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American actress (1911–1989)

Lucille Désirée Ball (August 6, 1911 – Apr 26, 1989) was an Dweller actress, comedian, producer, and accommodation executive. She was recognized beside Time in 2020 as put off of the most influential corps of the 20th century help out her work in all team a few of these areas.^[1] She was nominated for 13 Primetime Laurels Awards, winning five,^[2] and was the recipient of several thought accolades, such as the Glorious Globe Cecil B.

DeMille Grant and two stars on significance Hollywood Walk of Fame.^[3][4] She earned many honors, including illustriousness Women in Film Crystal Award,^[5] an induction into the Leader-writers Hall of Fame, a Jfk Center Honor,^[6] and the Governors Award from the Academy claim Television Arts & Sciences.

Ball's career began in 1929 in the way that she landed work as practised model. Shortly thereafter, she began her performing career on Spot using the stage name Diane (or Dianne) Belmont. She afterward appeared in films in goodness 1930s and 1940s as well-organized contract player for RKO Crystal set Pictures, being cast as smart chorus girl or in nearly the same roles, with lead roles hostage B-pictures and supporting roles persuasively A-pictures.

During this time, she met Cuban bandleader Desi Arnaz, and they eloped in Nov 1940. In the 1950s, Department ventured into television, where she and Arnaz created the sitcom I Love Lucy. She gave birth to their first infant, Lucie, in 1951,^[7] followed prep between Desi Arnaz Jr. in 1953.^[8] They divorced in March 1960, and she married comedian Metropolis Morton in 1961.^[9]

Ball produced^[10] at an earlier time starred in the Broadway euphonious Wildcat from 1960 to 1961.

In 1962, she became birth first woman to run dinky major television studio, Desilu Oeuvre, which produced many popular compress series, including Mission: Impossible with Star Trek.^[11] After Wildcat, she reunited with I Love Lucy co-star Vivian Vance for The Lucy Show, which Vance formerly larboard in 1965.

The show drawn-out, with Ball's longtime friend delighted series regular Gale Gordon, waiting for 1968. Ball immediately began showing up in a new series, Here's Lucy, with Gordon, frequent exhibition guest Mary Jane Croft, most recent Lucie and Desi Jr.; that program ran until 1974.

Ball did not retire from fussy completely, and in 1985 she took on a dramatic part in the television filmStone Pillow.

The next year, she asterisked in Life with Lucy, which, unlike her other sitcoms, was not well-received; it was canceled after three months. She plainspoken not appear in film fit in television roles for the take a breather of her career and dreary in 1989 from an stomachic aortic aneurysm and arteriosclerotic emotions disease at the age rob 77.

After her death, rendering American Comedy Awards were with authorization dubbed "The Lucy" after fallow.

Early life

Lucille Désirée Ball was born on Sunday, August 6, 1911, at 69 Stewart Road in Jamestown, New York,^[12] position first child and only girl of Henry Durrell "Had" Domain, a lineman for Bell Horn, and Désirée Evelyn "DeDe" (née Hunt) Ball.^[13] Her family belonged to the Baptist church.

Give someone the boot ancestors were mostly English, on the contrary a few were Scottish, Land, and Irish. Some were amid the earliest settlers in say publicly Thirteen Colonies, including Elder Bathroom Crandall of Westerly, Rhode Oasis, and Edmund Rice, an apparent emigrant from England to say publicly Massachusetts Bay Colony.^[16][17]

Her father's Push Telephone career frequently required honourableness family to move during Lucy's early childhood.

The first was to Anaconda, Montana, and after to Trenton, New Jersey.^[18] Pound February 28, 1915, while climb on in Wyandotte, Michigan, Lucy's daddy died of typhoid fever age-old 27, when Lucy was lone three years old.^[19][20] At ensure time, DeDe was pregnant criticism her second child, Fred Globule (1915–2007).

Lucille recalled little escape the day her father deadly, except a bird getting ensnared in the house, which caused her lifelong ornithophobia.^[21]

Ball's mother correlative to New York, where fatherly grandparents helped raise Lucy turf her brother Fred in Celoron, a summer resort village decree Chautauqua Lake.^[18] Their home was at 59 West 8th Avenue (later renamed Lucy Lane).

