History Creator / LucilleBall

* ''Film/{{Room Service|1938}}'' (1938) as Christine

During this time she continued to appear occasionally in movies and on Broadway, co-founded Creator/DesiluStudios with Arnaz -- which the couple would continue to run even after their 1960 divorce, until Ball purchased it outright two years later -- and even took the time to mentor an up-and-coming young comedic actress named Creator/CarolBurnett, who soon went on to achieve success in her own right. Her starring role in the film version of the musical ''Theatre/{{Mame}}'' was a notorious flop, however, while an attempt at a television comeback in the [[TheEighties 1980s]] (''Life with Lucy'') failed.

* ''Film/{{Stone Pillow}}'' (1985) as Flo

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Lucille Désirée Ball (August 6, 1911 – April 26, 1989) was an American comedienne, actress, model, and film and television executive. She appeared on stage, screen and radio, but is primarily known as one of the most popular and influential television stars of all time.

Along with her late brother Fred, Lucille spent most of her childhood in or near her native Jamestown, New York. She first became involved in show business by performing as a chorus girl in a [[BrotherhoodOfFunnyHats Shriners]] show at age 12. After attending drama school she found work as a fashion model and actress in New York City. In the early 1930s she moved to Hollywood and began appearing in small movie roles. Eventually she moved up to starring in [[BMovie B-movies]] for Creator/RKOPictures; so many of them, in fact, that she came to be known as the "Queen of the B's." Among her better-known films are ''Film/StageDoor'', ''Film/DanceGirlDance'', and ''Film/FiveCameBack''. She also worked in the theater and in radio.

In 1940 she met Cuban-born bandleader Creator/DesiArnaz while filming ''Too Many Girls''; the couple fell in love and soon eloped. 1948 saw her cast in a successful radio sitcom called ''My Favorite Husband'', which Creator/{{CBS}} soon decided to develop for television. She insisted that Arnaz be cast as her husband on the show and, after a [[{{Vaudeville}} vaudeville]] tour to prove that the pairing could work, CBS agreed. ''Series/ILoveLucy'' ensued. It was followed by several ''Series/LucyDesiComedyHour'' specials and two more successful sitcoms (''Series/TheLucyShow'' and ''Here's Lucy''), which extended her TV stardom virtually uninterrupted through 1974.

Her children, Lucie Arnaz and Creator/DesiArnazJr, are actors and singers in their own right; both appeared alongside their mother as regulars on ''Series/HeresLucy''.

Her children, Lucie Arnaz and Creator/DesiArnazJr, are actors and singers in their own right; both appeared alongside their mother as regulars on ''Here's Lucy''.

* WrittenInInfirmity: Her second pregnancy.

* BetterAsFriends: Her marriage to Desi Arnaz was a turbulent one due to his infidelities and alcoholism, and the stress of jointly running their production company. After they divorced, their relationship reportedly improved dramatically, and Desi without fail always sent her lilacs, Lucille's favorite flowers, for her major life events, though they never remarried.
* TheCastShowoff: Any chance she would get to show off her extensive background as a dancer, she would take it. Within her many sitcoms she could be seen waltzing with Van Johnson, doing the Charleston with Creator/GingerRogers, tap-dancing with John Bubbles, modding with her son, and of course performing alongside Desi Arnaz, Vivian Vance and William Frawley.