FrameThrower · Actors · Lucille Ball
Lucille Ball
2 films · 129 frames · top-billed in 2 · 1940–1945
Born 6 August 1911 · Jamestown, New York, USA · died 26 April 1989
Lucille Désirée Ball was an American comedian, 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 America 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.
Ball received thirteen Emmy Award nominations and four wins.…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 2 films · 129 frames · top-billed in 2 · 1940–1945
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series1968
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series1967
- National Women's Hall of Fame2001
- Presidential Medal of Freedom1989
- Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year1988
- Crystal Award1977
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
- Kennedy Center Honors
- Los Angeles Times Women of the Year Silver Cup
How their films are shot
Measured across 129 frames from the 2 films we hold. This is the look of the work Lucille takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 2 films we hold, 51% of their frames are night, 56% high key — the look of the work Lucille takes.
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Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
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