The woman who will always be remembered as the crazy, accident-prone, lovable Lucy Ricardo was born Lucille Desiree Ball on August 6, 1911 in Jamestown, New York. Her father died before she was four, and her mother worked several jobs, so she and her younger brother were raised by their grandparents...See full bio »
2001I Love Lucy's 50th Anniversary Special
(TV documentary)
(performer: "Carolina in the Morning" - uncredited, "When You're Smiling The Whole World Smiles With You", "Friendship", "Chica Chica Boom Chic")
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Episode #1.1
(1979)
(performer: "The Girl Friend of the Whirling Dervish" - uncredited)
1974Mame
(performer: "It's Today", "Open a New Window", "My Best Girl", "We Need A Little Christmas", "Bosom Buddies", "Bosom Buddies" Dance and Reprise, "If He Walked Into My Life", "Finale: Open A New Window/Mame")
Unsold pilot: In 1962 she appeared with Gale Gordon in a sketch about a woman who had never been in an airplane before, in support of a proposed TV anthology series called The Victor Borge Comedy Theatre"
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The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age.
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In July 1967, she sold Desilu Productions, consisting of 36 sound stages, 2000 employees and 62 acres adjacent to Paramount, to Gulf + Western Industries for $17 million. She received $10 million in Gulf + Western stock for her 60% of Desilu, the remaining $7 million being distributed to 3878 stockholders.
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,4,136,14,196,arialbd,7,255,255,255,1_.jpg "I Love Lucy: Season 5: Episode 24 -- Lucy is not allowed to cross the French-Italian border because she can't find her passport.")
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