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Lucille Désirée Ball (August 6, 1911 - April 26, 1989) was an American comedienne, film, television, stage and radio actress, model, film and television executive, and star of the sitcoms I Love Lucy, The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour, The Lucy Show, Here's Lucy and Life With Lucy. One of the most popular and influential stars in the United States during her lifetime, with one of Hollywood's longest careers, especially on television, Ball began acting in the 1930s, becoming both a radio actress and B-movie star in the 1940s, and then a television star during the 1950s. She was still making films in the 1960s and 1970s. In 1962, Ball became the first woman to run a major television studio, Desilu, which produced many successful and popular television series.
Ball was nominated for an Emmy Award thirteen times, and won four times. In 1977 Ball was among the first recipients of the Women in Film Crystal Award. She was the recipient of the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award in 1979, the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Kennedy Center Honors in 1986 and the Governors Award from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in 1989.
Actors: William James Kelly (actor), Johnny Williams (actor), Brian Anthony Wilson (actor), Mickey Rooney (actor), Gary Gustin (actor), David Born (actor), Gavin Peretti (actor), Lionel Anthony Cook (actor), Vincent Riviezzo (actor), Dan Van Wert (actor), Tommy Lafitte (actor), Keyon Smith (actor), Connie Lamothe (actress), Robert Gulya (composer), Carl Clemons (actor),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Richard Nixon (actor), Ken Howard (actor), David Hill (actor), Dermot Mulroney (actor), Lyndon Johnson (actor), Josh Lucas (actor), David Clennon (actor), Damon Herriman (actor), Robert Armstrong (actor), Martin Luther King (actor), Josh Hamilton (actor), Jack Donner (actor), Leonardo DiCaprio (actor), Stephen Root (actor), Denis O'Hare (actor),
Plot: Biopic of J. Edgar Hoover told by Hoover as he recalls his career for a biography. Early in his career, Hoover fixated on Communists, anarchists and any other revolutionary taking action against the U.S. government. He slowly builds the agency's reputation, becoming the sole arbiter of who gets hired and fired. One of his hires is Clyde Tolson who is quickly promoted to Assistant Director and would be Hoover's confidant and companion for the rest of Hoover's life. Hoover's memories have him playing a greater role in the many high profile cases the FBI was involved in - the Lindbergh baby kidnapping, the arrest of bank robbers like John Dillinger - and also show him to be quite adept at manipulating the various politicians he's worked with over his career, thanks in large part to his secret files.
Keywords: 1920s, 1930s, 1960s, 1970s, airplane, alvin-karpis, ambition, anarchist, anti-communism, archival-footageActors: Rita Tushingham (actress), Horst Königstein (director), Nadja Tiller (actress), Doris J. Heinze (producer), Horst Königstein (writer), Cas Enklaar (writer), Angelika Thomas (actress), Hans-Peter Ströer (composer), Andreas Brucker (actor), Andreas Brucker (actor), Andreas Brucker (actor), Andreas Brucker (actor), Till Topf (actor), Wiebke Koester (editor),
Genres: ,Actors: Don Keefer (actor), Rance Howard (actor), Jack E. Herman (miscellaneous crew), Matthew Faison (actor), Frances Fisher (actress), Alan Oppenheimer (actor), Roger Rose (actor), Larry A. Thompson (producer), Charles Jarrott (director), John Wheeler (actor), Kathleen Keller (miscellaneous crew), Diana Valentine (miscellaneous crew), Maurice Benard (actor), Bette Ford (actress), Joyce Blair (actress),
Genres: Biography, Drama, Romance,Actors: Travilla (costume designer), Annie Potts (actress), Walter Scharf (composer), Sharon Gless (actress), Richard Bracken (editor), David L. Wolper (producer), Garson Kanin (writer), Tony Curtis (actor), Harold Gould (actor), Don Keefer (actor), John Erman (director), Clive Revill (actor), Morgan Brittany (actress), George Furth (actor), Stan Margulies (producer),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Henry Hall (actor), Eddie Hall (actor), Richard Alexander (actor), Arno Frey (actor), Bud Abbott (actor), Frank Hagney (actor), Chester Clute (actor), Lou Costello (actor), Edgar Dearing (actor), King Baggot (actor), Joe Devlin (actor), Franklyn Farnum (actor), Preston Foster (actor), Wheaton Chambers (actor), Sam Harris (actor),
Plot: Buzz and Abercrombie are agents trying to get Jeff Parker the lead in a movie musical. Routines include Lou's insomnia and his being unable to hear Bud due to his wearing an earplug. Lots of movie studio stuff.