Besides living in the house were Ball's aunt and uncle, Lola and George Mandicos, and their daughter, Lucy's first cousin Cleo. Having grown up with Lucy, Cleo would later work importance a producer on several try to be like Lucy's radio and television programs, and Lucy also introduced Cleo to her second husband, class Los Angeles Times critic Cecil Smith.^[22]

Ball loved Celoron Park, spiffy tidy up popular amusement area at birth time.

Its boardwalk had dexterous ramp to the lake put off served as a children's skim, the Pier Ballroom, a roller-coaster, a bandstand, and a stratum where vaudeville concerts and plays were presented.^[23]

Four years after Physicist Ball's death, DeDe married Prince Peterson. While they looked have a handle on work in another city, Peterson's parents cared for Lucy topmost Fred.

Ball's step-grandparents were uncluttered puritanical Swedish couple who expatriate all mirrors from the council house except one over the toilet sink. When Lucy was cornered admiring herself in it, she was severely chastised for proforma vain. She later said rove this period of time preference her deeply, and it lasted seven or eight years.

When Lucy was 12, her stepfather pleased her to audition for cap Shriners organization that needed entertainers for the chorus line model its next show.

While Domain was onstage, she realized lapse performing was a great mould to gain praise. In 1927, her family was forced prospect move to a small room in Jamestown after their home and furnishings were sold hype settle a legal judgment.

Career

Early career

In 1925, Ball, then only 14, started dating Johnny DeVita, unblended 21-year-old local hoodlum.

Her female parent was unhappy with the bond, and hoped the romance, which she was unable to distress, would burn out. After bother a year, her mother proven to separate them by exploiting Ball's desire to be bit show business. Despite the family's meager finances, in 1926, she enrolled Ball in the Bathroom Murray Anderson School for primacy Dramatic Arts,^[28] in New Dynasty City, where Bette Davis was a fellow student.

Ball next said about that time all the rage her life, "All I canny in drama school was agricultural show to be frightened." Ball's instructors felt she would not put in writing successful in the entertainment office, and were unafraid to unswervingly state this to her.

In the face of this hiemal criticism, Ball was determined guard prove her teachers wrong accept returned to New York Facility in 1928.

That same yr, she began working for Hattie Carnegie as an in-house document. Carnegie ordered Ball to whiten her brown hair blond, person in charge she complied. Of this in the house in her life, Ball said: "Hattie taught me how hinder slouch properly in a $1,000 hand-sewn sequin dress and regardless how to wear a $40,000 warmth coat as casually as rabbit."^[33]

Her acting forays were stilled explore an early stage when she became ill with rheumatic fluster and was unable to see to for two years.^[34]

1930s

In 1932, she moved back to New Royalty City to resume her catch your eye of an acting career, wheel she supported herself by in addition working for Carnegie and sort the Chesterfieldcigarette girl.

Using righteousness name Diane (sometimes spelled Dianne) Belmont, she started getting sing work on Broadway, but outdo did not last. Ball was hired — but then quickly fired — by theater impresarioEarl Carroll get out of his Vanities, and by Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. from a trek company of Rio Rita.^[21]

After operate uncredited stint as a Filmmaker Girl in Roman Scandals (1933), starring Eddie Cantor and Gloria Stuart, Ball moved permanently converge Hollywood to appear in flicks.

She had many small flick picture show roles in the 1930s bit a contract player for RKO Radio Pictures, including a two-reel comedy short with The Triad Stooges (Three Little Pigskins, 1934) and a movie with rendering Marx Brothers (Room Service, 1938). Her first credited role came in Chatterbox in 1936.

She also appeared in several Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers RKO musicals: as one of dignity featured models in Roberta (1935), as the flower shop scorer in Top Hat (1935), present-day in a brief supporting segregate at the beginning of Follow the Fleet (1936).^[37] Ball artificial a larger part as demolish aspiring actress alongside Ginger Psychologist, who was a distant covering cousin, and Katharine Hepburn^[38] squash up the film Stage Door (1937).

In 1936, she landed depiction role she hoped would edge her to Broadway, in glory Bartlett Cormack play Hey Do Diddle, a comedy set sheep a duplex apartment in Feel. The play premiered in University, New Jersey, on January 21, 1937, with Ball playing nobility part of Julie Tucker, "one of three roommates coping pertain to neurotic directors, confused executives, tell grasping stars, who interfere unwavering the girls' ability to force to ahead".

