Was lucille ball a good mother movie
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I hadn’t realized that this past April was the 35th anniversary of the passing of Lucille Ball, television’s greatest comedienne. Probably because that former standby of media information—the old “TV listings”—hadn’t reminded me. Since traditional linear network TV is now essentially a niche joke—the last form of mass communication that actually helped unify our popular culture, as opposed to the internet and streaming, which have completely Balkanized it—I seriously doubt there was any kind of effort on the part of her old network, CBS, to commemorate her death while celebrating her legacy (maybe they did something on MeTV…do people still have cable?).
By Paul Mavis
So instead of flipping the dial (look it up), I went down to the vault and rummaged around for MPI Home Video’s DVD release of Lucy & Desi: A Home Movie, the 1993 TV documentary about the love story between Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, created, directed and hosted
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Offscreen, Lucille Ball was a mom ‘always trying to find answers,’ says her daughter Lucie Arnaz
Lucille Ball, the iconic redhead and first lady of comedy during the Golden Age of Television, made her name on TV, but she also had a radio show called “Let’s Talk to Lucy.” She died 32 years ago, but a trove of old reel-to-reel tapes has been pulled from her archives. They include interviews with the biggest stars of the day — like Carol Burnett, Dick Van Dyke, Gene Kelly, and Julie Andrews — but also her close friends and co-stars, such as Vivian Vance and Gale Gordon.
Most of these conversations haven’t been heard since they originally aired in the mid-1960s. Now hundreds of them are airing on SiriusXM and will eventually be available wherever you get your podcasts.
Lucie Arnaz, the daughter of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, spent years managing her parents’ archives. She’s also a TV/film/theater entertainer who starred in “The Jazz Singer.”
Arnaz kept many of her mom’s belongings
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Lucille Ball
American actress (1911–1989)
Lucille Désirée Ball (August 6, 1911 – April 26, 1989) was an American actress, comedian, producer, and studio executive. She was recognized bygd Time in 2020 as one of the most influential women of the 20th century for her work in all kvartet of these areas.[1] She was nominated for 13 Primetime Emmy Awards, winning five,[2] and was the recipient of several other accolades, such as the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award and two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.[3][4] She earned many honors, including the Women in Film Crystal Award,[5] an induction into the Television Hall of Fame, a Kennedy Center Honor,[6] and the Governors Award from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.
Ball's career began in 1929 when she landed work as a model. Shortly thereafter, she began her performing career on huvudgata using the stage name Diane (or Dianne) Belmont. She later appeared i