Keywords: abbott-and-costello, actor, actress, agent, balloon, barber, barbershop, beauty-parlor, cameo, cameraActors: Gene Kelly (actor), Sam Flint (actor), Harry Hayden (actor), William Bailey (actor), Feodor Chaliapin Jr. (actor), William Frawley (actor), Rex Evans (actor), Fred Astaire (actor), Charles Coleman (actor), Joseph Crehan (actor), Hume Cronyn (actor), Edward Arnold (actor), William B. Davidson (actor), Eddie Dunn (actor), Peter Lawford (actor),
Plot: In heaven, showman 'Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.' (qv) fondly recalls his first Broadway revue, the Ziegfeld Follies of 1907. Even from heaven, he is hoping that he can, for one last time, create that same magic by mounting one last follies. As he thinks about who he would like to appear in these follies, he is assisted in realizing his fantasy, at least in his own mind, by such luminaries as 'Fred Astaire' (qv), 'Edward Arnold (I)' (qv), 'Lucille Ball', 'Marion Bell' (qv), 'Lucille Bremer' (qv), 'Fanny Brice' (qv), 'Cyd Charisse' (qv), 'Judy Garland' (qv), 'Kathryn Grayson' (qv), 'Lena Horne' (qv), 'Gene Kelly (I)' (qv), 'James Melton (I)' (qv), 'Victor Moore (I)' (qv), 'Virginia O'Brien' (qv), 'Red Skelton' (qv), 'Esther Williams (I)' (qv), 'Keenan Wynn' (qv), and, of course, a bevy of beautiful girls.
Keywords: 1940s, actress, bag-of-golf-clubs, ballerina, ballet, ballroom-dancing, bird-on-shoulder, bubble, camera-shot-of-a-woman's-legs, carouselActors: Nana Bryant (actress), June Allyson (actress), Lucille Ball (actress), Barbara Bedford (actress), Henry O'Neill (actor), Robert Emmett O'Connor (actor), Chill Wills (actor), Donald MacBride (actor), Stanley Donen (actor), Harry Hayden (actor), Billy Bletcher (actor), Morris Ankrum (actor), James Ellison (actor), Bess Flowers (actress), Gloria DeHaven (actress),
Plot: Bud Hooper, a cadet at Winsocki Military Academy, sends an invitation to movie star Lucille Ball to come to Winsocki's big dance. Ball's publicity-hungry agent convinces her to go in order to boost her career. Complications arise when Bud's girlfriend Helen Schlesinger unexpectedly shows up, too.
Keywords: actress, actress-playing-herself, based-on-play, blind-date, bus, chaperon, dancing, dormitory, fur-coat, graduationActors: Edmund Mortimer (actor), James Millican (actor), Gene Kelly (actor), Frank Morgan (actor), Kenner G. Kemp (actor), Wally Cassell (actor), Sig Arno (actor), Frank Jenks (actor), John Boles (actor), Myron Healey (actor), Ben Blue (actor), Sayre Dearing (actor), Jack Gargan (actor), Sam Harris (actor), Henry O'Neill (actor),
Plot: Acrobat Eddie Marsh is in the army now. His first act is to become friendly with Kathryn Jones, the colonel's pretty daughter. Their romance hits a few snags, including disapproval from her father. Eddie's also plagued by fear of having an accident during his family's trapeze act in the army variety show, which also features a gallery of MGM stars.
Keywords: acrobat, army-base, barber, circus, clown, concert, court-martial, dance, dancer, doctorActors: Preston Foster (actor), Lucille Ball (actress), Betty Grable (actress), Anne Shirley (actress), Mary Stewart (actress), Bert Gilroy (producer), Lee S. Marcus (producer), Joseph Fields (writer), Alfred J. Goulding (director), Edward Mann (editor), Edgar Kennedy (actor), Dennis O'Keefe (actor), Grady Sutton (actor), Bert Wheeler (actor), Pert Kelton (actress),
Genres: Comedy, Mystery, Short,