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Tweety · 04-11-2002, 07:45 AM

I gotta say, watching the old I Love Lucy reruns, I think that Lucille Ball was a gorgeous lady when that show was on...and I've seen pics of her (and a couple of movies in which she appeared from the 40s), and she had to be one of the most beautiful women in the world at that time...she was 40 when I Love Lucy went on the air, which I thought was amazing when I heard that...her face and her figure during the I L Lucy years were simply beautiful...anyone else think so?

dawsongirl · 04-11-2002, 04:00 PM

I'm going to get beaten up for this, but one has to be truthful.

Yes, I agree, she was a very pretty lady and looked young on ILL, but once ILL was over, she started to show her age. Even though Lucy Ricardo got into all these weird situations, she still managed to look beautiful, but on TLS and HL, that didn't happen. She looked...frumpy. Oh well, she was still prettier in her prime than a good chunk of the women on TV.

LucyFan · 04-11-2002, 06:37 PM

I think she looked very beautiful during her years on I Love Lucy and the earlier years of The Lucy Show. But by the time Here's Lucy was over she looked liked a grandmother and her voice was so hoarse and low. It is amazing how people can change physically in a matter of decades.

~LadyJess~ · 04-11-2002, 09:02 PM

I thought she was very beautiful during the run of ILL but I think that in even some of the Lucy-Desi Comedy Hours she seemed to obviously age.

Tweety · 04-12-2002, 07:03 AM

Yes, I agree with every one of you! Great points!

Although she was very beautiful during ILLucy, Lucille Ball began to show her age soon after the run of that show...and the change was not good. It was remarkable that someone who looked that good into her mid 40s (when ILLucy ended) went "downhill" so quickly.

I've seen a number of game shows she appeared on in the 70s (and 80s as well, but that's a whole 'nother Lucy) and she seemed to age several decades within a few years...

I don't know what it was about her that made her 'age' so quickly after ILLucy was over, but you all are correct. After the first couple of years in the 60s, especially, she went downhill very quickly! I'm sure that smoking had a lot to do with the way her voice changed.

And dawsongirl, I agree with your point too...in her prime, she was more beautiful that a good chunk of the other women we see on TV...

And, as far as her figure goes, it was beautiful during the ILLucy years...and I'm sure most of you probably know that Vivian Vance had a clause in her contract that required her to remain 20 lbs overweight so that she'd appear to be older than Lucy (who's actually a year older than Vance was in real life).

MOWERDAN · 04-12-2002, 12:31 PM

She was a tall slender knockout in her B-movies era. She was still attractive in her 40s during the "I Love Lucy" run. "Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour" showed the first signs of her mid-life frumpy period. By "The Lucy Show" and beyond, she was definitely loosing her appearance.

I think alot of that was due to the way they had her dressed. In ILL, she wore alot of dresses or cute pants and many times had her hair down like that default picture up above for this web site. In "The Lucy Show" and "Here's Lucy", they always had her in those boring boxy business outfits with that stupid middle-age low-maintenance perm. She ended up looking bland, dowdy, & too serious for our Lucy.

Kristina · 04-12-2002, 04:35 PM

Lucy did look very pretty on the show but in the Lucy-Desi comedy hour, her hair changed, she got wrinkles, and her age started to show. When she got really old she lost her beauty on the outside but in the inside she was very beautiful. R.I.P. Lucy

dawsongirl · 04-12-2002, 09:33 PM

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Originally posted by tootiefan4life
but in the inside she was very beautiful.

And that's what really counts in life.

melluvslucy · 04-12-2002, 09:50 PM

I think Lucy was beautiful throughout her whole life. I don't pay much attention to the wrinkles or funky hair styles. But some costume changes definitely needed to be made!

Beruche · 04-12-2002, 10:19 PM

I think she was beautiful during the run of I love lucy and before but then after that she began to look really old. You can sort of start to tell during the Lucy Desi comedy hour.

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Originally posted by Tweety

And, as far as her figure goes, it was beautiful during the ILLucy years...and I'm sure most of you probably know that Vivian Vance had a clause in her contract that required her to remain 20 lbs overweight so that she'd appear to be older than Lucy (who's actually a year older than Vance was in real life).

