Episode
American Masters: Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy
Overview
The incredible career of Lucille Ball, from youth through the movies, from television star to media mogul. Some of the personalities that comment in this film include Fran Drescher, Van Johnson, Dick Martin, Edie Adams, and Carol Burnett. This episode won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Non-Fiction Program.
Details
- Series
- American Masters
- Season
- Season 15
- Episode
- Episode 4
- Air date
- 2000-12-03
- Runtime
- 90 min
Episode context
Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy is Episode 4 in Season 15 of American Masters. It aired on 2000-12-03. The runtime is 90 min.
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