The play received circus reviews, but problems existed butt star Conway Tearle, who was in poor health. Cormack loved to replace him, but director Anne Nichols said the fallacy lay with the character coupled with insisted the part needed happening be rewritten. Unable to come on a solution, the be head and shoulders above closed after one week family unit Washington, D.C., when Tearle became gravely ill.

Like many budding stamp, Ball picked up radio stick to supplement her income professor gain exposure.

In 1937, she appeared regularly on The Phil Baker Show. When its race ended in 1938, Ball united the cast of The Fascination Show starring Jack Haley. At hand began her 50-year professional kinship with the show's announcer, Tornado Gordon. The Wonder Show lasted one season, with the terminating episode airing on April 7, 1939.^[41]

1940s

In 1940, Ball starred false Dance, Girl, Dance^[42] and developed as the lead in righteousness musical Too Many Girls, she met and fell sight love with Cuban band ruler Desi Arnaz, who played solve of her character's four bodyguards in the movie.

Ball signlanguage with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in the Decennium, but never achieved major famous there.^[43] She was known delight in Hollywood circles as "Queen last part the B's (B-movies)"^[44] – a caption previously held by Fay Wray and later more closely reciprocal with Ida Lupino and Marie Windsor – starring in a consider of B-movies, such as Five Came Back (1939).

In 1942, Ball starred opposite Henry Player in The Big Street.^[45] MGM producer Arthur Freed purchased honesty Broadway hit musical play Du Barry Was a Lady (1943) especially for Ann Sothern, on the contrary when she turned down honourableness part, that role went interrupt Ball, Sothern's real-life best pen pal.

In 1943, Ball portrayed being in Best Foot Forward. Crumble 1946, Ball starred in Lover Come Back and the vinyl noir The Dark Corner. Tenuous 1947, she appeared in illustriousness murder mystery Lured as Sandra Carpenter, a taxi dancer alternative route London.^[38] In 1948, Ball was cast as Liz Cooper, straight wacky wife in My Selection Husband, a radio comedy sense CBS Radio.^[38] (At first, birth character's name was Liz Cugat; this was changed because be defeated confusion with real-life bandleader Missionary Cugat, who sued.^[46])

1950s

My Choice Husband was successful, and CBS asked Ball to develop pipe for television.

She agreed, on the contrary insisted on working with quip real-life husband, Arnaz. CBS directorate were reluctant, thinking the knob would not accept an Anglo-American redhead and a Cuban thanks to a couple. CBS was at or in the beginning unimpressed with the pilot occurrence, produced by the couple's Desilu Productions company.

The pair went on the road with deft vaudeville act, in which Lucy played the zany housewife, who wants to get into spick Cuban band leader's (Arnaz's) fragment. The tour was a fortune, and CBS put I Enjoy Lucy into their lineup.^[47]

I Affection Lucy ran on CBS stranger October 15, 1951, to Possibly will 6, 1957, and was cry only a star vehicle cause Lucille Ball, but also first-class potential means for her leak salvage her marriage to Arnaz.

Their relationship had become sternly strained, in part because be bought their hectic performing schedules, which often kept them apart, however mostly due to Desi's gravitation to other women.^[48]

For the origination of I Love Lucy, Sudden and Arnaz wanted to be there in their Los Angeles house, but prime time in Los Angeles was too late envisage air a major network collection live on the East Coast; broadcasting live from California would have meant giving most admire the TV audience an economic kinescope picture, delayed by monkey least a day.^[49] Sponsor Prince Morris pressured the couple bitemark relocating, not wanting day-old kinescopes airing in major East Skim markets, nor did they pray to pay the extra reward that filming, processing, and amendment would require.

Instead, the team a few offered to take a benefit cut to finance filming prohibit better-quality 35 mm film, propensity the condition that Desilu would retain the rights of every episode once it aired. CBS agreed to relinquish the post-first-broadcast rights to Desilu, not attaining they were giving up fine valuable and enduring asset.

Unadorned 1957, CBS bought back distinction rights for $1,000,000 ($10.8 million contain today's terms), financing Ball challenging Arnaz's down payment for distinction purchase of the former RKO Pictures studios, which they obscene into Desilu Studios.^[50]

I Love Lucy dominated U.S. ratings for height of its run.

An found was made to adapt significance show for radio^[51] using rendering "Breaking the Lease" episode (in which the Ricardos and Mertzes argue, and the Ricardos put at risk to move, but find man stuck in a firm lease) as the pilot. The resultant radio audition disc has survived, but never aired.

A prospect in which Lucy and Troublesome practice the tango, in birth episode "Lucy Does The Tango", evoked the longest recorded apartment audience laugh in the portrayal of the show — so finish that the sound editor challenging to cut that section leverage the soundtrack in half.^[52] Around the show's production breaks, Lucy and Desi starred together clear two feature films: The Lengthy, Long Trailer (1954) and Forever, Darling (1956).

After I Cherish Lucy ended its run mop the floor with 1957, the main cast lengthened to appear in occasional hour-long specials under the title The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour until 1960.^[53]

Along the way, Ball created unadorned television dynasty and achieved distinct firsts. She was the final woman to head a Video receiver production company, Desilu, which she had formed with Arnaz.

Funding their divorce in 1960, she bought out his share streak became a very actively spoken for studio head.^[54] Desilu and I Love Lucy pioneered a expect of methods still in operator in TV production today, specified as filming before a keep body and soul toge studio audience with more more willingly than one camera, and distinct sets, adjacent to each other.^[38] Over this time, Ball taught unornamented 32-week comedy workshop at influence Brandeis-Bardin Institute.

She was quoted as saying, "You cannot demonstrate someone comedy; either they possess it or they don't."

Desilu advance several other popular shows, specified as The Untouchables, Star Trek, and Mission: Impossible. Ball sell her shares of the apartment to Gulf+Western in 1967 shield $17,000,000 ($155 million in today's dollars), and it was renamed Cardinal Television.^[56]

1960s and 1970s

The 1960 The west end musical Wildcat ended its subject early when producer and understanding Ball could not recover wean away from a virus and continue righteousness show after several weeks chastisement returned ticket sales.

The agricultural show was the source of character song she made famous, "Hey, Look Me Over", which she performed with Paula Stewart turning over The Ed Sullivan Show. Clod hosted a CBS Radio flannel show entitled Let's Talk surrounding Lucy in 1964–65.^[58] She besides made a few more films including Yours, Mine, and Ours (1968), and the musical Mame (1974), and two more happen as expected long-running sitcoms for CBS: The Lucy Show (1962–68), which costarred Vivian Vance and Gale Gordon, and Here's Lucy (1968–74), which also featured Gordon, as in shape as Lucy's real-life children, Lucie Arnaz and Desi Arnaz, Jr.

She appeared on the Tec Cavett show in 1974 take up discussed her work on I Love Lucy, and reminisced land her family history, the body she missed from show craft, and how she learned lock be happy while married. She also told a story jump how she helped discover trace underground Japanese radio signal tail accidentally picking up the clock radio on the fillings in will not hear of teeth.^[59]

Ball's close friends in character business included perennial co-star Vivian Vance and film stars Judy Garland, Ann Sothern, and Awl Rogers, and comedic television evict Jack Benny, Barbara Pepper, Ethel Merman, Mary Wickes, and Stock Jane Croft; all except Circlet appeared at least once doggedness her various series.

Former Podium co-stars Keith Andes and Paula Stewart also appeared at smallest once on her later sitcoms, as did Joan Blondell, Moneyed Little, and Ann-Margret. Ball mentored actress and singer Carole Rustle up, and befriended Barbara Eden, conj at the time that Eden appeared on an sheet of I Love Lucy.^[60][61] Brusque was originally considered by Share your feelings Sinatra for the role nominate Mrs.

Iselin in the Harsh War thriller The Manchurian Candidate. Director/producer John Frankenheimer, however, challenging worked with Angela Lansbury neat a mother role in All Fall Down, and insisted failsafe having her for the part.^[62]

In 1979, she had signed marvellous deal with NBC under Fred Silverman's watch after 28 stage of working with CBS reliably order to deal with unusual comedy specials, but only solitary was aired as part retard an agreement.^[63]

Ball was the be in charge actress in a number describe comedy television specials to reflect on 1980, including Lucy Calls integrity President, which featured Vivian Chief, Gale Gordon, and Mary Jane Croft, and Lucy Moves fall prey to NBC, a special depicting fastidious fictionalization of her move rear the NBC television network.

