Essay On Lucille

Lucille had a desire to do something special with her life, and had a longing to be a star. When she was 15 years old, she convinced her mother to let her attend a prestigious New York City drama school, but despite her strong passion and hunger for the stage, she was shy and much too nervous to draw attention and did not fit in at the drama school. Her professors did not like her and would often make fun of her looks, since she was very tall, awkward and leggy, and they often made fun of her Midwestern accent (Higham, 1986).
Lucille was very different from the other girls in the drama school. The star pupil was the future starlet, Bette Davis, who Lucille often felt inferior. She pushed the limits with the school, and when having to perform a scene she would put her own comical twist on it which often resulted in her being scolded. She was eventually kicked-out of the drama school, and the school wrote a letter to Lucille’s mother stating that Lucille was wasting her time, as well as their time (Higham, 1986). …show more content…
In the early 1930s Lucille moved to Hollywood to seek more acting opportunities, and soon started receiving extra roles in commercials and popular films. In 1940 while filming one of her movies titled Dance, Girl, Dance, she was introduced to the popular Cuban Bandleader named Desi Arnaz, and the two soon fell in love and married (Higham, 1986).
Lucille Ball was a determined and hardworking woman, who was strong willed and never let anything stop her from fulfilling her dreams. Despite the many trials and tribulations she experienced in her career, she never detoured from making her dreams of becoming an actress a reality. In 1950, Lucille was offered a starring role in a television sitcom by CBS that would focus on the everyday life of a happily married couple (Gavin, Clamar, Siderits,