Lucille Typhoid Fever

As Lucille grew up, nothing stopped her from dreaming of being a famous actress. Although money was tight in her family, they scraped together what little money her family could spare to enroll her in drama school in New York City (Hoz). Losing all of her confidence she came back home, still wanting the spotlight. Before her journey in New York tragedy crossed over the Ball’s. In 1914 in the middle of a winter storm, Henry Ball, Lucille’s Father, went to fix the telephone wiring. In the process, he caught a terrible case of influenza, which turned into typhoid fever leading to his death a year later (Blattman). Lucille and her father were very close. He taught her to be a fearless and confident young lady. Within three years Lucille’s mother remarried, meaning the Ball’s were moving in with the Peterson’s in Detroit. Lucille stayed with her stepfather’s parents. The Peterson’s were strict, perfectionists and were highly devoted to their religion. Later on, Lucille would thank the Peterson’s for pushing her to want to succeed in life and justify herself to others (Hoz).
Coming from tragedy and family issues, Lucille finally began to start her acting career. In 1925 Lucille registered for the John Murray Anderson School for
the Dramatic Arts in New York City, where she studied fine arts. After a couple of weeks of schooling her drama coaches told her that she had no chance of making it as a performer (Khron). She began her performing career on Broadway using the stage name “Diane Belmont” and was hired, but then quickly fired by theater manager Earl Carroll. She was fired again from the Shubert brothers’ production of Stepping Stones. Being as stubborn as Lucille is, she was determined to prove them wrong. As the search continued for more performing jobs Lucille kept getting the same results.Years later after marrying Desiderio Alberto Arnaz III, they began a production company called Desilu, which was made to produce the famous I Love Lucy episodes (Woog).
In the making of a film, Lucille met a Cuban bandleader Desi Arnaz, within a year they eloped.
Society was shocked by the marriage of an American and Cuban marriage. The couple defied the odds and continued to be together(Woog). As time passed they had children , but that didn't help with the fact that they were growing apart. With the depression of a divorce, Lucille made a movie The Facts of Life, starring with a good friend Bob Hope. Not in the mood for romance Lucille was introduced to a nightclub comedian Gary Morton. Just like her last husband, less than a year later Lucille and Gary were married. She got remarried so she could feel happiness again. Still in the mindset of a career of television, Lucille carrie on the Desilu
Productions.