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- Ball, Lucille 1911-1989. US comedy actress.
- From 1951 to 1957 she starred with her
- husband, Cuban bandleader Desi Arnaz, in I
- Love Lucy, the first US television show
- filmed before an audience. It was followed by
- The Lucy Show 1962-68 and Here's Lucy
- 1968-74. She began her film career as a bit
- player 1933, and appeared in dozens of movies
- over the next few years, including Room
- Service 1938 (with the Marx Brothers) and
- Fancy Pants 1950 (with Bob Hope). Her TV
- success limited her film output after 1950;
- her later films include Mame 1974. The
- television series are still transmitted in
- many countries.
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