LIFE celebrates Lucille Ball at 100 with gallery of unpublished photos

Lucille Ball would have turned 100 on Saturday, Aug. 6. To celebrate her legacy, LIFE magazine at life.com has posted a gallery of never-before-published photographs of the comedienne.

In this 1958 photo by Leonard McCombe for TIME & LIFE Pictures, we see Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball posing in front of their then-latest venture, Desilu Studios. Fun fact: When Lucy and Desi launched I Love Lucy, they started a TV revolution not only by shooting their sitcom in Hollywood, but also by being the first to use a three-camera set. Yes. You can credit and later blame or still credit Lucy and Desi for the multi-cam sitcom.

 

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One thought on “LIFE celebrates Lucille Ball at 100 with gallery of unpublished photos

  1. I appreciate that Lucille Ball is being remembered with these beautiful photos, but could you please show Desi Arnaz his due respect and spell his name correctly?

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