Lucille Ball

  • Name: Lucille Ball
  • Date of Birth: August 06, 1911
  • Place of Birth: Jamestown, New York, U.S.A
Mini-bio: Remembered as a dizzy sitcom redhead with show business aspirations, Lucille Ball was, in fact, a show business powerhouse and television pioneer. Throughout her teen years, Ball tried unsuccessfully ...( read more)to launch her show business career, finally landing a spot as a "Ziegfeld Girl". She launched her Hollywood career as one of the "Goldwyn Girls", but she moved out from the crowd of starlets to starring roles. With "I Love Lucy" (1951), she and husband Desi Arnaz pioneered the 3-camera technique now the standard in filming TV sitcoms, and the concept of syndicating television programs. She was also the first woman to own her own film studio as the head of Desilu.

On April 18, 1989, Ball experienced chest pains, and was rushed to the Emergency Room of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center where she had bypass surgery and received an aorta from a donor to fix her damaged one. On April 26, 1989, Lucille Ball unexpectedly died after the aorta ruptured in a different area, far from where the replacement was attached. Her remains were initially interred in the Forest Lawn – Hollywood Hills Cemetery in Los Angeles, but were later moved by her children to the Lake View Cemetery, in Jamestown, New York.
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Replace this image with an actor photoLucille Ball mini-bio: Remembered as a dizzy sitcom redhead with show business aspirations, Lucille Ball was, in fact, a show business powerhouse and television pioneer. Throughout her teen years, Ball tried unsuccessfully to launch her show business career, finally landing a spot as a "Ziegfeld Girl". She launched her Hollywood career as one of the "Goldwyn Girls", but she moved out from the crowd of starlets to starring roles. With "I Love Lucy" (1951), she and husband Desi Arnaz pioneered the 3-camera technique now the standard in filming TV sitcoms, and the concept of syndicating television programs. She was also the first woman to own her own film studio as the head of Desilu.

On April 18, 1989, Ball experienced chest pains, and was rushed to the Emergency Room of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center where she had bypass surgery and received an aorta from a donor to fix her damaged one. On April 26, 1989, Lucille Ball unexpectedly died after the aorta ruptured in a different area, far from where the replacement was attached. Her remains were initially interred in the Forest Lawn – Hollywood Hills Cemetery in Los Angeles, but were later moved by her children to the Lake View Cemetery, in Jamestown, New York.

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  • ericcrooks1
    ericcrooks1
    The Funniest Female who Ever Lived. She wasn't afraid if she didn't look pretty when she made people laugh, and I think that's cool. _Eric ;)
    posted 364 days ago
  • dmwkoko
    dmwkoko
    GIVE ME "L"! GIVE ME A "U"! GIVE A "C"! GIVE ME A "Y"!
    WHAT THAT SPELL? LLLLLLLUUUUUCCCCCCYYYYYYY!
    posted 456 days ago
  • FullBlownTexasGirl
    FullBlownTexasGirl
    OMG ITS I LOVE LUCY!!!!!!!!!! I REALLY DO LUV THAT SHOW ITS SO HALARIOUS I MEAN HOW FUNNY COULD U GET?.?.?. U ROCK LUCILLE
    posted 470 days ago
  • skittlesbumbum13
    skittlesbumbum13
    i love her tv show i love lucy i get up at 6 every day to watch it is so funny
    posted 480 days ago
  • silverjapandragon
    silverjapandragon
    One of my fav. actors. I love watching "I Love Lucy" on TV Land!!!
    posted 500 days ago
  • lionreb
    lionreb
    She was one great actress and funny lady. If you can hear me Lucille, I think you were great!
    posted 515 days ago
  • H0tT0pic
    H0tT0pic
    omg!!!!!!!! i luv i luv lucy!!!!!!

    hehe =D
    posted 520 days ago
  • obsessivemoviequeen
    obsessivemoviequeen
    One of my friends was born on the date of her death. What's even funnier is I'm born on her birthday...
    posted 551 days ago
  • jetmetalsonic500
    jetmetalsonic500
    Ouch. I can't believe my favorite female comedian died 11 days after I was born.
    posted 554 days ago
  • kiddo84
    kiddo84
    I love Lucy...
    posted 559 days ago
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