Recognition and legacy Lucille Ball



the lucille ball little theatre in ball s hometown of jamestown, new york


on february 8, 1960, ball awarded 2 stars on hollywood walk of fame: 1 @ 6436 hollywood boulevard contributions motion pictures, , 1 @ 6100 hollywood boulevard television.


ball received many prestigious awards throughout career, including posthumously such presidential medal of freedom president george h. w. bush on july 6, 1989, , women s international center s living legacy award .


a lucille ball-desi arnaz center museum in lucy s hometown of jamestown, new york. little theatre renamed lucille ball little theatre in honor. ball among time magazine s 100 important people of century .


on june 7, 1990, universal studios florida opened walk-through attraction dedicated lucille, named lucy - tribute , featured clips of shows, various pieces of trivia her, along items owned or associated lucille, , interactive quiz guests. attraction permanently closed on august 17, 2015.


on august 6, 2001, have been 90th birthday, united states postal service honored commemorative postage stamp part of legends of hollywood series. ball appeared on cover of tv guide more other person; appeared on 39 covers, including first cover in 1953 baby son, desi arnaz, jr. tv guide voted lucille ball greatest tv star of time , later commemorated 50th anniversary of love lucy 8 collector covers celebrating memorable scenes show. in instance named love lucy second-best television program in american history, after seinfeld. because of liberated mindset , approval of women s movement, ball inducted national women s hall of fame in 2001.



ball s hollywood walk of fame star television work


the friars club named room in new york clubhouse lucille ball. awarded legacy of laughter award @ fifth annual tv land awards in 2007. in november 2007, lucille ball chosen number 2 on list of 50 greatest tv icons ; public poll, however, chose number one.


on august 6, 2011, have been 100th birthday, google honored ball interactive doodle on homepage, displayed 6 classic moments love lucy. on same day, total of 915 ball look-alikes converged on jamestown celebrate birthday , set new world record such gathering.


since 2009, statue of ball has been on display in celoron, new york. residents deemed original statue scary , not accurate, earning nickname scary lucy . on august 1, 2016, announced new statue of ball replace original. new statue revealed on august 6, 2016.


in 2015, announced ball played cate blanchett in untitled biographical film, written aaron sorkin. ball portrayed gillian anderson, character lucy ricardo, in american gods episode secret of spoons (2017).








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