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Here's Lucy
''Here's Lucy'' is an American sitcom starring Lucille Ball. The series co-starred her long-time comedy partner Gale Gordon and her real-life children Lucie Arnaz and Desi Arnaz Jr. It was broadcast on CBS from 1968 to 1974. It was Ball's third network sitcom, following ''I Love Lucy'' (1951–57) and ''The Lucy Show'' (1962–68). Background During the sixth season of ''The Lucy Show'', Ball sold Desilu Productions to Gulf & Western. Although it finished as the second-most watched program of the 1967–68 season, Ball opted to end the series. Not only did she feel there were enough episodes for syndicated reruns, but she no longer wished to star in a series she no longer owned. She decided to develop a new series on the condition that her two children co-star with her and Gordon.Interview with Lucie Arnaz. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milt Josefsberg
Milt Josefsberg (June 29, 1911 – December 14, 1987) was an American screenwriter. Career Milt Josefsberg's first big break came in 1938, when he was hired as writer on Bob Hope's radio program.Josefsberg, Milt: ''The Jack Benny Show'' (Arlington House Publishers, 1977), p. 52. , Five years later, in the summer of 1943, he left Hope and took over as one of four new writers on ''The Jack Benny Program'' on the radio. At the time, Benny's two main writers, William Morrow (screenwriter), Bill Morrow and Edmund Beloin, Ed Beloin, had just recently left the show. Josefsberg was to remain with Jack Benny for twelve years, until the closure of Benny's radio program in 1955. During his long association with Benny, Josefsberg would collaborate with all of Benny's other writers, although he tended to work most closely with John Tackaberry. From the early 1950s, he also worked on Benny's TV show. Even after his partnership with Benny officially ended, Josefsberg would reportedly write st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doris Singleton
Dorthea "Doris" Singleton (September 28, 1919 – June 26, 2012) was an American actress, perhaps best remembered as Lucy Ricardo's frenemy, Carolyn Appleby, in ''I Love Lucy''. Early life and career Singleton, born in New York City, trained as a ballerina, dancing for three seasons in the mid-1930s with the newly formed "Ballet Theatre", later to become the American Ballet Theatre. She began her career in show business as a vocalist in the late 1930s with Art Jarrett's orchestra. Singleton worked in New York during World War II both as a guest star and in regular roles on numerous hit radio shows, including '' The Whistler'' and '' The Alan Young Show'', on which she played Young's girlfriend, Betty Dittenfeffer. She played Ruth Henshaw on the radio version of ''December Bride''. During a guest appearance on the radio show ''My Favorite Husband'' in 1948 she met Lucille Ball and began their long professional relationship. She had a recurring role in ''I Love Lucy'' playing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madelyn Pugh Davis
Madelyn Pugh (March 15, 1921 – April 20, 2011), sometimes credited as Madelyn Pugh Davis, Madelyn Davis, or Madelyn Martin, was an American television writer who became known in the 1950s for her work on the ''I Love Lucy'' television series. Early life and education Pugh was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, to I. Watt Pugh, a bank treasurer,1930 United States Federal Census and Louise Huff. She had two older sisters, Audrey and Rosalind. During her senior year at Shortridge High School, she was co-editor of the high school newspaper, along with her classmate Kurt Vonnegut. She graduated in 1938, two years before Vonnegut. In 1942, she graduated from Indiana University's School of Journalism. Career Pugh became interested in writing while serving as Friday editor of the Shortridge High School daily newspaper in Indianapolis, Indiana with classmate Kurt Vonnegut. At Shortridge she also served as vice president of her senior class. Her first professional writing job was wr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Taylor
Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor (February 27, 1932 – March 23, 2011) was an English and American actress. She began her career as a child actress in the early 1940s and was one of the most popular stars of classical Hollywood cinema in the 1950s. She then became the world's highest-paid movie star in the 1960s, remaining a well-known public figure for the rest of her life. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked her seventh on its AFI's 100 Years...100 Stars, greatest female screen legends list. Born in London to socially prominent American parents, Taylor moved with her family to Los Angeles in 1939 at the age of 7. She made her acting debut with a minor role in the Universal Pictures film ''There's One Born Every Minute'' (1942), but the studio ended her contract after a year. She was then signed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and became a popular teen star after appearing in ''National Velvet (film), National Velvet'' (1944). She transitioned to mature roles in the 1950s, when ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Burton
