Lucille Ball

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Actress:

"Life with Lucy" (13 episodes, 1986)

Stone Pillow (1985) (TV)

Lucy Calls the President (1977) (TV)

"The Practice" (1 episode, 1976)

What Now, Catherine Curtis? (1976) (TV)

A Lucille Ball Special Starring Lucille Ball and Jackie Gleason (1975) (TV)

Lucy Gets Lucky (1975) (TV)

Happy Anniversary and Goodbye (1974) (TV)

"Here's Lucy" (143 episodes, 1968-1974)

Mame (1974)

"Make Room for Granddaddy" (1 episode, 1971)

Swing Out, Sweet Land (1970) (TV)

Yours, Mine and Ours (1968)

"The Lucy Show" (156 episodes, 1962-1968)

A Guide for the Married Man (1967)

All About People (1967) Narrator

Lucy in London (1966) (TV)

Mr. and Mrs. (1964) (TV)

"The Greatest Show on Earth" (1 episode, 1963)

Critic's Choice (1963)

"The Bob Hope Show" (1 episode, 1962)

The Good Years (1962)

The Facts of Life (1960)

"The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour" (13 episodes, 1957-1960)

"Sunday Showcase" (1 episode, 1959)

"The Ann Sothern Show" (1 episode, 1959)

"Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse" (5 episodes, 1958-1959)

"The Danny Thomas Show" (1 episode, 1959)

I Love Lucy (181 episodes, 1951-1957)

I Love Lucy Christmas Show (1956) (TV)

Forever, Darling (1956)

The Long, Long Trailer (1953)

I Love Lucy (1953)

The Magic Carpet (1951)

The Fuller Brush Girl (1950)

Fancy Pants (1950)

Easy Living (1949)

Miss Grant Takes Richmond (1949)

Sorrowful Jones (1949)

Her Husband's Affairs (1947)

Lured (1947)

Easy to Wed (1946)

Lover Come Back (1946)

Two Smart People (1946)

The Dark Corner (1946)

Without Love (1945)

Meet the People (1944)

Best Foot Forward (1943)

Du Barry Was a Lady (1943)

Seven Days' Leave (1942)

The Big Street (1942)

Valley of the Sun (1942)

Look Who's Laughing (1941)

A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob (1941)

Too Many Girls (1940)

Dance, Girl, Dance (1940)

You Can't Fool Your Wife (1940)

The Marines Fly High (1940)

That's Right - You're Wrong (1939)

Five Came Back (1939)

Panama Lady (1939)

Twelve Crowded Hours (1939)

Beauty for the Asking (1939)

Next Time I Marry (1938)

Annabel Takes a Tour (1938)

Room Service (1938)

The Affairs of Annabel (1938)

Having Wonderful Time (1938)

Joy of Living (1938)

Go Chase Yourself (1938)

Stage Door (1937)

There Goes My Girl (1937) (scenes deleted)

Don't Tell the Wife (1937)

That Girl from Paris (1936)

Winterset (1936) (uncredited)

One Live Ghost (1936)

So and Sew (1936)

Swing It (1936) (uncredited)

Dummy Ache (1936)

Bunker Bean (1936)

The Farmer in the Dell (1936)

Follow the Fleet (1936)

Muss 'em Up (1936) (uncredited)

Chatterbox (1936)

Foolish Hearts (1935)

I Dream Too Much (1935)

The Three Musketeers (1935) (uncredited)

Top Hat (1935) (uncredited)

Old Man Rhythm (1935) (uncredited)

A Night at the Biltmore Bowl (1935)

I'll Love You Always (1935) (uncredited)

Roberta (1935) (uncredited)

The Whole Town's Talking (1935) (uncredited)

Carnival (1935) (uncredited)

His Old Flame (1935)

Behind the Evidence (1935) (uncredited)

Fugitive Lady (1934) (uncredited)

Three Little Pigskins (1934)

Broadway Bill (1934) (uncredited)

Jealousy (1934) (uncredited)

Men of the Night (1934) (uncredited)

Perfectly Mismated (1934)

Kid Millions (1934) (uncredited)

The Affairs of Cellini (1934) (uncredited)

Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back (1934) (uncredited)

Murder at the Vanities (1934) (uncredited)

Bottoms Up (1934) (uncredited)

