Lucille Ball: References & Edit History

Additional Reading

Biographies include Warren G. Harris, Lucy & Desi (1991); Coyne Steven Sanders and Tom Gilbert, Desilu: The Story of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz (1993); and Kathleen Brady, Lucille (1994).

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Modified link of Web site: Museum of Broadcast Communications - I Love Lucy. Oct 24, 2026
Anniversary information added. Aug 02, 2026
Anniversary information added. Apr 22, 2026
Add new Web site: CBS News - Why we still love Lucy. Nov 29, 2025
Add new Web site: Official Site of the Lucille Ball Desi Arnaz Museum. Sep 26, 2025
Noted the release of Being the Ricardos (2021). Aug 05, 2025
Questions and answers added. Feb 19, 2025
Add new Web site: Hollywood Walk of Fame - Lucille Ball. Sep 09, 2024
Add new Web site: The Guardian - ?She was very complicated. She was a conundrum?: who was the real Lucille Ball? Jul 29, 2024
Add new Web site: The Heroine Collective - BIOGRAPHY: Lucille Ball ? Television Pioneer. May 26, 2024
Add new Web site: The Kennedy Center - Lucille Ball. Apr 15, 2024
First paragraph modernization. Feb 14, 2024
Add new Web site: University of Mary Washington - The Crawley Great Lives Lecture Series - Lucille Ball. Jan 04, 2024
Revised the dates of several TV shows. May 11, 2023
Added the movie The Long, Long Trailer. May 29, 2020
Corrected display issue. Jul 05, 2018
Add new Web site: AllMusic - Biography of Lucille Ball. Jan 04, 2017
Add new Web site: AllMovie - Biography of Lucille Ball. Jan 04, 2017
Add new Web site: National Women's History Museum - Lucille Ball. Jan 04, 2017
Add new Web site: National Women's Hall of Fame - Biography of Lucille Ball. Jan 04, 2017
Add new Web site: Television Encyclopedia - Peter Jennings. Nov 25, 2016
Add new Web site: Matinee Classics - Biography of Lucille Ball. Mar 05, 2013
Add new Web site: Turner Classic Movies - Star of the Month: Lucille Ball. Mar 05, 2013
Add new Web site: PBS - American Masters - Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy. Mar 05, 2013
Media added. Aug 04, 2011
Added mention of the Lucille Ball–Desi Arnaz Center in Jamestown, New York. Jul 13, 2011
Add new Web site: Museum of Broadcast Communications - I Love Lucy. Jul 27, 2010
Add new Web site: Museum of Broadcast Communications - I Love Lucy. Jul 27, 2010
Media added. Jan 04, 2007
Article revised. Dec 01, 1999
Article added to new online database. Sep 08, 1999
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