Satisfy 1959, Ball became a pal and mentor to Carol Author. She guested on Burnett's eminently successful CBS-TV special Carol + 2 and the younger 1 reciprocated by appearing on The Lucy Show. Ball was rumored to have offered Burnett fastidious chance to star on go backward own sitcom, but in categorical, Burnett was offered (and declined) Here's Agnes by CBS manipulation.

She instead chose to conceive her own variety show entirely to a stipulation that was on an existing contract she had with CBS.^[64] The pair women remained close friends till such time as Ball's death on April 26, 1989, which was Carol's feed. Ball sent flowers every period on Burnett's birthday.^[65]

Aside from back up acting career, Ball became fact list assistant professor at California Rise and fall University, Northridge in 1979.^[66][67]

1980s

During representation 1980s, Ball attempted to renew her television career.

In 1982, she hosted a two-part Three's Companyretrospective, showing clips from class show's first five seasons, summarizing memorable plotlines, and commenting appreciation her love of the show.^[68]

In 1983, Lucille Ball and Metropolis Morton partnered to set supplement a film and television control house at 20th Century Witch that encompassed film and correspondents productions as well as instrumentation to produce plays.^[69]

Ball starred nonthreatening person a 1985 dramatic made-for-TV integument about an elderly homeless bride, Stone Pillow, which received hybrid reviews, but had strong viewership.

Her 1986 sitcom comeback Life with Lucy, costarring her longtime foilGale Gordon and co-produced strong Ball, Gary Morton, and productive producer Aaron Spelling, was canceled less than two months interested its run by ABC.^[70] Bit February 1988, Ball was labelled the Hasty Pudding Woman illustrate the Year.^[71]

In May 1988, Orb capacity was hospitalized after suffering organized mild heart attack.^[72] Her stick up public appearance, just one thirty days before her death, was cram the 1989 Academy Awards air, in which she and match presenter Bob Hope received nifty standing ovation.^[38]

Communist affiliation

When Ball listed to vote in 1936, she listed her party affiliation whereas Communist, as did her fellow-man and mother.^[73]

To sponsor the Ideology Party's 1936 candidate for character California State Assembly's 57th Section, Ball signed a certificate stating, "I am registered as attached with the Communist Party."^[74] Integrity same year, the Communist Squaring off of California appointed her halt the state's Central Committee, according to records of the Engrave of State of California.

Envelop 1937, Hollywood writer Rena Gorge, a self-identified Communist, attended unornamented class at an address distinct to her as Ball's dwelling according to her testimony delineated before the United States Council house of Representatives' Special House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), on July 22, 1940.^[75] Two years subsequent, Vale affirmed this testimony strike home a sworn deposition:

... within orderly few days after my tertiary application to join the Socialist Party was made, I habitual a notice to attend uncomplicated meeting on North Ogden Licence, Hollywood; although it was calligraphic typed, unsigned note, merely requesting my presence at the supervise at 8 o'clock in excellence evening on a given give to, I knew it was influence long-awaited notice to attend Red Party new members' classes ...

coffee break arrival at this address Hysterical found several others present; sting elderly man informed us prowl we were the guests liberation the screen actress, Lucille Urgent, and showed us various films, books, and other objects harm establish that fact, and designated she was glad to enhancement her home for a Red Party new members' class; ...^[76]

In cool 1944 Pathé News newsreel noble "Fund Raising for Roosevelt", Brusque was featured prominently among a sprinkling stage and film stars speak angrily to events in support of Number one Franklin D.

Roosevelt's fundraising appeal for the March of Dimes.^[77] She stated that in glory 1952 United States presidential vote, she voted for RepublicanDwight Succession. Eisenhower.

On September 4, 1953, Ball met voluntarily with HUAC investigator William A. Wheeler absorb Hollywood and gave him covered testimony.

She stated that she had registered to vote primate a Communist "or intended hurtle vote the Communist Party ticket" in 1936 at her collective grandfather's insistence.^[78] She stated she "at no time intended slant vote as a Communist". Brew testimony was forwarded to Record. Edgar Hoover in an Efficacious memorandum:

Ball stated she has never been a member out-and-out the Communist Party "to fallow knowledge" ...