Hold That Girl (1934) (uncredited)

Nana (1934) (uncredited)

Moulin Rouge (1934) (uncredited)

Roman Scandals (1933) (uncredited)

Blood Money (1933) (uncredited)

Broadway Thru a Keyhole (1933) (uncredited)

The Bowery (1933) (uncredited)

Production Manager:

What Now, Catherine Curtis? (1976) (TV) (executive in charge of production)

Lucy Gets Lucky (1975) (TV) (executive in charge of production)

Happy Anniversary and Goodbye (1974) (TV) (executive in charge of production)

"Here's Lucy" (executive in charge of production) (6 episodes, 1968-1974)

"The Lucy Show" (executive in charge of production) (21 episodes, 1966-1968)

Producer:

All the Right Moves (1983) (producer) (uncredited)

Lucy Moves to NBC (1980) (TV) (executive producer)

Lucy Calls the President (1977) (TV) (executive producer)

What Now, Catherine Curtis? (1976) (TV) (executive producer)

A Lucille Ball Special Starring Lucille Ball and Jackie Gleason (1975) (TV) (executive producer)

Lucy Gets Lucky (1975) (TV) (executive producer)

Happy Anniversary and Goodbye (1974) (TV) (executive producer)

"The Lucy Show" (executive producer) (9 episodes, 1966)

Lucy in London (1966) (TV) (executive producer)

Director:

Bungle Abbey (1981) (TV)

As Herself:

The 61st Annual Academy Awards 1989 (TV)

"Super Password" (1 episode, 1988)

America's Tribute to Bob Hope (1988) (TV)

The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1987) (TV)

A Beverly Hills Christmas (1987) (TV)

"Hollywood the Golden Years: The RKO Story" (2 episodes, 1987)

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood (1987) (TV)

The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1986) (TV)

All-Star Party for Clint Eastwood (1986) (TV)

Bob Hope's High-Flying Birthday (1986) (TV)

The American Film Institute Salute to Billy Wilder (1986) (TV)

The 38th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards 1986 (TV)

Bob Hope Buys NBC? (1985) (TV)

Night of 100 Stars II (1985) (TV)

"Body Language" (9 episodes, 1984)

All-Star Party for Lucille Ball (1984) (TV)

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (7 episodes, 1968-1984)

Unrehearsed Antics of the Stars (1984) (TV)

The 1st Academy TV Hall of Fame (1984) (TV)

All-Star Party for Carol Burnett (1982) (TV)

"Three's Company" (2 episodes, 1982)

Women I Love: Beautiful But Funny (1982) (TV)

"The John Davidson Show" (1 episode, 1982)

High Hopes: The Capra Years (1981) (TV)

"Password Plus" (3 episodes, 1980-1981)

Entertainment Tonight (1 episode, 1981)

The 33rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards 1981 (TV)

Bob Hope's 30th Anniversary Special (1981) (TV)

Lucy Moves to NBC (1980) (TV)

"The Mike Douglas Show" (6 episodes, 1978-1980)

Sinatra: The First 40 Years (1980) (TV)

Today (2 episodes, 1961-1979)

Cher... and Other Fantasies (1979) (TV)

The Mary Tyler Moore Hour (1 episode, 1979)

Lucy Comes to Nashville (1978) (TV)

General Electric's All-Star Anniversary (1978) (TV)

Happy Birthday, Bob (1978) (TV)

A Tribute to Mr. Television Milton Berle (1978) (TV)

"CBS: On the Air" (1978) TV mini-series

The American Film Institute Salute to Henry Fonda (1978) (TV)

Gene Kelly: An American in Pasadena (1978) (TV)

Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Jimmy Stewart (1978) (TV)

"The Barbara Walters Special" (1 episode, 1977)

Circus of the Stars #2 (1977) (TV)

"Donny and Marie" (1 episode, 1977)

CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years (1976) (TV)

NBC: The First Fifty Years - A Closer Look (1976) (TV)

Gypsy in My Soul (1976) (TV)

"The Dick Cavett Show" (1 episode, 1975)

"Dinah!" (1 episode, 1975)

The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Lucille Ball (1975) (TV)

"Dinah's Place" (3 episodes, 1972-1974)

Magnavox Presents Frank Sinatra (1973) (TV) (uncredited)

