Happy Birthday, Lucille Ball! Take a look through some of her greatest life moments

Happy birthday, Lucille Ball.

Today, we celebrate the life of the lovely, charismatic actress who stole the heart of America through her iconic role in "I Love Lucy." The show was a staple of the American household from 1951 to 1957 and now lives on as a legacy of Ball's most infamous work. Ball, who was born in 1911, played Lucy alongside her husband Ricky, played by Desi Arnaz.

In 1962, