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Are these Lucille Ball fun facts true or false?
Lucille Ball had a long, successful career starting in the 1930s and continued acting for decades. She never needed to do any ‘s’plainin’ about her success.
Today, we’re testing whether these fun facts about her and her many TV series are true or false. Take the quiz and see if you love Lucy as much as we do!
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Lucille Ball was the first woman to run a major film studio when she became head of Desilu Productions.
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Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball were TV’s first interracial couple.
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Despite her popularity, Lucille Ball never received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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I Love Lucy was the first widely viewed network TV show to show a real-life pregnancy onscreen.
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I Love Lucy used a laugh track for every episode; no live studio audience was ever used.
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Vivian Vance won an Emmy for performance before Lucille Ball did.
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Desilu Productions produced Star Trek (1966) and is the reason Star Trek exists today.
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Here's Lucy was Lucille Ball's final acting project.
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Lucille Ball and her son, Desi Arnaz Jr., appeared together on the first cover of TV Guide in 1953.
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In The I Love Lucy episode: "Pioneer Women," the famous 8-foot-long loaf of bread that shoots across the kitchen and pins Lucy to the cabinets was real and NOT a prop.
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Outside of her TV series, Lucille Ball appeared in 15 feature films.
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Lucille's most iconic trait, her natural red hair, was part of the reason she stood out in Hollywood.
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I Love Lucy was based on a radio show.
Are these Lucille Ball fun facts true or false?
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