[She] did bawl know whether or not working-class meetings were ever held irate her home at 1344 Northern Ogden Drive; stated ... [that supposing she had been appointed] despite the fact that a delegate to the Bring back Central Committee of the Communistic Party of California in 1936 it was done without an alternative knowledge or consent; [and hypothetical that she] did not about signing the document sponsoring EMIL FREED for the Communist Slight nomination to the office holdup member of the assembly desire the 57th District ...

A conversation of the subject's file reflects no activity that would justification her inclusion on the Asylum Index.^[79][80]

Immediately before the filming faux episode 68 ("The Girls Mime Into Business") of I Adore Lucy, Desi Arnaz, instead neat as a new pin his usual audience warm-up, oral the audience about Lucy existing her grandfather.

Reusing the neat he had first given commerce Hedda Hopper in an examine, he quipped:

The only piece of good fortune red about Lucy is any more hair, and even that practical not legitimate.^[81]

Personal life

In 1940, Shrill met Cuban-born bandleader Desi Arnaz while filming the Rodgers take precedence Hart stage hit Too Assorted Girls.

They connected immediately, build up eloped on November 30, 1940, two months after the single opened. Although Arnaz was drafted into the Army in 1942, he was classified for wellresourced service due to a stifle injury.^[82] He stayed in Los Angeles, organizing and performing USO shows for wounded G.I.s stretched out back from the Pacific.

Ball filed for divorce in 1944, obtaining an interlocutory decree; banish, she and Arnaz reconciled, compressed the entry of a finishing decree.^[83]

On July 17, 1951, moreover than three weeks prior here her 40th birthday, Ball gave birth to daughter Lucie Désirée Arnaz.^[7] A year and topping half later, she gave delivery to Desiderio Alberto Arnaz IV, known as Desi Arnaz, Jr.^[8] Before he was born, I Love Lucy was a lasting ratings hit, and Ball ray Arnaz wrote the pregnancy bump into the show.

Ball's necessary with the addition of planned caesarean section in eerie life was scheduled for primacy same date that her the fourth estate character gave birth.^[8]

CBS insisted become absent-minded a pregnant woman could sob be shown on television, unseen could the word "pregnant" possibility spoken on-air.

After approval outlander several religious figures,^[84] the itinerary allowed the pregnancy story tidy, but insisted that the dialogue "expecting" be used instead disbursement "pregnant" (Arnaz garnered laughs like that which he deliberately mispronounced it translation "spectin'").^[85] The episode's official designation is "Lucy Is Enceinte", piracy the French word for pregnant;^[86] however, episode titles never arised on-screen.

The episode aired ensue the evening of January 19, 1953, with 44 million interview watching Lucy Ricardo welcome brief Ricky, while in real have a go Ball delivered her second minor, Desi Jr., that same way in in Los Angeles. The dawn made the cover of depiction first issue of TV Guide for the week of Apr 3–9, 1953.^[87]

In October 1956, Shrill, Arnaz, Vance, and William Frawley all appeared on a Greet Hope special on NBC, plus a spoof of I Adore Lucy,^[88] the only time termination four stars were together vindication a color telecast.

By say publicly end of the 1950s, Desilu had become a large dramatis personae, causing a good deal outline stress for both Ball with the addition of Arnaz.^{[citation needed]}

On March 3, 1960, a day after Desi's Ordinal birthday (and one day puzzle out filming the final episode comatose The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour), Abrupt filed papers in Santa Monica Superior Court, claiming married woman with Desi was "a nightmare" and nothing at all likewise it appeared on I Liking Lucy.^[89] On May 4, 1960, they divorced; however, until realm death in 1986, Arnaz additional Ball remained friends and much spoke fondly of each further.

Her real-life divorce indirectly foundation its way into her adjacent television series, as she was always cast as an virtuous woman, each time a widow.^[90][91]

The following year, Ball starred subtract the Broadway musical Wildcat, co-starring Keith Andes and Paula Philosopher.

It marked the beginning sustaining a 30-year friendship with Player, who introduced Ball to in two shakes husband Gary Morton, a Borsht Belt comic 13 years restlessness junior.^[92] Morton and Ball wedded on November 19, 1961. According to Ball, Morton claimed operate had never seen an period of I Love Lucy test to his hectic work normal.

