Lucille Ball (1911 - 1989)

American comedian, film, television, model, film and television executive

* August 6, 1911 Jamestown, New York
 as Lucille Désirée Ball
 April 26, 1989 Beverly Hills, California



Vintage magazines

Photoplay, February 1936
Photoplay, May 1936

Books on Lucille Ball

Cindy De La Hoz Lucy at the Movies Cindy De La Hoz
Lucy at the Movies, The Complete Films of Lucille Ball
2007

Michael Karol The Comic DNA of Lucille Ball Michael Karol
The Comic DNA of Lucille Ball, Interpreting the Icon
2005

Michael A. Karol Lucy in Print Michael A. Karol
Lucy in Print
2003

Stefan Kanfer
Ball of Fire, The Tumultuous Life and Comic Art of Lucille Ball
New York, 2003

Joe Morella and Edward Z. Epstein
Forever Lucy, The life of Lucille Ball
Secaucus, N.J., 1986

James Gregory
The Lucille Ball Story
New York, 1974

Joe Morella and Edward Z. Epstein
Lucy, The Bittersweet Life of Lucille Ball
Secaucus, N.J., 1973

Eleanor Harris
The Real Story of Lucille Ball
New York, 1954

Books with substantial mentioning of Lucille Ball

David Fantle and Tom Johnson Hollywood heyday David Fantle and Tom Johnson
Hollywood heyday, 75 candid interviews with golden age legends
Jefferson, North Carolina, 2018

Mary R. Desjardins
Recycled stars, Female film stardom in the age of television and video
Durham; London, 2015

David C. Tucker The Women Who Made Television Funny David C. Tucker
The Women Who Made Television Funny, Ten Stars of 1950s Sitcoms
2007

Ray Hagen and Laura Wagner Killer Tomatoes Ray Hagen and Laura Wagner
Killer Tomatoes, Fifteen Tough Film Dames
Jefferson, North Carolina, and London, 2004

Michael Karol Funny Ladies Michael Karol
Funny Ladies, Sitcom Queens
New York, Lincoln, Shanghai, 2004

John Dileo 100 Great Film Performances You Should Remember - but probably don't John Dileo
100 Great Film Performances You Should Remember - but probably don't
New York, 2002

Ronald L. Smith
Who's Who in Comedy, Comedians, Comics and Clowns From Vaudeville to Today's Stand-ups
New York, Oxford, 1992

Robert A. Nowlan and Gwendolyn Wright Nowlan
Movie Characters of Leading Performers of the Sound Era
Chicago and London, 1990

James Robert Parish and William T. Leonard with Gregory W. Mank and Charles Hoyt
The Funsters
New Rochelle, New York, 1979

James Robert Parish and Ronald L. Bowers The MGM Stock Company James Robert Parish and Ronald L. Bowers
The MGM Stock Company, The Golden Era
New Rochelle, N.Y., 1974

James Robert Parish
The RKO Gals
London, 1974

Books with an entry on Lucille Ball

David Thomson The New Biographical Dictionary of Film David Thomson
The New Biographical Dictionary of Film
New York, 2003

Kay Weniger Das große Personenlexikon des Films Kay Weniger
Das große Personenlexikon des Films, Erster Band. A-C
Berlin, 2001

Denise Lowe Women and American Television Denise Lowe
Women and American Television, An Encyclopedia
Santa Barbara, California - Denver, Colorado - Oxford, England, 1999

Glenn Mitchell The Marx Brothers Encyclopedia Glenn Mitchell
The Marx Brothers Encyclopedia
London, 1996

Frank N. Magill (ed.)
Magill's Cinema Annual 1990, A Survey of the Films of 1989
Pasadena, California; Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1990

Joe Franklin Encyclopedia of Comedians Joe Franklin
Encyclopedia of Comedians
Secaucus, N.J., 1979

Paul Michael, editor in chief. James Robert Parish, associate editor The American movies reference book Paul Michael, editor in chief. James Robert Parish, associate editor
The American movies reference book, The sound era
Englewood Cliffs, N.J.,, 1969

Books with photograph(s) of Lucille Ball

John Kobal (ed.) Movie-Star Portraits of the Forties John Kobal (ed.)
Movie-Star Portraits of the Forties, 163 Glamor Photos
New York, 1977

Films

1929
Bulldog Drummond

1932
The Kid from Spain

1933
The Bowery
Roman Scandals
Blood Money
Broadway Thru a Keyhole

1934
Bottoms Up
Broadway Bill
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
Jealousy
Kid Millions
Murder at the Vanities
Nana
Fugitive Lady
Men of the Night
The Affairs of Cellini
Hold That Girl
Moulin Rouge

1935
I Dream too Much
Roberta
Top Hat
The Whole Town's Talking
Behind the Evidence
I'll Love You Always
Carnival
Old Man Rhythm
Hooray for Love
The Three Musketeers

1936
Follow the Fleet
Muss 'em Up
Bunker Bean
Winterset
Chatterbox
The Farmer in the Dell

1937
Stage Door
Don't Tell the Wife
There Goes My Girl

1938
Joy of Living
Room Service
Go Chase Yourself
Having Wonderful Time
The Affairs of Annabel
Annabel Takes a Tour

1939
Twelve Crowded Hours
That's Right - You're Wrong
Five Came Back

1940
Dance, Girl, Dance
Too Many Girls
You Can't Fool Your Wife

1941
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
Look Who's Laughing

1942
The Big Street
Seven Days' Leave
Valley of the Sun

1943
Best Foot Forward
Thousands Cheer
Du Barry Was a Lady
Show-Business at War

1944
Meet the People

1945
Without Love
Ziegfeld Follies
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood

1946
The Dark Corner
Two Smart People
Easy to Wed

1947
Lured
Her Husband's Affairs

1949
Sorrowful Jones
Miss Grant Takes Richmond

1950
A Woman of Distinction
Fancy Pants
The Fuller Brush Girl

1951
The Magic Carpet

1951-1957
I Love Lucy

1953
The Long, Long Trailer

1956
Forever, Darling

1960
The Facts of Life

1962-1968
The Lucy Show

1963
Critic's Choice

1964
The Big Parade of Comedy

1967
A Guide for the Married Man

1968
Yours, Mine and Ours

1968-1974
Here's Lucy

1975
Lucy Gets Lucky

1983
All the Right Moves

1994
Thats Entertainment! III

2015
Trumbo

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