On Monday evenings, more than 30 million Americans do the same thing at the same time: they tune in I Love Lucy (9 p.m. E.D.T., CBS-TV), to get a look at a round-eyed, pink-haired comedienne named ...

Today, Lucille Ball is best known as a comedienne, but her career didn’t start out that way. After working as a model in New York City, Ball came to Hollywood as a showgirl. She went on to act in a ...