st, 1956 | Lucy's Really Lost Moments | Lucy Ricardo | 6.5 | |
September 28th, 1954 | A Star Is Born World Premiere | Self | 8 | |
February 19th, 1954 | The Long, Long Trailer | Tacy Collini | 6.9 | |
January 1st, 1953 | I Love Lucy: The Movie | Lucy Ricardo | 7.7 | |
June 15th, 1952 | Ellis in Freedomland | The Laundromat (voice) | TBD | |
October 18th, 1951 | The Magic Carpet | Princess Narah | 6 | |
September 15th, 1950 | The Fuller Brush Girl | Sally Elliot | 6.1 | |
July 19th, 1950 | Fancy Pants | Agatha Floud | 5.8 | |
March 16th, 1950 | A Woman of Distinction | Self (uncredited) | 7 | |
October 20th, 1949 | Miss Grant Takes Richmond | Ellen Grant | 5.3 | |
October 8th, 1949 | Easy Living | Anne, Lenahan's Secretary | 5.7 | |
July 4th, 1949 | Sorrowful Jones | Gladys O'Neill | 6.5 | |
November 12th, 1947 | Her Husband's Affairs | Margaret Weldon | 5.4 | |
August 28th, 1947 | Lured | Sandra Carpenter | 6.3 | |
July 25th, 1946 | Easy to Wed | Gladys Benton | 6.4 | |
June 21st, 1946 | Lover Come Back | Kay Williams | 7.1 | |
June 4th, 1946 | Two Smart People | Ricki Woodner | 6.6 | |
April 9th, 1946 | The Dark Corner | Kathleen Stewart | 6.7 | |
October 5th, 1945 | Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood | Self (uncredited) | 5.8 | |
August 26th, 1945 | Ziegfeld Follies | Lucille Ball (segment "Here's to the Ladies") | 6 | |
March 22nd, 1945 | Without Love | Kitty Trimble | 7 | |
November 3rd, 1944 | G.I. Journal | Self | TBD | |
June 1st, 1944 | Meet the People | Julie Hampton | 5.8 | |
October 8th, 1943 | Best Foot Forward | Lucille Ball | 6.8 | |
September 13th, 1943 | Thousands Cheer | Lucille Ball | 6.4 | |
August 13th, 1943 | Du Barry Was a Lady | May Daly / Madame Du Barry | 6.5 | |
November 13th, 1942 | Seven Days' Leave | Terry Havalok-Allen | 7.3 | |
August 13th, 1942 | The Big Street | Gloria Lyons | 5.8 | |
February 6th, 1942 | Valley of the Sun | Christine Larson | 6.2 | |
November 21st, 1941 | Look Who's Laughing | Julie Patterson | 6.7 | |
March 14th, 1941 | A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob | Dot Duncan | 5.5 | |
October 8th, 1940 | Too Many Girls | Connie Casey | 5.9 | |
August 30th, 1940 | Dance, Girl, Dance | Bubbles | 6.4 | |
May 21st, 1940 | You Can't Fool Your Wife | Clara Fields Hinklin | 5.6 | |
March 4th, 1940 | The Marines Fly High | Joan Grant | 5.3 | |
November 24th, 1939 | That's Right – You're Wrong | Sandra Sand | 6.3 | |
June 23rd, 1939 | Five Came Back | Peggy Nolan | 6.3 | |
May 12th, 1939 | Panama Lady | Lucy | 6.3 | |
February 24th, 1939 | Beauty for the Asking | Jean Russell | 5.5 | |
February 23rd, 1939 | Twelve Crowded Hours | Paula Sanders | 6.1 | |
December 9th, 1938 | Next Time I Marry | Nancy Crocker Fleming | 7.3 | |
November 10th, 1938 | Annabel Takes a Tour | Annabel Allison | 5.7 | |
September 21st, 1938 | Room Service | Christine Marlowe | 6.5 | |
September 9th, 1938 | The Affairs of Annabel | Annabel Allison | 5.5 | |
July 1st, 1938 | Having Wonderful Time | Miriam | 4.9 | |
May 6th, 1938 | Joy of Living | Salina Garret Pine | 5.9 | |
