She later appeared in films in the 1930s and 1940s as a contract player for RKO Radio Pictures, being cast as a chorus girl or in similar roles, with lead roles in B-pictures and supporting roles in A-pictures. Shortly thereafter, she began her performing career on Broadway using the stage name Diane (or Dianne) Belmont. She earned many honors, including the Women in Film Crystal Award, an induction into the Television Hall of Fame, the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Kennedy Center Honors, and the Governors Award from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.īall's career began in 1929 when she landed work as a model.

DeMille Award and two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She was nominated for 13 Primetime Emmy Awards, winning five times, and was the recipient of several other accolades, such as the Golden Globe Cecil B. I Love Lucy was inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame in 1991.Lucille Désirée Ball (Aug– April 26, 1989) was an American actress, comedian, and producer. In 2012, it was voted the 'Best TV Show of All Time' in a survey conducted by ABC News and People magazine. I Love Lucy is often regarded as one of the greatest and most influential sitcoms in history. A colorized version of its Christmas episode attracted more than 8 million viewers when CBS aired it in prime time in 2013 – 62 years after the show premiered. The show is still syndicated in dozens of languages across the world and remains popular with an American audience of 40 million each year. I Love Lucy was the most watched show in the United States in four of its six seasons, and it was the first to end its run at the top of the Nielsen ratings (an accomplishment later matched only by The Andy Griffith Show in 1968 and Seinfeld in 1998). The show, which was the first scripted television program to be shot on 35 mm film in front of a studio audience, won five Emmy Awards and received numerous nominations. It was first known as The Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Show and later in reruns as T he Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour. After the series ended in 1957, a modified version continued for three more seasons with 13 one-hour specials it ran from 1957 to 1960. The black-and-white series originally ran from Octoto on CBS. I Love Lucy is an American television sitcom starring Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Vivian Vance, and William Frawley.

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