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The specials emphasized guest stars such as Ann Sothern, Rudy Vallee, Tallulah Bankhead, Fred MacMurray and June Haver, Betty Grable and Harry James, Fernando Lamas, Maurice Chevalier, Danny Thomas and his Make Room for Daddy co-stars, Red Skelton, Paul Douglas, Ida Lupino and Howard Duff, Milton Berle, Robert Cummings, and, in the final episode, "Lucy Meets the Moustache", Ernie Kovacs and Edie Adams. Later reruns were titled the more familiar Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour, which was a perennial summer favorite on CBS through 1967. Its original network title was The Ford Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Show for the first season, and The Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse Presents The Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Show for the following seasons.
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The cast remained intact (with some additional cast members added) for a series of one-hour specials from 1957 to 1960 as part of The Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse. The show ended in 1957 after 180 episodes. The Mertzes were the Ricardos' landlords and friends.
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The show co-starred her then-husband, Desi Arnaz, as Ricky Ricardo, Vivian Vance as Ethel Mertz, and William Frawley as Fred Mertz. In 1951, Ball was instrumental in the creation of the television series I Love Lucy. Ball was dubbed the "Queen of the Bs" (referring to her many roles in B-films).
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She assumed many small movie roles in the 1930s as a contract player for RKO Radio Pictures. In 1929, Ball landed work as a model and later began her performing career on Broadway using the stage name "Diane Belmont". DeMille Award in 1979, the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Kennedy Center Honors in 1986, and the Governors Award from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in 1989. She was the recipient of the Golden Globe Cecil B. In 1977, Ball was among the first recipients of the Women in Film Crystal Award. In 1962, Ball became the first woman to run a major television studio, Desilu, which produced many successful and popular television series.īall was nominated for an Emmy Award thirteen times, and won four times. She continued making films in the 1960s and 1970s. Her film career spanned the 1930s and 1940s, and she became a television star during the 1950s. Ball had one of Hollywood's longest careers, especially on television. She was star of the sitcoms I Love Lucy, The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour, The Lucy Show, Here's Lucy and Life with Lucy, and was one of the most popular and influential stars in the United States during her lifetime. Lucille Désirée Ball (Aug– April 26, 1989) was an American comedienne, model, film and television actress and studio executive.