Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy
2000-12-03 · 80 min · ★ 7.0
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 AdamsSelf
Desi ArnazSelf (archive footage)
Desi Arnaz Jr.Self (archive footage)
Lucie ArnazSelf (archive footage)
William AsherSelf
Lucille BallSelf (archive footage)
Carol BurnettSelf
Dick CavettSelf (archive footage)
Fran DrescherSelf
William FrawleySelf (archive footage)
Gale GordonSelf (archive footage)
Van JohnsonSelf
Buster KeatonSelf (archive footage)
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