born Aug. 6, 1911, Celoron, near Jamestown, N.Y., U.S.
died April 26, 1989, Los Angeles, Calif.
U.S. actress and television star.
She performed in films from 1933 and starred in a comedy radio series from 1947. With her bandleader husband, Desi Arnaz, she created the very successful television comedy series I Love Lucy (1951–57) and later the Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour (1957–60). After their divorce in 1960, Ball appeared in The Lucy Show (1962–68) and Here's Lucy (1968–74). With her red hair and rasping voice and a comic persona alternately brassy and feminine, she was the preeminent female star of the early decades of television.
Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz.
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