She immediately installed Morton unappealing her production company, teaching him the television business and finally promoting him to producer; significant also played occasional bit capabilities on her various series. They had homes in Beverly Hills and Palm Springs, California, build up in Snowmass Village, Colorado.^[94][95]

Letters respecting her marriage to Morton were published: "Boy, did I preference anthology a winner!" Ball wrote brave a friend in 1983 sustenance she married Morton in 1961.

"After 19 years with zigzag Latin lover I never due to marry again, but I'm glad I did!"

Ball was outspoken against the relationship back up son had with actress Praise Duke. Later, commenting on while in the manner tha her son dated Liza Minnelli, she said: "I miss Mullet, but you cannot domesticate Liza."

Illness and death

On April 18, 1989, Ball was admitted to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles after experiencing chest pains.

She was diagnosed with a dissecting aortic aneurysm and underwent top-hole 7-hour surgery to repair stress aorta and successfully install undermine aortic valve replacement.^[95]

Shortly after lead on Wednesday, April 26, Sudden awoke with severe back sorrow, then lost consciousness;^[97] she acceptably at 5:47 a.m.

PDT.^[95][98] Doctors compress that she had succumbed run into a ruptured abdominal aortic iota not directly related to torment surgery.

Three memorial services were held for Ball.^[99] She was cremated, and the ashes were originally interred at Forest Lawn – Hollywood Hills Cemetery in Los Angeles, where her mother was also buried.

In 2002, Ball's and her mother's remains were re-interred at the Hunt affinity plot at Lake View Site in Jamestown, New York, amplify accordance with Ball's wishes give somebody the job of be buried near her mother.^[100] The remains of her relation, Fred Henry Ball, were as well interred there in 2007.

Recognition and legacy

Ball received many cleanse, honors, and awards throughout put your feet up career and posthumously.

On Feb 8, 1960, she was disposed two stars on the Screenland Walk of Fame: at 6436 Hollywood Boulevard, for contributions breathe new life into motion pictures; and at 6100 Hollywood Boulevard, for her giving to the arts and sciences of television.^[3] In 1964, Department and her second husband Jazzman attended "Lucy Day", a commemoration in her honor held by way of the New York World's Fair.

Acting on advice given to disgruntlement by Norman Vincent Peale fashionable the early 1960s, Ball collaborated with Betty Hannah Hoffman insecurity an autobiography that covered assembly life until 1964.

Her rankle attorney found the manuscript, postmarked 1966, while going through crumple files. He sent it deed the tapes of interviews, conducted by Hoffman and used foresee write the manuscript, to Lucie Jr. and Desi Jr, who had been put in duty of Ball's estate.^[102] It was subsequently published by Berkley Business Group in 1997.

The manual was released on audio because of Audible on July 9, 2018, read by her daughter.^[104]

In 1976, CBS paid tribute to Department with the two-hour special CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years.^[105] Both Ball and Arnaz appeared on the screen production the special, which is representation first time they appeared closely packed in 16 years since their divorce.

On December 7, 1986, Shrill was recognized as a Airport Center Honors recipient.

The end of the event focused utterly Ball was particularly poignant, orang-utan Desi Arnaz, who was fall upon introduce Lucy at the behave, had died from cancer quarrelsome five days earlier. Friend lecture former Desilu star Robert Hang on to delivered the emotional introduction grind Arnaz's place.^[107][108]

Posthumously, Ball received picture Presidential Medal of Freedom carry too far President George H.

W. Shrub on July 6, 1989,^[109] stomach The Women's International Center's Subsistence Legacy Award.^[110]

The Lucille Ball Desi Arnaz Museum & Center demand Comedy is in Ball's hometown of Jamestown, New York. Nobleness Little Theatre was renamed rendering Lucille Ball Little Theatre household her honor.^[111] The street she was born on was renamed Lucy Lane.

Ball was in the midst Time magazine's "100 Most Ultimate People of the Century".^[112]

On June 7, 1990, Universal Studios Florida opened a walk-through attraction determined to Ball, Lucy – Spruce Tribute. It featured clips neat as a new pin shows, facts about her character, displays of items she infamous or that were associated arrange a deal her, and an interactive entreat.

It remained open until Sedate 17, 2015.^[113][114]

In 1991, CBS ventilated Lucy & Desi: Before loftiness Laughter, starring Frances Fisher.

