Lucille Ball: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Diane Belmont • Lucille Désirée Ball
Born	August 6, 1911 • Jamestown • New York
Died	April 26, 1989 (aged 77) • Los Angeles • California
Awards And Honors	Kennedy Center Honors (1986) • Emmy Award (1956) • Cecil B. DeMille Award (1979) • Emmy Award (1968): Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Comedy Series • Emmy Award (1967): Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Comedy Series • Emmy Award (1956): Best Actress-Continuing Performance • Emmy Award (1953): Best Comedienne • Governors Award of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (1989) • Television Academy Hall of Fame (inducted 1984)
Notable Family Members	spouse Desi Arnaz
Married To	Desi Arnaz (1940–1961) • Gary Morton (married 1961)
Movies/Tv Shows (Acted In)	"I Love Lucy" (1951–1957) • "Seven Days' Leave" (1942) • "The Marines Fly High" (1940) • "Sunday Showcase" (1959) • "Life with Lucy" (1986) • "The Practice" (1976) • "Lucy's Really Lost Moments" (1956) • "I Dream Too Much" (1935) • "Bunker Bean" (1936) • "The Greatest Show on Earth" (1963) • "The Ann Sothern Show" (1959) • "Chatterbox" (1936) • "Stage Door" (1937) • "Next Time I Marry" (1938) • "Go Chase Yourself" (1938) • "Make Room for Granddaddy" (1971) • "A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob" (1941) • "That Girl from Paris" (1936) • "Critic's Choice" (1963) • "Annabel Takes a Tour" (1938) • "Best Foot Forward" (1943) • "Miss Grant Takes Richmond" (1949) • "Du Barry Was a Lady" (1943) • "The Facts of Life" (1960) • "Panama Lady" (1939) • "Two Smart People" (1946) • "Forever, Darling" (1956) • "Beauty for the Asking" (1939) • "Mame" (1974) • "Room Service" (1938) • "You Can't Fool Your Wife" (1940) • "Fancy Pants" (1950) • "The Fuller Brush Girl" (1950) • "Make Room for Daddy" (1959) • "Easy to Wed" (1946) • "The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour" (1957–1960) • "Here's Lucy" (1968–1974) • "Five Came Back" (1939) • "Valley of the Sun" (1942) • "Don't Tell the Wife" (1937) • "Ziegfeld Follies" (1945) • "Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse" (1958) • "The Big Street" (1942) • "I Love Lucy" (1953) • "Having Wonderful Time" (1938) • "Meet the People" (1944) • "Yours, Mine and Ours" (1968) • "Joy of Living" (1938) • "The Affairs of Annabel" (1938) • "Easy Living" (1949) • "Look Who's Laughing" (1941) • "The Farmer in the Dell" (1936) • "Her Husband's Affairs" (1947) • "The Magic Carpet" (1951) • "The Bob Hope Show" (1956) • "The Lucy Show" (1962–1968) • "There Goes My Girl" (1937) • "Lover Come Back" (1946) • "Lured" (1947) • "Sorrowful Jones" (1949) • "Dance, Girl, Dance" (1940) • "Twelve Crowded Hours" (1939) • "Thousands Cheer" (1943) • "The Long, Long Trailer" (1954) • "The Dark Corner" (1946) • "Too Many Girls" (1940) • "Ellis in Freedomland" (1952) • "A Guide for the Married Man" (1967) • "That's Right - You're Wrong" (1939) • "Without Love" (1945) • "Follow the Fleet" (1936)
Movies/Tv Shows (Directed)	"Here's Lucy" (1974)