The Lucille Ball Stamp Part II Of II

In continuation to the post on Friday.

Determined to prove her teachers wrong, she returned to New York City in 1929. She became a fashion model, but was stricken with Rheumatoid Arthritis and had to stop working for two years. Once physically well again, she returned to New York City and continued her career as a model and performed on Broadway.

In 1933, she moved to Hollywood and appeared in many small, not well known, movie rolls. She worked with top notch celebrities, in popular movies, but never achieved stardom. In 1940, she married Desi Arnaz. Ball was the elder of the two in the relationship. Women being older than men was a bit taboo in the 1940’s, so they both agreed that their birth year was 1914. They had two children, Lucie Desiree Arnaz and Desi Arnaz Jr. Ball and Arnaz divorced in 1960.

In 1948, television executives were not thrilled with the pilot of the couple’s new show so they hit the vaudeville circuit. The show was a success so CBS put “I Love Lucy” on their lineup. The show ran until 1960. Ball went on to star in two more successful television series: The Lucy Show and Here’s Lucy.

On April 26, 1989, Lucille Ball died. She left behind a legacy that still has not been matched today.