Lucille Ball was born on August 6, 1911, in Jamestown, New York, U.S, and died on April 26, 1989, in Los Angeles, California. She was a radio and motion-picture actress and longtime comedy star of American television, best remembered for her classic television comedy series I Love Lucy. She won major roles in The Big Street (1942) with Henry Fonda, Du Barry Was a Lady (1943), Without Love (1945), Ziegfeld Follies (1946), and Sorrowful Jones (1949) and Fancy Pants (1950), both with Bob Hope.

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