Lucille Ball

Person · Open Library

Born

1911

Works

8

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Country

US

Active from

1911-08-06

Active to

1989-04-26

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

2,820

Total plays

12,614

The woman who will always be remembered as the crazy, accident-prone, lovable Lucy Ricardo was born Lucille Desiree Ball in Jamestown, New York, on August 6, 1911. Her father died before she was four, and her mother worked several jobs, so she and her younger brother were raised by their grandparents. Always willing to take responsibility for her brother and young cousins, she was a restless teenager who yearned to "make some noise". She entered a dramatic school in New York <a href="https://www

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

1. Gene Ontology: tool for the unification of biology

   · 2000 · cited 36,874x

2. A global reference for human genetic variation

   · 2015 · cited 17,760x

3. Biological identifications through DNA barcodes

   · 2003 · cited 10,506x

4. Global burden of 87 risk factors in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

   · 2020 · cited 7,994x

5. Genome-wide association study of 14,000 cases of seven common diseases and 3,000 shared controls

   · 2007 · cited 7,929x

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Quotes

• “Knowing what you can not do is more important than knowing what you can do. In fact, that's good taste.”
• “You see much more of your children once they leave home.”
• “I don't suppose that hard work, discipline, and a perfectionist attitude toward my work did me any harm. They are a big part of my makeup today, as any of my co-workers will tell you. And when life seemed unbearable, I learned to live in my imagination, and to step inside other people's skins- indispensable abilities for an actress.”
• “People with happy childhoods never overdo; they don't strive or exert themselves. They're moderate, pleasant, well liked, and good citizens. Society needs them. But the tremendous drive and dedication necessary to succeed in any field- not only show business- often seems to be rooted in a disturbed childhood. I wasn't an unloved or an unwanted child, but I was moved around a lot, and then death and cruel circumstances brought many painful separations.”
• “Here's what I advise any young struggling actress today: The important thing is to develop as a woman first, and a performer second. You wouldn't prostitute yourself to get a part, not if you're in the right mind. You won't be happy, whatever you do, unless you're comfortable with your own conscience.”
• “Russell Markert, Lela Rogers, Ed Sedgwick - these were but a few of the experienced theater people who generously gave me a boost. I have a theory about the assists we get in life. Only rarely can we repay those people who helped us, but we can pass that help along to others. That's why, in 1958, I reactivated Lela's theater workshop with two dozen talented kids trying to get started in show business.”

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Official website

Lucille Ball Desi Arnaz Museum — The Lives of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz

Explore the lives, careers, and legacies of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz while immersing yourself in the ultimate fan experience.

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