“I guess you remember Ms.Ball in a Three Stooges short?”
I just recorded that episode from the TV. It was made in 1934. She was absolutely gorgeous back then. Most people now only remember her as middle-aged.
She was always a very beautiful woman, although her face was highly pliable as proven by I Love Lucy, lol!
It was only later when all the cigarettes got to her (let’s say the 1970s) that she finally began to age.
She was also a Broadway showgirl.
I’ve heard Luci Arnaz speak about her: she obviously loved and admired her a great deal. She always said that Lucy and Desi gave her a stable, middle-class upbringing (despite their wealth).