Lucille Desiree Ball was born on August 11, 1911 in Jamestown, NY.

As a young girl, Lucy always imagined being under the lights of Broadway.

By age 15, Lucy enrolled in a drama school in NYC and auditioned over and

She became a model for a designer instead, and ended up winning

"Chesterfield Cigarette Girl" in 1933.

Her career was cut short though because she was diagnosed with rheumatoid

arthritis and had to under go many experimental surgeries.

Throughout Lucy's career she appeared in over 60 films.

1. She started off with low budget films that just overlooked her

natural talent. She eventually ended up working with the legendary

2. From 1947 to 1951, Lucy added another talent to her resume.

She played an off the wall banker's wife on the famous CBS radio show "My

Soon after the radio show took off, CBS wanted to turn it into a television

show. Lucy said the only way she would be on the show was if her real-life

husband, Desi Arnaz could play the part of her husband.

5. Cuban bandleader, Desi, married Lucy in 1940 after a meeting in the

Both of the shows incorporated Lucy's children, as well as Vivian Vance,

around their marriage, a redheaded woman who loved to clown around,

and created "Lucille Ball Productions". Gary and Lucy stayed married

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