Love, Lucy
Memoir
By: Lucille Ball
Date: 1996
Source: Ball, Lucille. Love, Lucy. With Betty Hannah Hoffman. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1996, 204–210.
About the Artist: Lucille Ball (1911–1989) began working in films in 1933. She appeared in dozens of movies, with lead roles in a few, but never achieved movie stardom. In 1940 she met and married Desi Arnaz, a Cuban bandleader. She got her break in radio in 1947, with My Favorite Husband. In 1951 the radio show was moved to television, with significant changes, as I Love Lucy. The show was wildly popular and ran for six years, making Ball a television icon. Ball divorced Arnez in 1960, and in 1962 she bought out his interest in the couple's joint production company, Desilu Studios. She ran Desilu Studios from 1962 to 1967 and also starred in three other TV sitcoms, all based on a version of the original Lucy...
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