Richard Burton (; born Richard Walter Jenkins Jr.; 10 November 1925 – 5 August 1984) was a Welsh actor. Noted for his mellifluous baritone voice, Burton established himself as a formidable Shakespearean actor in the 1950s and gave a memorable performance as Richard Burton's Hamlet, Hamlet in 1964. He was called "the natural successor to Laurence Olivier, Olivier" by critic Kenneth Tynan. Burton's perceived failure to live up to those expectations disappointed some critics and colleagues; his heavy drinking added to his reputation as a great performer who had wasted his talent. Nevertheless, he is widely regarded as one of the finest actors of his generation. Burton was nominated for an Academy Awards, Academy Award seven times but never won. He was nominated for his performances in ''My Cousin Rachel (1952 film), My Cousin Rachel'' (1952), ''The Robe (1953 film), The Robe'' (1953), ''Becket (1964 film), Becket'' (1964), ''The Spy Who Came In from the Cold (film), The Spy W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Lucille is a female given name of French origin and may refer to: People with the given name * Lucille Roybal-Allard (born 1941), American politician * Lucille Ball (1911–1989), American actress best known for the television series ''Love Lucy'' * Lucille Benson (1914–1984), American actress * Lucille Berrien (born 1928), American political activist * Lucille Bliss (1916–2012), American actress * Lucille Bogan (1897–1948), American singer and songwriter * Lucille Bremer (1917–1996), American actress and dancer * Lucille Carlisle (1895–1958), American actress * Lucille Cavanagh (1895–1983), American dancer and singer * Lucille Charuk (born 1989), Canadian volleyball player * Lucille Collard, Canadian politician * Lucille Teasdale-Corti (1929–1996), Canadian physician and pediatric surgeon * Lucille Davy, former Commissioner of Education in New Jersey * Lucille Desparois (1909–1996), Canadian author and radio personality * Lucille Douglass (1878–1935), A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vivian Vance
Vivian Vance (born Vivian Roberta Jones; July 26, 1909 – August 17, 1979) was an American actress best known for playing landlady Ethel Mertz on the sitcom ''I Love Lucy'' (1951–1957), for which she won the 1953 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress, among other accolades. She also starred alongside Lucille Ball in ''The Lucy Show'' from 1962 until she left the series at the end of its third season in 1965. In 1991, she posthumously received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She is most commonly identified as Lucille Ball’s longtime comedic foil from 1951 until her death in 1979. Early life Vance was born in Cherryvale, Kansas, the second of six children of Robert Andrew Jones, Sr., and Euphemia Mae (Ragan) Jones. When she was six, her family moved to Independence, Kansas, where she eventually began her dramatic studies at Independence High School (Kansas), Independence High Sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theodore J
Theodore may refer to: Places * Theodore, Australian Capital Territory, Australia * Theodore, Queensland, Australia * Theodore, Saskatchewan, Canada * Theodore, Alabama, United States * Theodore Reservoir, in Saskatchewan People * Theodore (given name), including a list of people with the name ** Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States **Grand Wizzard Theodore, American musician and DJ * Theodore (surname), including a list of people with the name Fictional characters * T-Bag (''Prison Break'') (Theodore Bagwell), in ''Prison Break'' * T-Dog (''The Walking Dead'') (Theodore Douglas), in ''The Walking Dead'' * Theodore Huxtable, in ''The Cosby Show'' * Theodore, in ''Alvin and the Chipmunks'' * Theodore Grambell, or CatNap, in video game ''Poppy Playtime'' * Theodore "The Roach" Roachmont, from Supernoobs Other uses * Theodore (horse), a British Thoroughbred racehorse * Theodore Racing, a Formula One constructor See also * Theodoros, or Theodorus * Principa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dino, Desi & Billy
Dino, Desi & Billy were an American singing trio that existed between 1964 and 1969. The group featured Dean "Dino" Martin (Dean Paul Martin, the son of singer and actor Dean Martin), Desi Arnaz Jr. (Desiderio Arnaz IV, the son of television stars Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball), and their friend Billy Hinsche. A reconstituted version of the group performed between 1998 and 2010. History Dino Martin, Desi Arnaz Jr. and Billy Hinsche first met in grammar school.Gary JamesInterview with Billy Hinsche www.classicbands.com. Due to the family connections of Dino and Desi, the band's first audition was for Frank Sinatra, who founded and still had an interest in Reprise Records, the recording label for Dean Martin.Richie Unterberger, [ Biography of Dino, Desi & Billy]; AllMusic. Though Arnaz, whose father was a famous drummer and who had learned to play drums from close family friend Richard Keith (actor), Richard Keith (who played Little Ricky on ''I Love Lucy'') was a skilled drummer in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Desi Arnaz
Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y de Acha III (March 2, 1917 – December 2, 1986), known as Desi Arnaz, was a Cuban-American actor, musician, producer, and bandleader. He played Ricky Ricardo on the American television sitcom ''I Love Lucy'', in which he co-starred with his wife Lucille Ball. Arnaz and Ball are credited as the innovators of the Broadcast syndication, syndicated rerun, which they pioneered with the ''I Love Lucy'' series. Arnaz and Lucille Ball co-founded and ran the television production company Desilu Productions, originally to market ''I Love Lucy'' to television networks. After ''I Love Lucy'' ended, Arnaz went on to produce several other television series, at first with Desilu Productions, and later independently, including ''The Ann Sothern Show'' and ''The Untouchables (1959 TV series), The Untouchables''. He was also the bandleader of his Latin group, the Desi Arnaz Orchestra. He was known for playing conga drums and popularized the conga line in the United St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heres Lucy 1968
Heres, Herés, or Hères may refer to: * Heres (Gozón), one of parishes in the Gozón municipality, Asturias, Spain * Heres Municipality, Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela * Luis Hernández Heres Luis is a given name. It is the Spanish form of the originally Germanic name or . Other Iberian Romance languages have comparable forms: (with an accent mark on the i) in Portuguese and Galician, in Aragonese and Catalan, while is archaic ... a Cuban former footballer * Hères, a commune in Hautes-Pyrénées, France * Hungarian name for Herendeşti village, Victor Vlad Delamarina, Timiș, Romania * ''heres'', the concept in inheritance law in ancient Rome that most closely maps to the modern concept of "heirs" {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