April 22nd, 1938 | Go Chase Yourself | Carol Meeley | 5.7 | |
October 8th, 1937 | Stage Door | Judith | 7.1 | |
March 5th, 1937 | Don't Tell the Wife | Annie Howell | 6 | |
December 31st, 1936 | That Girl from Paris | Claire Williams | 6.9 | |
December 3rd, 1936 | Winterset | Girl (uncredited) | 5.9 | |
November 7th, 1936 | One Live Ghost | Maxine | 6.7 | |
August 24th, 1936 | So and Sew | Sally Curtis | 8 | |
July 10th, 1936 | Dummy Ache | Actress | 5.5 | |
June 30th, 1936 | Swing It | Mary (uncredited) | 4.7 | |
June 26th, 1936 | Bunker Bean | Rosie Kelly | 5.3 | |
March 27th, 1936 | The Farmer in the Dell | Gloria Wilson | 7 | |
February 20th, 1936 | Follow the Fleet | Kitty Collins | 6.8 | |
February 13th, 1936 | Muss 'em Up | Departing Train Passenger (uncredited) | 6.2 | |
January 17th, 1936 | Chatterbox | Lillian Temple | 7 | |
December 27th, 1935 | Foolish Hearts | Hat Check Girl (uncredited) | TBD | |
November 29th, 1935 | I Dream Too Much | Gwendolyn Dilley | 5.4 | |
November 1st, 1935 | The Three Musketeers | (uncredited) | 6.9 | |
August 29th, 1935 | Top Hat | Flower Shop Clerk (uncredited) | 7.3 | |
August 2nd, 1935 | Old Man Rhythm | College Girl | 7 | |
June 21st, 1935 | A Night at the Biltmore Bowl | Lucille Ball | 8 | |
June 14th, 1935 | Hooray for Love | Chorine (uncredited) | 5.8 | |
March 19th, 1935 | I'll Love You Always | Lucille (uncredited) | 5 | |
March 7th, 1935 | Roberta | Fashion Model (uncredited) | 7.1 | |
February 22nd, 1935 | The Whole Town's Talking | Bank Employee (uncredited) | 6.9 | |
February 15th, 1935 | Carnival | Nurse (uncredited) | 8 | |
January 25th, 1935 | His Old Flame | TBD | 7 | |
January 8th, 1935 | Behind the Evidence | Secretary (uncredited) | 5.5 | |
December 10th, 1934 | Fugitive Lady | Beauty Operator (uncredited) | 8 | |
December 8th, 1934 | Three Little Pigskins | Daisy Simms | 7 | |
November 30th, 1934 | Broadway Bill | Blonde Telephone Operator (uncredited) | 6 | |
November 23rd, 1934 | Jealousy | (uncredited) | 5.8 | |
November 18th, 1934 | Men of the Night | Peggy (uncredited) | 4.5 | |
November 12th, 1934 | Perfectly Mismated | TBD | 7 | |
November 10th, 1934 | Kid Millions | Goldwyn Girl (uncredited) | 6.7 | |
August 24th, 1934 | The Affairs of Cellini | Lady-in-Waiting (uncredited) | 5.2 | |
August 15th, 1934 | Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back | Bridesmaid | 5.6 | |
May 18th, 1934 | Murder at the Vanities | Earl Carroll Girl (uncredited) | 5.5 | |
April 12th, 1934 | Bottoms Up | Chorine (uncredited) | 5.2 | |
March 23rd, 1934 | Hold That Girl | Girl (uncredited) | 9 | |
February 1st, 1934 | Nana | Chorus Girl (uncredited) | 6 | |
January 10th, 1934 | Moulin Rouge | Show Girl (uncredited) | 7 | |
November 27th, 1933 | Roman Scandals | Goldwyn Girl (uncredited) | 5.9 | |
November 17th, 1933 | Blood Money | Davy's Girlfriend (uncredited) | 7.1 | |
November 2nd, 1933 | Broadway Thru a Keyhole | Chorine / Girl at the Beach | 6.3 | |
October 7th, 1933 | The Bowery | Blonde (uncredited) | 5.4 | |
TBD | The Lucy-Desi Milton Berle Special | TBD | TBD |