Lucille Ball Height, Weight, Age, Facts, Biography
By Rachel Fowler
Lucille Ball Height, Weight, Age, Facts, Biography
Lucille Ball Height, Weight, Age, Facts, Biography
Lucille Ball was an American actor, voice actor, comedian, singer, model, studio executive, and producer whose achievements include getting nominated for 13 Primetime Emmy Awards (winning 5 times) and being the recipient of several accolades like the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award and 2 stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Born Name
Lucille Désirée Ball
Nick Names
Technicolor Tessie, Queen of the B movies, The First Lady of Television, Lucy, The Queen of Comedy, Diane Belmont
Lucille Ball in 1955 (CBS Television / / Public Domain)Age
She was born on August 6, 1911.
Died
On April 26, 1989, she died at the age of 77 due to a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm in Los Angeles, California, United States.
Resting Place
Lake View Cemetery, Jamestown, New York, United States
Sun Sign
Leo
Born Place
Jamestown, New York, United States
Residence
She resided in Beverly Hills, California, United States.
Nationality
Education
Lucille Ball attended John Murray Anderson School for the Dramatic Arts in New York City. During her time there, her instructors directly stated to her that she would not be successful in the entertainment business and Lucille later stated that “All I learned in drama school was how to be frightened.”
She also took piano lessons at Chautauqua Institution.
Occupation
Actor, Voice Actor, Comedian, Singer, Model, Studio Executive, Producer
Family
- Father – Henry Durrell “Had” Ball (1887-1915) (Lineman for Bell Telephone)
- Mother – Désirée Evelyn “DeDe” Ball (née Hunt)
- Siblings – Frederick Henry Ball (Younger Brother) (Movie Studio Executive, Talent Manager)
- Others – Jasper Clinton Ball (Paternal Grandfather), Nellie Rebecca Durrell (Paternal Grandmother), Frederick Charles “Fred” Hunt (Maternal Grandfather), Flora Belle Orcutt (Maternal Grandmother), Zo Ball (Sister-In-Law), Edward Peterson (Stepfather)
Genre
Soundtrack
Instruments
Vocals, Piano
Net Worth
According to CelebrityNetWorth.com, her net worth was $60 Million at the time of her death.
Build
Slim
Lucille Ball and from the television program ‘I Love Lucy’ in 1955 (CBS Television/Bureau of Industrial Service / eBay / Public Domain)Height
5 ft 7½ in or 171.5 cm
Weight
58 kg or 128 lbs
Boyfriend / Spouse
Lucille Ball had dated –
- Peter Lawford – RUMOR
- John Emery – RUMOR
- – RUMOR
- – RUMOR
- – RUMOR
- Pat DiCicco – RUMOR
- – RUMOR
- George Raft – RUMOR
- – RUMOR
- – RUMOR
- Lee Bowman – RUMOR
- Bernard Newman
- – RUMOR
- Broderick Crawford
- Mack Gray
- Brian Donlevy – RUMOR
- Pandro S. Berman – RUMOR
- William Cagney – RUMOR
- Oscar Levant – RUMOR
- – RUMOR
- Alexander Hall
- Milton Berle – RUMOR
- Johnny DeVita – In 1925, she started dating Johnny DeVita, a 21-year-old local hoodlum, when she was just 14 years old.
- Gene Markey (1938) – She had an affair with director Gene Markey in 1938.
- Ralph Forbes (1938) – RUMOR
- Desi Arnaz (1940-1960) – She fell in love with Cuban-born bandleader and actor Desi Arnaz in 1940, after they met while filming the Rodgers and Hart stage hit Too Many Girls. They eloped the same year and were blessed with 2 children – a daughter named (b. July 17, 1951) and a son named Desiderio Alberto Arnaz IV (professionally known as Desi Arnaz Jr.) (b. January 19, 1953). Lucille later claimed that their married life was “a nightmare” and nothing at all as it appeared on I Love Lucy. The couple divorced in 1960 but remained friends until Desi’s death in 1986.
- Gary Morton (1961-1989) – She married Gary Morton, a Borscht Belt comic who was 13 years her junior, in 1961 and they remained together until her death in 1989.
Race / Ethnicity
White
Lucille Ball was of English, Scottish, Welsh, and Scots-Irish/Northern Irish descent.
Hair Color
Red
Eye Color
Blue
Sexual Orientation
Straight
Distinctive Features
- Her trademark ‘spider face’ when something went wrong for her, accompanied by a “eugh” sound
- The talent of physical comedy
Brand Endorsements
She had done endorsement work for –
- Woodbury Facial Powder (1940s) (Magazine Advertisements)
- Philip Morris Cigarettes (TV Commercial) (1950s) (w/Desi Arnaz)
Religion
Her family belonged to the Baptist church.
Lucille Ball as seen in her last public appearance at the 61st Academy Awards in 1989, 4 weeks before her death (Alan Light / / CC BY 2.0)Lucille Ball Facts
- She was only 3 years old when her father died of typhoid fever at age 27.
- She was friends with , , , , , Paula Stewart, and Carol Burnett.
- After her death, Lucille Ball’s body was cremated and the ashes were initially interred in Forest Lawn – Hollywood Hills Cemetery in Los Angeles. Her remains were moved to the Hunt family plot at Lake View Cemetery in Jamestown, New York in 2002.
Featured Image by CBS Television / / Public Domain
- Tags
Did we miss anyone?
RELATED ARTICLES
1 COMMENT
- Jim Clark
I loved Lucy, she was so funny and also a very good actress before she turned to comedy. I actually thought she was taller but she was taller than me, she outweighed me too! (4 inches & 24 lbs.!!!)
LEAVE A REPLY
Comment: Please enter your comment! Name:* Please enter your name here Email:* You have entered an incorrect email address! Please enter your email address here
Current ye@r * Leave this field empty
Subscribe to our Newsletter
