Lucille Ball was an American actress, comedian, singer, model, film executive, and television producer. Her career started in 1929 when she was a model. Shortly after, Lucille ventured onto Broadway as an actress using the stage name “Diane Belmont”.
Lucille Ball has two stars on the Los Angeles Walk of Fame, at 6436 Hollywood Boulevard, Film category and at 6100 Hollywood Boulevard, TV category.
Actress born Lucille Désirée Ball, August 6, 1911, Jamestown, New York, United States, died April 26, 1989, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States, aged 77.
Lucille Ball was married twice, the first to Cuban musician and actor Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y de Acha III, better known as Desi Arnaz (1917-1986), from 1940 to 1960, famous for his role “Ricky Richard” on the series on TV: “I Love Lucy”, with whom he had two children: the American actress and singer Lucie Désirée Arnaz (1951-) and the American actor and musician Desi Arnaz Jr. (1953-); after their separation, she was married again to the American comedian Gary Morton (1924-1999), from 1961 to 1989, with whom she lived until the date of his death.
