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Lucille Désirée Ball (August 6, 1911 – April 26, 1989) was an American actress, comedian, producer, and studio executive. She was recognized by Time in 2020 as one of the most influential women of the 20th century for her work in all four of these areas. [1]
A Lucille Ball Special Starring Lucille Ball and Jackie Gleason (1975) What Now, Catherine Curtis? (1976) The Practice (1976) CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years (1976) Lucy Calls the President (1977) Lucy Comes to Nashville (1978) Lucy Moves to NBC (1980) Three's Company (1982) Stone Pillow (1985) [87] Life with Lucy (1986) Tina (2021 ...
Instead, they re-shot the scene using a different actor, whose death in the film was by a throwing knife. On 11 June 1993, English comic actor Bernard Bresslaw died of a sudden heart attack in his dressing room at the Open Air Theatre in Regent's Park, London, where he was to play Grumio in the New Shakespeare Company's production of The Taming ...
After the sale of Desilu to Gulf+Western in 1967, Morton helped Ball form Lucille Ball Productions to allow her to have more of a free hand in television production. Morton served as executive producer of Ball's third series Here's Lucy (1968–1974) and was a co-executive producer of her ill-fated 1986 series Life with Lucy .
The Dark Corner is a 1946 American crime film noir directed by Henry Hathaway and starring Lucille Ball, Clifton Webb, William Bendix and Mark Stevens. [2] The film was not a commercial success but has since been described as a "Grade A example of film noir ."
Actress Lucille Ball, seen here just four weeks before her death in 1989, is referenced in the episode. "Little Big Mom" was written by Carolyn Omine and directed by Mark Kirkland as part of the eleventh season of The Simpsons (1999–2000). [ 1 ]
With James Cagney in Something to Sing About. Frawley began performing in Broadway theater.His first such show was the musical comedy, Merry, Merry in 1925. Frawley had his first dramatic role in 1932, playing press agent Owen O'Malley in the original production of Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur's Twentieth Century.
It is the only Lucille Ball sitcom to not air on CBS. Developed amidst an industry-wide interest in comeback vehicles, ABC and producer Aaron Spelling coaxed Ball out of retirement for a new series. Unlike Ball's previous sitcoms, Life with Lucy was a failure in the ratings and poorly received by critics and viewers alike. Only eight out of the ...