Hmmm....I thought that Lucy was supposed to actually be like two years younger...I dunno.

bweir · 04-12-2002, 10:24 PM

Vivian Vance was born in 1909.
Lucille Bakk was born in 1911.

Janice · 04-12-2002, 10:57 PM

Lucy was a total knockout in her younger days before I Love Lucy, and was attractive throughout most of her life.
I wonder if color TV had anything to do with her change in appearance? Television itself got sharper and brighter, and color maybe accented her advancing age.
Just a theory.
Also, smoking ages people too. It causes wrinkles and gives an overall unhealthy look to a person.

Tweety · 04-13-2002, 12:17 AM

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Originally posted by bweir
Vivian Vance was born in 1909.
Lucille Bakk was born in 1911.

Thanks for straightening that out! For the record, my source for the idea that Lucy is one year older than Vance was "The Great TV Sitcom Book - Expanded Edition" by Rick Metz (c.1983) page 49. But thanks for the info.

And, Re tootiefan "but in the inside she was very beautiful. R.I.P. Lucy"...Amen to that, well said!!

lucyfan1983 · 04-13-2002, 12:34 AM

I also agree that in her earlier years, Lucy was really beautiful. And smoking was probably a big part of her sudden aging, but I also think that part of it may have been a result of stress. All those years of a rigorous shooting schedule during ILL plus the stress of her crumbling marriage, and when she first stopped doing the show and started on broadway, she suffered from exhaustion and collapsed a few times, so I just think that all those factors kinda piled on top of each other caused her appearance to suffer. Thats just my opinion anyway!

And she really was beautiful on the inside!

CBSrulz · 04-13-2002, 10:30 PM

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Originally posted by lucyfan1983
I also agree that in her earlier years, Lucy was really beautiful. And smoking was probably a big part of her sudden aging, but I also think that part of it may have been a result of stress. All those years of a rigorous shooting schedule during ILL plus the stress of her crumbling marriage, and when she first stopped doing the show and started on broadway, she suffered from exhaustion and collapsed a few times, so I just think that all those factors kinda piled on top of each other caused her appearance to suffer. Thats just my opinion anyway! And she really was beautiful on the inside!

I Would Have to say Lucy was alwayz a very good looking lady her whole life! But after she did ILL she lookshe look like a nother person!!!!!!!I thing she look very good when she was in LDCH!

Bye BYe

04-11-2002, 07:45 AM	#1
Tweety Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Jan 18, 2002 Location: Florida Posts: 6,804	Lucy was beautiful I gotta say, watching the old I Love Lucy reruns, I think that Lucille Ball was a gorgeous lady when that show was on...and I've seen pics of her (and a couple of movies in which she appeared from the 40s), and she had to be one of the most beautiful women in the world at that time...she was 40 when I Love Lucy went on the air, which I thought was amazing when I heard that...her face and her figure during the I L Lucy years were simply beautiful...anyone else think so?

04-11-2002, 09:02 PM	#4
~LadyJess~ Football Chick Forum Fanatic Join Date: Mar 15, 2002 Location: At the Shamrock doing shots with Mo Posts: 8,260	I thought she was very beautiful during the run of ILL but I think that in even some of the Lucy-Desi Comedy Hours she seemed to obviously age.
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04-12-2002, 10:24 PM	#11
bweir Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Aug 23, 2001 Posts: 293	Vivian Vance was born in 1909. Lucille Bakk was born in 1911.
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04-11-2002, 04:00 PM	#2
dawsongirl Member Forum Icon Join Date: Jan 04, 2001 Posts: 53,128	I'm going to get beaten up for this, but one has to be truthful. Yes, I agree, she was a very pretty lady and looked young on ILL, but once ILL was over, she started to show her age. Even though Lucy Ricardo got into all these weird situations, she still managed to look beautiful, but on TLS and HL, that didn't happen. She looked...frumpy. Oh well, she was still prettier in her prime than a good chunk of the women on TV.