"Flip" (1 episode, 1971)

"The David Frost Show" (4 episodes, 1970-1971)

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Jack Benny But Were Afraid to Ask (1971) (TV)

"The Pearl Bailey Show" (1 episode, 1971)

Jack Benny's Twentieth Anniversary Special (1970) (TV)

"The Bob Hope Show" (3 episodes, 1956-1970)

"The Irv Kupcinet Show" (1 episode, 1970)

Ann-Margret: From Hollywood with Love (1969) (TV)

The Carol Burnett Show (3 episodes, 1967-1969)

The Dinah Shore Special: Like Hep (1969) (TV)

Jack Benny's Birthday Special (1969) (TV)

"Girl Talk" (1 episode, 1968)

Carnival Nights (1968) (TV)

The Ed Sullivan Show (10 episodes, 1954-1968)

"The Bob Braun Show" (1967) TV series (1967-1984)

"I've Got a Secret" (5 episodes, 1956-1966)

Carol + 2 (1966) (TV)

"The Dean Martin Comedy Hour" (1 episode, 1966)

Salute to Stan Laurel (1965) (TV)

"What's My Line?" (6 episodes, 1954-1965)

"Password All-Stars" (5 episodes, 1963-1965)

"The Danny Kaye Show" (1 episode, 1964)

"Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre" (1 episode, 1964)

"The Jack Benny Program" (1 episode, 1964)

CBS: The Stars' Address (1963) (TV)

The Danny Kaye Show with Lucille Ball (1962) (TV)

"This Is Your Life" (1 episode, 1961)

"The Garry Moore Show" (1 episode, 1960)

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood (1960) (TV)

"Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse" (1 episode, 1959)

"MGM Parade" (1 episode, 1956)

A Star Is Born World Premiere (1954) (TV)

Stars in the Eye (1952) (TV)

A Woman of Distinction (1950) (uncredited)

"The Ed Wynn Show" (1 episode, 1949)

"Inside U.S.A. with Chevrolet" (1 episode, 1949)

"The Buick-Berle Show" (1 episode, 1949)

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood (1945) (uncredited)

Ziegfeld Follies (1945)

Thousands Cheer (1943)

Show Business at War (1943) (uncredited)

Meet the Stars #6: Stars at Play (1941)

Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 1 (1938)

American Comedy Awards

1987 - Lifetime Achievement Award in Comedy

Emmy Awards

1989 - Governor's Award

1968 Won Emmy Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Comedy Series for: "The Lucy Show" (1962)

1967 Won Emmy Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Comedy Series for: "The Lucy Show" (1962)

1966 Nominated Emmy Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Comedy Series for: "The Lucy Show" (1962)

1963 Nominated Emmy Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Series (Lead) for: "The Lucy Show" (1962)

1958 Nominated Emmy Best Continuing Performance (Female) in a Series by a Comedienne, Singer, Hostess, Dancer, M.C., Announcer, Narrator, Panelist, or any Person who Essentially Plays Herself for: "I Love Lucy" (1951)

1957 Nominated Emmy Best Continuing Performance by a Comedienne in a Series for: "I Love Lucy" (1951)

1956 Won Emmy Best Actress - Continuing Performance for: "I Love Lucy" (1951)

1956 Nominated Emmy Best Comedienne

1955 Nominated Emmy Best Actress Starring in a Regular Series for: "I Love Lucy" (1951)

1954 Nominated Emmy Best Female Star of Regular Series for: "I Love Lucy" (1951)

1953 Won Emmy Best Comedienne

1953 Nominated Emmy Most Outstanding Personality

1952 Nominated Emmy Best Comedian or Comedienne

Golden Apple Awards

1973 Won Golden Apple Female Star of the Year

1963 Nominated Golden Apple Most Cooperative Actress

Golden Globes

1979 Won Cecil B. DeMille Award

1975 Nominated Golden Globe Best Motion Picture Actress - Musical/Comedy for: Mame (1974)

1972 Nominated Golden Globe Best TV Actress - Musical/Comedy for: "Here's Lucy" (1968)

1970 Nominated Golden Globe Best TV Actress - Musical/Comedy for: "Here's Lucy" (1968)

1969 Nominated Golden Globe Best Motion Picture Actress - Musical/Comedy for: Yours, Mine and Ours (1968)

1968 Nominated Golden Globe Best TV Star - Female for: "The Lucy Show" (1962)

1961 Nominated Golden Globe Best Motion Picture Actress - Musical/Comedy for: The Facts of Life (1960)

Hasty Pudding Theatricals, USA

1988 - Woman of the Year

Laurel Awards

1968 Won Golden Laurel Female Comedy Performance for: Yours, Mine and Ours (1968)

1961 2nd place Golden Laurel Top Female Comedy Performance for: The Facts of Life (1960)

