Lucille Ball Essay

Lucille Ball was born in Jamestown, New York, on 6 August 1911, and she will be remembered as the lovable, crazy, and accident-susceptible Lucy Rigardo, as presented in her television show. Lucille’s father died in 1915, when she was barely four years old, after he contracted typhoid fever (Peter). Henceforth, her mother took several jobs and was always busy, and Lucille and her brother had to be brought up by their grandparents. Lucille joined a drama school in New York and later found a modelling job where she worked for Hattie Carnegie. In 1933, she was selected to become a “Goldwyn Gal” and appeared in the movie “Roman Scandals” in the same year (Peter). After that, Lucille secured a contract with RKO Radio Picture and played several minor roles, encompassing one in “Top Hat” in 1935. Ultimately, she obtained starring roles in the B-pictures and sometimes

She used a funny voice, facial expressions and body movements, and did unexpected things that the audience could not imagine, which made them love her. In one scene in “I Love Lucy,” at the candy factory, Lucille and her friend called Ethel Mertz were offered a job of wrapping candy on the assembly line and were warned by the boss to do the job perfectly or they would be fired. While the job increasingly becomes difficult, Lucy cries, “I think we are losing the game!” (Nguyen). She then starts stuffing the unwrapped chocolates in her hat and mouth to hide them so that the boss cannot see them. Moreover, in one of the most touching scenes of her show, Lucy tells Ricky that she is pregnant while he is on the stage at Tropicana. In response, Ricky sings to her and mentions in the song that “We’re having a baby!” (Nguyen). Evidently, Lucy depicted herself as a talented actress who was able to draw people’s attention and make them laugh