Who is Lucille Ball - We Still Love Lucy!

Lucille Désirée Ball (August 6, 1911 ? April 26, 1989)
Who was 'Lucy?'

1.  An American comedienne,
2. Film, television,
3. Stage and radio actress,
4. Model,
5. Film and television executive,
6. Wonderful sitcom star!
          I Love Lucy,
          The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour,
          The Lucy Show,
          Here's Lucy and
          Life With Lucy.
7. One of the most well-liked and important stars in America during her lifetime, with one of Hollywood's longest careers, especially on television, Ball began performing in the 1930s, becoming both a radio actress and B-movie star in the 1940s, and then a television star during the 1950s, and she was still making films in the 1960s...

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Lucille Ball: Biography from Answers.com  Lucille Ball , Actor / Comedian Born: 6 August 1911 Birthplace: Jamestown, New York Died: 26 April 1989 (heart failure) Best Known As: Star of TV's I.

1. She was funny. - THINK ABOUT IT!

Her humor was clean.
The whole family could watch it together or separately.
She was clown and the whole world loves a clown.
She enabled us to laugh at ourselves.

2. She was lovable.

For example, there was the night when Lucille Ball gave birth to Little Ricky on the "I Love Lucy" The show was the top rated show on TV for a decade.  More people watched that occurrence"Lucy" than watched President Eisenhower's inauguration the next day. So much news and politics is "heavy."  We need a counterbalance, something funny that make us all feel part of the human family.  Lucy was one of those breaks.  For a reference here you might want to read - Why Americans Hate Politics - By Keith Boykin.

3. She was strong

Lucille Ball was best identified for her job as the silly housewife in the I Love Lucy tv show.  Little recognize her as the tough secure women she was when she was off stage.   In the "I Love Lucy" show she was this classic charade of a goofy housewife that didn't do anything right, but she wasn't. Although she actually was married to Desi Arnaz, and some of the problems were aired in minor part on the screen, she wasn't the klutz she played.  This was her expected, typical woman's role on a TV show back in the 50's.

LOOK AT SOME OF HER ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

During her life, Lucille Ball stared in five TV shows:

1951-57 I Love Lucy
1957-60 The Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz Show
1962-68 The Lucy Show
1968-74 Here's Lucy
1986 Life With Lucy

Lucille won two Emmy Awards: Best Comedienne and Best Actress - Continuing Performance