300: Lucille Ball
Actress Primarily Known For Her Sitcom I Love Lucy
Born: 6 August 1911, Jamestown, New York, United States of America
Died: 26 April 1989, Beverly Hills, California, United States of America
Lucille had a particularly difficult childhood—her father died when she was three and her stepfather did not like children—she and her brother were separated from one another and their mother and she was sent to live with her step-grandmother who was very stern, leaving Lucille particularly unhappy as a child.
Lucille started out her professional career as a model for clothes and Chesterfield Cigarettes.
She and her first husband Desi Arnaz started Desilu Productions together and after their divorce Lucy bought Desi out—making her the first woman to run a major television production studio.
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Find a Grave Marked
Located In My Personal Library:
The Hollywood Book of Death by James Robert Parish
Time Magazine's 100 Women of the Year (Lucille appears in the 1951 article, "Lucille Ball")
Where Are They Buried? How Did They Die? by Tod Benoit
Whose Who in American History: Leaders, Visionaries, and Icons who Shaped Our Nation by John M Thompson, William R Gray, and KM Kostyal
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