Lucille Ball
Lucille Désirée Ball (born in Jamestown, New York, August 6, 1911, died April 26, 1989) is one the most talented and beloved comediennes of America television, starring in the B&W sitcom I Love Lucy, that she created with then-husband Desi Arnaz at their production company Desilu. It was inspired by her 1948 CBS radio show My Favorite Husband, and aired from 1951 until 1957; then the two starred in The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour (1957-1960). She starred in The Lucy Show (1962-68) and Here’s Lucy (1968-1974). Ball had acted in movies, like Stage Door (1937) and Having Wonderful Time (1938) both with Ginger Rogers; The Big Street (1942) with Henry Fonda, Beauty for the Asking (1939), DuBarry Was A Lady (1943) with Gene Kelly, Ziegfeld Follies (1946) with Fred Astaire and Judy Garland, Easy to Wed (1946) with Van Johnson, Her Husband’s Affairs (1947) with Franchot Tone, Lured (1947) by Douglas Sirk, Sorrowful Jones (1949, the first of four movies with Bob Hope), Yours, Mine and Ours (1968), Mame (1974).
Read Ready for My deMille: Profiles in Excellence- Lucille Ball, 1979 by Philip Berk
Golden Globe Awards
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1975 NomineeBest Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy -
1972 NomineeActress In A Leading Role - Musical Or Comedy Series Or Television Movie -
1971 NomineeBest Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy
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1970 NomineeActress In A Television Series - Musical Or Comedy
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1969 NomineeActress In A Leading Role - Musical Or Comedy -
1968 NomineeActress In A Television Series -
1961 NomineeActress In A Leading Role - Musical Or Comedy