Lucille Ball Biography and Profile

Biography

Nama : Lucille Ball
Birth Name : Lucille D�sir�e Ball
Birth Date : 08/06/1911
Birth Place : Jamestown, New York, USA
Height : 5' 7�"
Sex : F
Nationality : American
Occupation : Actress
Father : Henry Durrell Ball
Mother : Desiree "DeDe" Eveline Hunt
Spouse : Desi Arnaz (30-Nov-40 - 4-May-60), Gary Morton (19-Nov-61 - 26-Apr-89) (her death)
Claim Fame : As Lucy McGillicuddy Ricardo in TV series "I Love Lucy" (1951)

Lucille D�sir�e Ball (August 6, 1911 - April 26, 1989) was an American actress, comedian and star of I Love Lucy. A 'B-grade' movie star of the 1940s, she became one of the best and most popular stars in television history.

She was born in Jamestown, New York and after her father died, was raised by her working mother and grandparents.

She moved to New York City to become an actress and had some success as a fashion model and chorus girl. She moved to Hollywood in 1933 to appear in films. She appeared in many small movie roles in the 1930s as a contract player for RKO. She switched to MGM in the 1940s, but never achieved great success in films. She was known in many Hollywood circles as "the B-Movie queen", sharing the "royalty" honor with Macdonald Carey, who was designated as her "king".

In 1948, she was cast as a wacky wife in "My Favorite Husband", a radio program. The program was successful, and CBS asked her to develop it as a television program. She agreed, but insisted on working with her real-life husband, Desi Arnaz. This show became I Love Lucy