It Is a Women’s World When the hit show “I Love Lucy” was on air about 72% of all U.S. households with a television watched the show (ANDERSON). Lucille Ball was born in Jamestown, New York on August 6, 1911. As a young girl her teachers told her she would never be successful in the entertainment business, so she proved them wrong. Ball ended going into the model business for a while and then she moved to Hollywood to get her career in radio and television started. She moved back to New York in 1932 to work on her radio show with CBS. She married Desi Arnaz in 1940 and made her hit television “I Love Lucy” based off of her radio show “My Favorite Husband” with Arnaz starring in the show with her. Lucille Ball’s bold lifestyle influenced the …show more content…
Lucille Ball made the impossible happen by starring in her own television show, showing that women can be the hilarious and ladylike simultaneously. As the main character of her own show Lucille Ball was able to show women that they can do exactly what men can. “Her genius did not go unrecognized. During its six-year run, I Love Lucy’s success was unmatched. For four of its seasons, the sitcom was the No. 1 show in the country. In the 1953 program captured an unheard-of 67.3 audience share, which included a 71.1 rating for the episode that featured Little Ricky’s birth, a turnout that surpassed the television audience for President Eisenhower’s inauguration ceremonies” (Lucille Ball Biography). Ball did not go unnoticed in the television industry because her show was a complete hit throughout the United States. She was able to be an exemplary figure of what it means to pursue your dreams and make them a reality. Lucille Ball was able to show people that it was possible to be a lady while being a comedic figure on television as a woman. “Much of I Love Lucy’s success was credited to Ball’s incredible …show more content…
As soon as she found out she wanted to be able to make this her show and save her marriage. Ball created her very own television production company by leaving CBS and using her own money to get started. “The network executives were reluctant, fearing viewers would have difficulty accepting the Cuban Arnaz as the husband of all-American redhead Ball. To prove they could make this sitcom work, Arnaz and Ball formed Desilu Productions (the very first independent television production company) and used $5,000 of their own money to produce the pilot for “I Love Lucy”. In doing so, Arnaz and Ball made themselves their own bosses, providing their product to CBS rather than working directly for the network or a sponsor, which was then the common practice in television” (Growth Strategies). Ball proved to a large production company that she did not need them and could do exactly what they do. While building her own company and producing new shows she also starred in her very own show. She created a pilot episode of I Love Lucy and was able to sell it to CBS, where she also introduced reruns to the company. “Again CBS protested, claiming that live production in Los Angeles was impractical. Because of the time difference between the coasts, the network would be forced to air blurry kinescopes in the East, where most television-viewing homes were located. Arnaz and Ball offered a simple
Diana Ross was born in 1944. Emerging from the housing projects in Detroit to become an international superstar, she gained prominence first as a member of the supremes, then as a solo artist. The mention of her name evokes the indelible image of the broadly smiling diva, the long hair, sequined gowns, etc.
She first did various radio shows in the 40s. But her first TV show was on Hollywood in Television in 1949. Whites first produced television show was Life with Elizabeth. "I was one of the first women producers in Hollywood."
Mary was married and her and her husband Douglas Fairbanks were looked at as the couple everyone wanted to be like. Mary and Douglas both got divorces to the prier mates in order to get married. In 1920 Mary and Douglas became the King and Queen of the Hollywood world. They were loved, admired, and envied because of the glamorous life they lived.
Not many know how to achieve success in all categories, but Tina Fey didn’t have any problems figuring that out. Tina fey, television writer, screenwriter, actress, comedian, and mother, has taken the world by storm. Tina Fey has a powerful influence on our world today and she has become a worldwide icon in the eyes of many young women. Tina Fey may have been THE woman to make it stylish to wear glasses in the mid-2000s, but there is more to this multi-talented woman then those trademark black-rimmed spectacles.
	Lucille Ball's major contribution has been as a comedienne. Not only was she the star of the world renowned television show, I Love Lucy, but she has also performed on radio, in films, and even on Broadway. Ball had an extraordinary personality. "In short, Lucille Ball's unique brand of wacky physical comedy made her the queen of TV. . ." (Dziemianowicz 54). Her hit television show, I Love Lucy, was one of the most watched television shows of all time. The success of I Love Lucy was due mostly to Ball's comic brilliance (Zoglin 188). "With near perfect timing, and a genius for sightgags, red-haired Ball careened through nineteen episodes of the original sitcom as a ditzy housewife" (Biography 1). Her show was so successful and popular that, "the 1953 episode on which she gave birth to 'Little Ricky'. . . was said to attract more viewers than the concurrent inauguration of President Dwight D Eisenhower" (Biography 1). Her impact was so great that even today, everyone knows that "Lucy Ricardo, of course, achieved eternal life" (Brady 342).