04-11-2002, 06:37 PM	#3
LucyFan Still Loving Lucy! Forum Fanatic Join Date: Sep 23, 2001 Location: In the Wonderful World of Lucy! Posts: 8,198	I think she looked very beautiful during her years on I Love Lucy and the earlier years of The Lucy Show. But by the time Here's Lucy was over she looked liked a grandmother and her voice was so hoarse and low. It is amazing how people can change physically in a matter of decades.

04-12-2002, 07:03 AM	#5
Tweety Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Jan 18, 2002 Location: Florida Posts: 6,804	Yes, I agree with every one of you! Great points! Although she was very beautiful during ILLucy, Lucille Ball began to show her age soon after the run of that show...and the change was not good. It was remarkable that someone who looked that good into her mid 40s (when ILLucy ended) went "downhill" so quickly. I've seen a number of game shows she appeared on in the 70s (and 80s as well, but that's a whole 'nother Lucy) and she seemed to age several decades within a few years... I don't know what it was about her that made her 'age' so quickly after ILLucy was over, but you all are correct. After the first couple of years in the 60s, especially, she went downhill very quickly! I'm sure that smoking had a lot to do with the way her voice changed. And dawsongirl, I agree with your point too...in her prime, she was more beautiful that a good chunk of the other women we see on TV... And, as far as her figure goes, it was beautiful during the ILLucy years...and I'm sure most of you probably know that Vivian Vance had a clause in her contract that required her to remain 20 lbs overweight so that she'd appear to be older than Lucy (who's actually a year older than Vance was in real life).

04-12-2002, 12:31 PM	#6
MOWERDAN Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Jan 04, 2002 Location: NEW JERSEY Posts: 64	She was a tall slender knockout in her B-movies era. She was still attractive in her 40s during the "I Love Lucy" run. "Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour" showed the first signs of her mid-life frumpy period. By "The Lucy Show" and beyond, she was definitely loosing her appearance. I think alot of that was due to the way they had her dressed. In ILL, she wore alot of dresses or cute pants and many times had her hair down like that default picture up above for this web site. In "The Lucy Show" and "Here's Lucy", they always had her in those boring boxy business outfits with that stupid middle-age low-maintenance perm. She ended up looking bland, dowdy, & too serious for our Lucy.

04-12-2002, 04:35 PM	#7
Kristina Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Mar 27, 2001 Location: CaLiFoRnIa, UsA Posts: 8,890	Lucy did look very pretty on the show but in the Lucy-Desi comedy hour, her hair changed, she got wrinkles, and her age started to show. When she got really old she lost her beauty on the outside but in the inside she was very beautiful. R.I.P. Lucy

04-12-2002, 09:50 PM	#9
melluvslucy My future lies in CA Frequent Poster Join Date: Aug 27, 2001 Location: In the room with many mirrors, LOL! Posts: 110	I think Lucy was beautiful throughout her whole life. I don't pay much attention to the wrinkles or funky hair styles. But some costume changes definitely needed to be made!

04-12-2002, 10:57 PM	#12
Janice Retired Admin - Hollywood Swingin' Forum Legend Join Date: Aug 03, 2001 Location: Beantown Posts: 36,388	Lucy was a total knockout in her younger days before I Love Lucy, and was attractive throughout most of her life. I wonder if color TV had anything to do with her change in appearance? Television itself got sharper and brighter, and color maybe accented her advancing age. Just a theory. Also, smoking ages people too. It causes wrinkles and gives an overall unhealthy look to a person.

04-13-2002, 12:34 AM	#14
lucyfan1983 Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Mar 29, 2002 Location: Kentucky Posts: 109	I also agree that in her earlier years, Lucy was really beautiful. And smoking was probably a big part of her sudden aging, but I also think that part of it may have been a result of stress. All those years of a rigorous shooting schedule during ILL plus the stress of her crumbling marriage, and when she first stopped doing the show and started on broadway, she suffered from exhaustion and collapsed a few times, so I just think that all those factors kinda piled on top of each other caused her appearance to suffer. Thats just my opinion anyway! And she really was beautiful on the inside!