Lucille Ball
🎂 Aug 6, 1911 — 🕯️ Apr 26, 1989 (77 years)
Jamestown, New York, USA
Lucille Ball is an actress whose career stretches back to the 1930s. Their television credits include I Love Lucy, playing Lucy Ricardo. Their work further includes Top Hat and Yours, Mine and Ours. Over more than 93 years they have gathered close to 164 films and 44 TV productions, working mainly across genres like comedy. They have won 2 Emmy Awards.
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Top Hat
1935
Yours, Mine and Ours
1968
Roberta
1935
A Guide for the Married Man
1967
Blood Money
1933
Dummy Ache
1936
Fancy Pants
1950
Stage Door
1937
Mame
1974
Panama Lady
1939
Without Love
1945
Sorrowful Jones
1949
Ziegfeld Follies
1945
Chatterbox
1936
Follow the Fleet
1936
Lured
1947
The Fuller Brush Girl
1950
Bottoms Up
1934
Easy Living
1949
Five Came Back
1939
Room Service
1938
The Whole Town's Talking
1935
The Magic Carpet
1951
The Big Street
1942
The Long, Long Trailer
1954
The Affairs of Cellini
1934
The Dark Corner
1946
That Girl from Paris
1936
Lover Come Back
1946
Her Husband's Affairs
1947
The Facts of Life
1960
Miss Grant Takes Richmond
1949
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
1934
Winterset
1936
Swing Out, Sweet Land
1970
Moulin Rouge
1934
The Lucille Ball Comedy Hour
1964
Dance, Girl, Dance
1940
Critic's Choice
1963
Seven Days' Leave
1942
Du Barry Was a Lady
1943
Easy to Wed
1946
I Dream Too Much
1935
Meet the People
1944
Two Smart People
1946
Murder at the Vanities
1934
Forever, Darling
1956
The Affairs of Annabel
1938
Go Chase Yourself
1938
Kid Millions
1934
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Life with Lucy
Lucy Barker
1986–
TV
What Now, Catherine Curtis?
Catherine Curtis
1976
Film
Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television
(archive footage)
1975
Film
Mame
Mame Dennis
1974
Film
Swing Out, Sweet Land
Statue of Liberty (voice)
1970
Film
Here's Lucy
Lucy Carter
1968–
TV
Yours, Mine and Ours
Helen North Beardsley
1968
Film
A Guide for the Married Man
Technical Adviser (Mrs. Joe X)
1967
Film
Lucy in London
Lucy Carmichael
1966
Film
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is Lucille Ball still alive?
Lucille Ball passed away on April 26, 1989 at age 77.
What are the most famous roles of Lucille Ball?
Lucille Ball is best known as an actor for Top Hat, Yours, Mine and Ours, Stage Door.
How many movies has Lucille Ball been in?
Lucille Ball has appeared in 163 movies and 42 TV shows.
What was Lucille Ball's first movie?
Lucille Ball's first credited film was The Bowery (1933).
What is Lucille Ball's most recent movie?
Lucille Ball's most recent movie is A Grammy Celebration of Latin Music (2025).
What are Lucille Ball's best movies?
Lucille Ball's most acclaimed films include: Top Hat (1935), Yours, Mine and Ours (1968), Stage Door (1937), Lured (1947), Room Service (1938).
What TV shows has Lucille Ball appeared in?
Lucille Ball is known for TV work including: I Love Lucy, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, E! True Hollywood Story, The Carol Burnett Show.
How long has Lucille Ball been working in film?
Lucille Ball has been active since 1933 — a career spanning 56 years.
Lucille Ball
1911-08-06 · Jamestown, New York, USA
Lucille Désirée Ball (August 6, 1911 – April 26, 1989) was an American comedian, film, television, stage and radio actress, model, film and television executive, and star of the sitcoms I Love Lucy, The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour, The Lucy Show, Here's Lucy and Life With Lucy. One of the most popular and influential stars in America during her lifetime, with one of Hollywood's longest careers, especially on television, Ball began acting in the 1930s, becoming both a radio actress and B-movie star in the 1940s, and then a television star during the 1950s. She was still making films in the 1960s and 1970s.
Ball received thirteen Emmy Award nominations and four wins. In 1977 Ball was among the first recipients of the Women in Film Crystal Award. She was the recipient of the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award in 1979, the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Kennedy Center Honors in 1986 and the Governors Award from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in 1989.
In 1929, Ball landed work as a model and later began her performing career on Broadway using the stage name Dianne Belmont. She appeared in many small movie roles in the 1930s as a contract player for RKO Radio Pictures. Ball was labeled as the "Queen of the Bs" (referring to her many roles in B-films). In 1951, Ball was pivotal in the creation of the television series I Love Lucy. The show co-starred her then husband, Desi Arnaz as Ricky Ricardo and Vivian Vance and William Frawley as Ethel and Fred Mertz, the Ricardos' landlords and friends. The show ended in 1957 after 180 episodes. They then changed the format a little - lengthening the time of the show from 30 minutes to 60 minutes (the first one went 75 mins), adding some characters, altering the storyline somewhat, and renaming the show from "I Love Lucy" to "The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour", which ran for three seasons (1957–1960) and 13 episodes. Ball went on to star in two more successful television series: The Lucy Show, which ran on CBS from 1962 to 1968 (156 Episodes), and Here's Lucy from 1968 to 1974 (144 episodes). Her last attempt at a television series was a 1986 show called Life with Lucy - which failed miserably after 8 episodes aired although 13 were produced.
Ball met and eloped with Cuban bandleader Desi Arnaz in 1940. On July 17, 1951, almost 40 years old, Ball gave birth to their first child, Lucie Désirée Arnaz. A year and a half later, Ball gave birth to their second child, Desiderio Alberto Arnaz IV, known as Desi Arnaz, Jr. Ball and Arnaz divorced on May 4, 1960.
On April 26, 1989, Ball died of a dissecting aortic aneurysm at age 77. At the time of her death she had been married to her second husband, standup comedian and business partner Gary Morton, for twenty-eight years.