Palm Springs International Film Festival

1990 - Desert Palm Achievement Award

TV Land Awards

2007 - Legacy of Laughter Award The award was presented posthumously to Lucille Ball. Her children Desi Arnaz Jr. and Lucie Arnaz accepted the award on her behalf.

Television Critics Association Awards

1989 - Career Achievement Award

Walk of Fame

Star on the Walk of Fame Motion Picture At 6436 Hollywood Blvd.

Star on the Walk of Fame Television At 6104 Hollywood Blvd.

Women in Film Crystal Awards

1977 Won Crystal Award

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At drama school redheaded Lucille Ball was outshone by her peers, who included Bette Davis, and told by a coach that she "had no future at all as a performer." Nevertheless, she started an acting career, appearing on Broadway before moving to Hollywood to pursue movie roles. Eventually contracted to RKO Pictures, she had a few good roles (Top Hat, 1935: Dance, Girl, Dance, 1940), but was mostly given small parts in B movies. In the 1940s she was signed to MGM but did not achieve much success there either, and she became known in Hollywood circles as "Queen of the Bs."

In 1940 Ball met the Cuban musician Desi Arnaz on the set of Too Many Girls (1940). After a whirlwind romance, the pair married. After a few years Ball landed a starring role on the radio comedy My Favorite Husband. In 1950, CBS offered to turn the show into a TV pilot. Ball and Arnaz wanted to play the central couple, but CBS did not think the American public would accept a Cuban husband of an all-American wife. The couple finally convinced programmers to let them play the roles, accepting an extraordinary amount of professional and financial risk in the process. I Love Lucy debuted in 1951 and became the standard for all TV sitcoms to follow. It lasted six years, through cast conflicts, location shoots, stiffer competition, and two Ball-Arnaz children. The couple divorced in 1960, but she went on to play largely the same role in The Lucy Show and Here's Lucy, with an occasional big-screen break (Yours, Mine and Ours, 1968; Mame, 1974), but the point was made: I Love Lucy is the stuff of legend, and every episode remains as fresh and funny as the day it was recorded. It also finally made Lucille Ball the star that movies had failed to do.

Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead.

I think knowing what you cannot do is more important than knowing what you can do. In fact, that's good taste.

A man who correctly guesses a woman's age may be smart, but he's not very bright.

Originally interred at Forest Lawn (Hollywood Hills), Los Angeles, California, USA, Columbarium of Radiant Dawn, Court of Remembrance. In 2003, she was re-interred in the Ball family plot in Lake View Cemetery, Jamestown, New York.

Was the first woman to own her own film studio.

Born a brunette.

She signed her first promotional agreement with Max Factor in 1935 and again in 1942. Of all the stars, she had the longest association with the Max Factor company.

Lucy and her son, Desi Arnaz Jr., appeared together on the very first cover of "TV Guide" magazine in 1953.

Was offered the role of Angel in The Greatest Show on Earth (1952), but was forced to turn it down due to pregnancy.

Salary

Mame (1974) $250,000+10% net profits

Yours, Mine and Ours (1968) 50% of the net profits (co-producer)

A Guide for the Married Man (1967) $10,000 for two days work.

The Danny Kaye Show with Lucille Ball (1962) (TV) $100,000

The Long, Long Trailer (1953) $125,000

The Magic Carpet (1951) $85,000

"I Love Lucy" (1951) $3,500 per episode

Two Smart People (1946) $1,750/week

The Big Street (1942) $3,500/week

A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob (1941) $12,500

Too Many Girls (1940) $1,500/week

Dance, Girl, Dance (1940) $3,500/week

Go Chase Yourself (1938) $2,000/week

Don't Tell the Wife (1937) $2,000/week

Top Hat (1935) $50/week