Lucille Ball

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Lucille Ball

• Her Story
• Written By Nina Jacobs

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Lucille Ball Her story

• By Nina Jacobs
• 8th grade
• Putnam County Junior High
• McNabb, Illinois 61335
• March 2006

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Basic information

• Born in Jamestown, New York
• Born on August 6, 1911
• Left High School at age 15.
• Went to John Murray Anderson Drama School in New
  York.

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Life in Drama School

• She went in with little experience and few acting
  shows.
• After a while, she started modeling for Hattie
  Carnegie.
• Her first role was in an appearance in Eddie
  Cantors musical Roman Scandals in 1933.

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Her Broadway Shows

• Some of the Broadway shows she played in are
• Bloody Money in 1933
• Kid Millions in 1934
• Too Many Girls in 1940

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Desi Arnaz

• Lucille Balls first husband, Desi Arnaz,
  produced the show Star Trek.
• He also produced the movie Mission Impossible.
• He became a powerful and respectful producer
  because of his great works.

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I Love Lucy

• Lucille filmed this show with her husband, Desi
  Arnaz.
• They thought that to keep the marriage together
  they should have a project, so the started I
  Love Lucy.

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I Love Lucy Pt. 2

• I Love Lucy aired first in October of 1951.
• It ran successfully for 6 years!

• It was the number one show in the Neilson
  Ratings.
• It never, in its whole time it was aired, did it
  fall under number three.

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I Love Lucy Awards

• The show got 5 Emmys.
• And over 200 awards
• And respect from everyone

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I Love Lucy Gets a Child

• In January of 1953, Lucille made everyone stare
  in awe as she gave birth to her son, who on the
  show name was Little Ricky.
• Over 144 million viewers watch as Lucille give
  birth to her son.

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I Love Lucy Goes Bye Bye

• After 179 episodes of I Love Lucy, Lucille and
  Desi decided to call it quits.
• They quit to save their marriage.

• After they all said goodbye to this show, they
  started to make a new show called The Lucy-Desi
  Comedy Hour.
• This show didnt need a lot because of the
  reputation of I Love Lucy.

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The Divorce

• After a great 20 years of marriage the couple got
  divorce.
• This happened in 1960.
• Afterwards Desi turned to alcohol and was never
  seen again.

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After the Divorce

• Lucille took out a 3 million loan to buy half of
  Desi company called Desilu.
• This was the first record in the world history
  for a woman to have such a big amount of a
  company.

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The New Husband

• In 1968 Ball remarried to a man named Gary
  Morton.
• He was a former comedian.
• He helped Lucille with her new showed called
  Lucille Ball Productions.

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Her Life After I Love Lucy

• In the late 70s and early 80s she played in
  movies mostly the guest star.
• In 1985 she played a homeless woman in the movie
  Stone Pillow.
• Then in 1986 she was viewed in a TV show called
  Life With Lucy last only lasted only 2 months.

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Her Death

• Lucille Ball died at age 77.
• She had to go through open heart surgery.
• Afterwards she got a ruptured aorta and died.
• She died on April 26, 1989.

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If She Never Lived

• If she never lived, I think that a great TV show
  and movies would not be as good as they were with
  Lucille in them. Her great sounds that we will
  always love would never been heard, like her
  famous crying sound. Last but not least, her
  great acting skills would never been introduced.

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Bibliography

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