Around this time is when she adopted the name Ann Miller, and she kept it her entire career. At the age of 13, Miller became a showgirl at Bal Tabarin. She was hired as a dancer in San Francisco at the “Black Cat Club.” She repeatedly told the club she was 18 years old, so that she was able to work there. She was discovered by Lucille Ball and talent scout Benny Rubin. She was given a contract at the age of 13 with RKO in 1936 and remained there until 1940. She apparently gave RKO a fake birth certificate that said she was 18 years old. It was produced by her father, with the name “Lucy Ann Collier.” She signed with Columbia Pictures in 1941. There she starred in 11 “B-movie musicals” from 1941-1945. Sheended her contract in 1946 with one “A” film. Miller was famed for her speed in tap dancing. Studio publicists wrote in her press releases claiming she could tap 500 times per minute. However, the sound of ultra-fast “500” taps was looped in later. Since the stage floors were waxed and too slick for regular tap shoes, she hadto dance in shoes with rubber
Ruby Bridges was born on September 8, 1954. Ruby Bridges grew up on a farm in Mississippi. Ruby Bridges was born in the same year that the Supreme Court desegregated schools. When she was four years old, her parents moved to New Orleans, hoping for a better life in a big city. In kindergarten, she was one of many African American students chosen to take a test that determined whether or not she would be able to attend a white school. The test was especially difficult, so that it would be hard for students to pass. Bridges’ father didn’t want her to take the test, fearing that there would be trouble if she passed. However, her mother wanted her to pass the test, as she wanted Ruby to get a better education.
in Hollywood, and it was her popularity that pushed Fox Studios into the black. In 1935, when
Lucille Mulhall was born on October 21, 1885 in Oklahoma and died December 21, 1940 in Oklahoma when she got in a terrible vehicle accident. She is the first born child of Zach (1847-1931) and Mary Agnes Mulhall (1859-1931). Her sister’s name is Margaret Reed (1906-1925) and she was the last child born. She married her first husband in 1916 and his name was Martin Van Bergen. Lucille then divorced this man and married a man named Thomas Loyd Burnett (1871-1939). He was born in Denton County, Texas and died in Wichita County, Texas on December 26, 1938. Lucille Mulhall was a soft spoken and beautiful young lady. She was very feminine and had a very good education. When she was a teenager, she was known as one of the top cowboy performers in
It includes quotes from the producers, cast members, network executives, and various news outlets. The book also weaves in important historical events of the time and how the television industry operated during certain decades. The book itself starts out by explaining how the 1960’s, “…rural purge…”, saw a shift from rural television shows like “The Beverly Hillbillies” & “Lassie” to more youthful and socially aware quality programs. (ch.5). As Armstrong points out, times were changing and network executives wanted to cater to “…young, wealthy, educated consumers”. (ch.2). The character of Mary Richards, a single and thirty career woman working in an all male field, “…described the fate of more than a few real women at the time, but it was it a scenario that had never been depicted on television.” (ch.2). Thus, the socially aware “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” with it’s realistic portrayal of the single working woman of America became a hit among women in the
At the age of nineteen she met and married Louis Jones. Together they had two children Gail and Teddy (who later died in 1970 from kidney failure). While trying to get used to raising a family and having a career, she received a call from an agent, who had seen her at the Cotton Club, about a part in a movie. Her controlling husband allowed her to be in “The Duke is Tops” and also the musical revue “Blackbirds of 1939."
Coretta Scott King was born and raised in Marion, Alabama. She was born on April 27, 1927. Coretta grew up on a farm and picked cotton to help make money for her family. She graduated valedictorian
She said, “It was not love at first sight… it took five minutes” (Ball 118). A little while after they met, Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball enjoyed a meal at the restaurant El Morocco. The night before, Desi had gotten a negative comment in the newspaper, distressing him and Lucille. They were talking about this problem when a photographer came by and took a picture of them. That night they talked about their differences and decided that they never were going to marry. Once the dinner was over and they had both gone back to their apartments, Lucille got a telegram from Desi. It said “just wanted to say I love you, goodnight and be good. I think that I’ll say I love you again, in fact I will say it. I love you love you love you love you” (Ball 106-108). So they eloped just a week later, on November 30, 1940. They stayed married for four years before getting a divorce because of a rocky marriage. But they got back together again, re-married and created Desilu Productions to launch their vaudeville act. Later they produce their very own show I Love Lucy (Biography.com). Producing this television show made Lucille even more famous than she already was.
As a child, Streisand was very shy and describes her childhood as a painful experience. She often felt rejected by other kids because of her looks. Her stepfather was also emotionally abusive, and found no support from her mother, who thought Barbra was not pretty enough to make it in show business. Barbra went to school at Bais Yaakov School, and sang in the school choir. She also went to Erasmus Hall High School, where she met Neil Diamond, who she would collaborate with in the future. Before graduating from high school, Streisand traveled into New York City to study acting. She met Anita and Alan Miller at the age of 15, and made an agreement with the couple to babysit their children, and in return Alan would give her a scholarship to his acting school. She graduated from Erasmus High School at the age of 16, and was nu...
Civil rights activist and writer, Maya Angelou was born in St. Louis, Missouri, on April 4, 1928. At the age of three, Angelou witnessed a divorce between her parents and was sent to live with her grandmother. At the age of eight, she was removed from her comfortable lifestyle