This article is the filmography of American actress Lucille Ball (August 6, 1911 – April 26, 1989). Ball appeared in movies and on television from 1927 until 1986.
Film YearTitleRoleNotes 1927Tillie the Toiler Extra Claimed by Ball, but disputed1933 The BoweryBlonde20th Century Fox (uncredited)Karol, p. 121.Blood MoneyDavy's girlfriend at racetrackBroadway Through a KeyholeGirl with LouieRoman ScandalsGoldwyn Girl Samuel Goldwyn Productions1934Bottoms Up20th Century Fox (uncredited)Fugitive LadyBeauty operatorColumbia Pictures (uncredited)Kid MillionsGoldwyn GirlSamuel Goldwyn Productions (uncredited)Men of the NightPeggyColumbia PicturesBroadway BillSwitchboard operatorColumbia Pictures (uncredited)Moulin RougeShow girl 20th Century Fox (uncredited)NanaChorus girl Samuel Goldwyn Productions (uncredited)Hold That GirlGirl Fox Film Corporation (uncredited)Murder at the VanitiesEarl Carroll Girl Paramount PicturesBulldog Drummond Strikes BackGirl20th Century Fox (uncredited)Lady-in-WaitingJealousyExtraColumbia PicturesThree Little PigskinsBlonde Girl1935Top HatFlower shop clerkRKO Radio Pictures (uncredited)I Dream Too MuchGwendolyn DilleyRKO Radio PicturesThe Whole Town's TalkingBank employeeColumbia Pictures (uncredited)RobertaFashion ModelRKO Radio Pictures (uncredited)Behind the EvidenceSecretaryColumbia Pictures (uncredited)CarnivalNurseThe Three MusketeersLady in WaitingRKO Radio Pictures (uncredited)I'll Love You AlwaysLucilleColumbia Pictures (uncredited)Old Man RhythmCollege GirlRKO Radio Pictures (uncredited)1936ChatterboxLillian Temple Muss 'Em UpDeparting train passenger Follow the FleetKitty CollinsRKO Radio Pictures The Farmer in the DellGloria WilsonRKO Radio Pictures (uncredited)Bunker BeanRosie Kelly Winterset GirlRKO Radio Pictures That Girl from ParisClaire 'Clair' WilliamsRKO Radio Pictures (uncredited)1937Don't Tell the Wife Ann 'Annie' Howell Stage Door JudithRKO Radio Pictures1938 Go Chase Yourself Carol Meeley Joy of Living Salina Pine Having Wonderful Time MiriamThe Affairs of Annabel Annabel AllisonMary Mason Room Service Christine Annabel Takes a Tour Annabel Allison Next Time I Marry Nancy Crocker Fleming1939Beauty for the Asking Jean RussellTwelve Crowded Hours Paula Sanders Panama Lady LucFive Came Back Peggy NolanThat's Right – You're Wrong Sandra Sand1940 The Marines Fly HighJoan Grant You Can't Fool Your Wife Clara Fields Hinklin / Mercedes Vasquez Dance, Girl, Dance Bubbles Too Many Girls Connie Casey1941 A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob Dorothy 'Dot' / 'Spindle' Duncan Look Who's Laughing Julie Patterson1942 Valley of the Sun Christine LarsonThe Big Street Gloria Lyons Seven Days' Leave Terry Havalok-Allen1943Du Barry Was a Lady May Daly / Madame Du BarryMGM Thousands CheerHerselfBest Foot Forward1944 Meet the People Julie Hampton1945 Without Love Kitty TrimbleAbbott and Costello in HollywoodHerself1946 Ziegfeld Follies Dancer in "Here's to the Girls" The Dark Corner Kathleen Stewart20th Century Fox Two Smart People Ricki WoodnerMGMEasy to Wed Gladys Benton Lover Come Back Kay WilliamsFessier Pagani Productions1947Lured Sandra CarpenterOakmont Pictures, Inc. Her Husband's Affairs Margaret WeldonCornell Pictures, Inc.1949 Sorrowful Jones Gladys O'Neill Paramount Pictures Miss Grant Takes Richmond Ellen GrantColumbia Pictures Easy Living AnneRKO Radio Pictures1950 HerselfColumbia Pictures Fancy Pants Agatha Floud Paramount Pictures Sally ElliotColumbia Pictures1951 Princess Narah1953 I Love Lucy: The MovieLucy RicardoMislabeled in 1953, shelved and lost until 2001Paramount Pictures1954Tacy ColliniMGM1956Forever, DarlingSusan VegaZanra Productions, Inc.MGM1960 Kitty Weaver United Artists1963Critic's Choice Angela Ballantine Warner Bros.1967 A Guide for the Married Man Mrs Joe X (cameo)20th Century Fox1968Yours, Mine and Ours Helen BeardsleyDesilu Productions1974Mame Mame DennisWarner Bros.
