Lucille Ball
1911–1989 career began in 1929 modelling. Then, after a career on Broadway, she appeared in films in the 1930s and 1940s for R.K.O. Meeting, which was then led by Desi Arnaz. In the 1950s, they created the television sitcom I Love Lucy, produced by their soon-to-be large television studio, Desilu Productions, and also produced 10 Broadway musicals and starred in some.
She was one of the first women to have completed another creative control over her own life in Hollywood. Unlike many who suffered from the men who surrounded them, she took power over them.
