Lucille Ball would be 100 years old today if she were still alive. She was the wacky star of I Love Lucy, the comedy hit of the 1950s. In each episode Lucy worked diligently to outwit her husband, Ricky Ricardo (played by Desi Arnaz, her real-life husband, too).  As a stay-at-home wife, she was always up to something. In real life, she was always up to something, too. She was the first woman to own her own film studio ( Desilu). Lucille Ball used physical comedy in her television series, but she was beautiful, too, as a Ziegfield Girl and Goldwyn Girl. Ball received thirteen Emmy Award nominations and won the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award in 1979. She died in 1989…Happy birthday to a timeless woman whose work continues to entertain and delight audiences of all ages.

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