Birth: August 6, 1911 in Jamestown, New York

Death: April 26,1989 Los Angeles Forest Lawn Memorial Park

Educational Background:
• Chautauqua Musical Institute, Chautauqua, New York.
• John Murray Anderson-Robert Milton Drama School, New York, New York; entered at age 15; classmates with 18-year-old Bette Davis

Major Accomplishments:
• Got her own Tv show named I love Lucy
• One of the first lady’s in the tv show comedy
• She got a lot of awards like academy of televsion arts and Sciences.

Honors and Awards Received:
• 1989: Academy of Televsion Arts and Sciences: Governor's Award
• 1987: American Comedy Award: Lifetime Achievement
• 1979: Hollywood Foreign Press Association: Cecil B. DeMille Award
• 1977: Women in Film: Crystal Award
• 1968: Emmy: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series, The Lucy Show

Significance:
• She created a field for Woman in Acting
• She also a Model and made a name for modely
• She was one of the first woman to be a Producer

Contemporaries:
• Hammerin' Hank Greenberg (Hall-of-Fame 1st baseman (Detroit Tiger)
http://detnews.com/history/greenberg/greenberg.htm
• Jim Kelly (NFL quarterback (Buffalo Bills) http://www.nfl.com/qbclub/kelly.html
• Sid Gillman NFL coach (LA, San Diego, Houston)http://www.horizons.uc.edu/ReelStories/Gillman2.htm

For Further Information:
• http://www.time.com/time/time100/artists/profile/lucy.html-Time: Artist and Enertainers-Lucllie Ball
• http://www.seeing-stars.com/StarIndexes/LucilleBall.shtml-Lucille Ball’s Hollywood
• http://www.eonline.com/Facts/People/Bio/0,128,1118,00.html-Fact Sheet Lucille Ball

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