Short subjects Selected list
Perfectly Mismated (1934) Three Little Pigskins (1934) His Old Flame (1935) A Night at the Biltmore Bowl (1935) Foolish Hearts (1935) Dummy Ache (1936) Swing It (1936) So and Sew (1936) One Live Ghost (1936) Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 1 (1938) Meet the Stars #6: Stars at Play (1941) All About People (1967)
Television
YearTitleRoleNotes 1949The Ed Wynn Show HerselfEpisode: "Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz"1951–1957I Love LucyLucy Ricardo180 episodes1957–1960The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour Lucy Ricardo13 episodes1958Westinghouse Desilu PlayhouseKitty Williams Episode "K.O. Kitty"1959The Phil Silvers ShowFainting FanEpisode: "Bilko's Ape Man"; uncredited1959Make Room for Daddy Lucy RicardoEpisode: "Lucy Upsets the Williams Household"1959The Ann Sothern Show Lucy RicardoEpisode: "The Lucy Story"1959Sunday Showcase Lucy RicardoEpisode: "The Lucy-Desi Milton Berle Special"1962The Good Years HerselfCBS TV special1962The Danny Kaye Show with Lucille Ball HerselfTV special1962–1968The Lucy Show Lucy Carmichael158 episodes1962The Bob Hope Specials1963 The Greatest Show on EarthKate ReynoldsEpisode: "Lady in Limbo"1964Mr. and Mrs.1964The Lucille Ball Comedy HourBonnie BlakelyTelevision movie1966Lucy in London Lucy CarmichaelTV special1967Carol + 2HerselfTV special1967–1971The Carol Burnett ShowHerself 4 episodes1968–1974Here's Lucy Lucy Carter144 episodes1970Sing Out, Sweet LandStatue of LibertyVoice; Television movie1971 The Flip Wilson Show Herself Episode #2.11971 Make Room for Granddaddy Lucy CarterEpisode: "Lucy and the Lecher"1974Happy Anniversary and Goodbye Norma MichaelsTV movie1975Lucy Gets LuckyLucy CollinsTV movie1975Three for TwoRita / Sally / PaulineTV movie1976What Now, Catherine Curtis? Catherine CurtisTV movie1976The Practice Matilda MorrisonEpisode: "The Dream"1976CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 YearsHerself TV special1977Lucy Calls the President Lucy WhittakerTV movie1978Lucy Comes to Nashville HerselfTV special1979The Mary Tyler Moore HourHerselfEpisode #1.11979Cher... and Other FantasiesCleaning LadyTelevision movie1980Lucy Moves to NBC HerselfTV movie1982Three's CompanyHerself2 episodes1985Stone Pillow FlorabelleTV movie1986Life with LucyLucy Barker13 episodes
Radio Year Program EpisodeNotesRef 1940The Campbell Playhouse "Dinner at Eight"with Orson Welles, Marjorie Rambeau and Hedda Hopper 1941 The Orson Welles Show October 13, 19411943Mail Call"The Wedding Night"with Edgar Kennedy, Patsy Moran and Laurel and Hardy1944The Orson Welles Almanac2 episodesSuspense"Dime a Dance" at the Internet Archive – “Dime a Dance”, January 13, 1944 at the Internet Archive – “Early to Death”, April 12, 1944 at the Internet Archive – “The Ten Grand”, June 22, 1944 at the Internet Archive – “A Little Piece of Rope”, October 14, 1944 at the Internet Archive – “Red Headed Woman”, November 17, 1944 at the Internet Archive – “A Shroud for Sarah”, October 24, 1945 "The Ten Grand"Blackstone Audio programme note 2015 Lux Radio Theatre "Lucky Partners" 1945Suspense "A Shroud for Sarah"1947 Lux Radio Theatre "The Dark Corner" 1951 Screen Directors Playhouse"Bachelor Mother"1948–1951My Favorite Husband 124 episodes(July 5, 1948 – March 31, 1951) 1964–1965 Let's Talk to Lucy 255 episodes (September 7, 1964 to August 27, 1965) Lucille Ball also appeared as herself on the CBS Radio talk show Let's Talk to Lucy (255 episodes), airing from September 7, 1964 to August 27, 1965.
Stage +Year(s)TitleRoleNotes1937Hey Diddle DiddleJulie Tucker1947–1948Dream GirlGeorgina AllertonU.S. Tour1960–1961WildcatWildcat JacksonBroadway debut
References
Bibliography
Further reading Lucy at the Movies: The Complete Films of Lucille Ball by Cindy De La Hoz (Running Press, 2007) Lucille Ball FAQ: Everything Left to Know About America's Favorite Redhead by James Sheridan and Barry Monush (2011)
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