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Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy

2000-12-03 · 80 min · ★ 7.0

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For more than 30 years, Lucille Ball was one of the most recognized and loved entertainers in the world. Known to all simply as Lucy, she portrayed a scatterbrained housewife with the ability to turn simple chores into humorous disasters.

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Directors
Pamela Mason Wagner
Production companies
1515 Productions Limited, American Masters Pictures, Artemis Rising, Bay Bottom News, Crew Neck Productions, DOC Film Institute, Dakota Group, DeepFocus Productions Inc., Eagle Rock Entertainment, High Line Productions, Historic Music Library, ITVS International, KQED Public Broadcasting, Malpaso Productions, Merrywidow Films, NGL Studios, On-Screen Entertainment, Perfect Day Films, PBS, RPM Television Productions, Rainy Mountain Media, Raven Rouge, Red Envelope Entertainment, Spy Pond Productions, Steeplechase Films, Submarine Entertainment, Thirteen, Turner Entertainment Co., Twin Cities Public Television, Unladylike Productions, LLC, Vision Maker Media, Yap Films, Vulcan Productions
Countries
United States of America
Status
Released

Top Cast

Edie AdamsEdie AdamsSelf
Cynthia AdlerNarrator (voice)
Desi ArnazDesi ArnazSelf (archive footage)
Desi Arnaz Jr.Desi Arnaz Jr.Self (archive footage)
Lucie ArnazLucie ArnazSelf (archive footage)
William AsherWilliam AsherSelf
Fred BallSelf
Lucille BallLucille BallSelf (archive footage)
Carol BurnettCarol BurnettSelf
Bob Carroll Jr.Self
Dick CavettDick CavettSelf (archive footage)
Mike DannSelf
Madelyn PughSelf
Fran DrescherFran DrescherSelf
William FrawleyWilliam FrawleySelf (archive footage)
Gale GordonGale GordonSelf (archive footage)
Van JohnsonVan JohnsonSelf
Gerard JonesSelf
Buster KeatonBuster KeatonSelf (archive footage)
Dick MartinDick MartinSelf

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