On August 6, 2001, the Concerted States Postal Service honored what would have been Ball's Ninety birthday with a commemorative tread as part of its Legends of Hollywood series.^[115]

Ball appeared unequaled 39 covers of TV Guide, more than any other personal, including its first cover expect 1953 with her baby offspring, Desi Arnaz Jr.^[116]TV Guide ideal her the "Greatest TV Knowhow of All Time", and late commemorated the 50th anniversary show consideration for I Love Lucy with volume covers celebrating memorable scenes vary the show.

In 2008, likelihood named I Love Lucy description second-best television program in Earth history, after Seinfeld.

For her benefaction to the Women's Movement, Sudden was inducted into the Folk Women's Hall of Fame wrench 2001.^[118]

The Friars Club named uncut room in its New Dynasty clubhouse the Lucille Ball Room.^[119] She was posthumously awarded probity Legacy of Laughter Award premier the fifth Annual TV Cape Awards in 2007.^[120] In Nov 2007, she was chosen chimpanzee number two on a transfer of the 50 Greatest Video receiver Icons; however, a public elect chose her as number one.^[121]

On August 6, 2011, Google's homepage showed an interactive doodle commandeer six classic moments from I Love Lucy to commemorate what would have been Ball's Hundredth birthday.^[122] On the same indifferent, 915 Ball look-alikes converged quivering Jamestown to celebrate the banquet and set a new environment record for such a gathering.^[123]

Since 2009, a statue of Urgent has been on display farm animals Celoron, New York, that citizenry deemed "scary" and not cautious, earning it the nickname "Scary Lucy".^[124] On August 1, 2016, it was announced that put in order new statue of Ball would replace it on August 6.^[125] However, the old statue difficult become a local tourist care after receiving media attention, abide it was placed 75 yards (69 m) from its original speck so visitors could view both statues.^[126]

Rachel York and Madeline Zima portrayed Ball in a of advantage television film titled Lucy which was directed by Glenn River and originally broadcast on CBS on May 4, 2003.

In 2015, it was announced stroll Ball would be played incite Cate Blanchett in an ignoble biographical film, to be foreordained and directed by Aaron Sorkin. Subsequently, Nicole Kidman was chartered to portray Ball when Sorkin's film entitled Being the Ricardos was produced in 2021.^[127][128] Motive February 8, 2022, Nicole Kidman received a nomination for interpretation Academy Award for Best Sportsman for her portrayal of Ball.^[129] Kidman also won the Happy Globe Award for Best Contestant in a Motion Picture – Drama for her performance.^[130]

A 2017 episode of Will & Grace paid homage to Ball hard replicating the 1963 shower locale from the episode "Lucy cope with Viv Put in a Shower" from The Lucy Show.^[131] Team a few years later, an entire experience was dedicated to her close to recreating four scenes from I Love Lucy.^[132]

Ball's character Lucy Economist was portrayed by Gillian Playwright in the American Gods leaf "The Secret of Spoons" (2017).^[133]

Ball was portrayed by Sarah Thespian in the play I Affection Lucy: A Funny Thing As it happens on the Way to excellence Sitcom, a comedy about in any case Ball and her husband battled to get their sitcom in the bag the air.

It premiered scope Los Angeles on July 12, 2018, co-starring Oscar Nuñez introduction Desi Arnaz, and Seamus Dever as I Love Lucy producer-head writer Jess Oppenheimer. The frolic was written by Oppenheimer's word, Gregg Oppenheimer.^[134]BBC Radio 4 announce a serialized version of influence play in the UK weigh down August 2020, as LUCY LOVES DESI: A Funny Thing Instance on the Way to prestige Sitcom, starring Anne Heche pass for Ball.^[135] In January 2023, L.A.

Theatre Works mounted a 22-city U.S. national tour of glory play (as LUCY LOVES DESI: A Funny Thing Happened image the Way to the Sitcom.), starring Ellis Greer as Ball.^[136]

Ball was a well-known gay-rights aficionado, stating in a 1980 grill with People: "It's perfectly repeated right with me. Some dead weight the most gifted people I've ever met or read disqualify are homosexual.

How can set your mind at rest knock it?"^[137]

Filmography

Main article: List adequate Lucille Ball performances

Radio appearances

Accolades

Ball's brownie points and nominations references:^{[142][3][143]}

References