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Encouraging Effort, Rewarding Commitment

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Luck? I don’t know anything about luck. I’ve never banked on it and I’m afraid of people who do. Luck to me is something else: Hard work - and realising what is opportunity and what isn’t.

Hartlepool College

Lucille Ball (1911-1989) Lucille Ball (August 6th, 1911 – April 26th, 1989) was an American comedian, model, film and television actress and studio executive. She was star of the sitcoms I Love Lucy, The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour, The Lucy Show, Here’s Lucy and Life with Lucy, and was one of the most popular and influential stars in the United States during her lifetime. Ball had one of Hollywood’s longest careers. In the 1930s and 1940s she started with bit roles and as a chorus girl, breaking into television during the 1950s. Her slapstick humour won her a legion of fans. In 1962, Ball became the first woman to run a major television studio, Desilu, which produced many successful and popular television shows such as Mission Impossible and Star Trek. Ball was nominated for an Emmy Award thirteen times, and won four times. She was the recipient of the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award in 1979, the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Kennedy Center Honors in 1986, and the Governors Award from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (Oscars) in 1989.


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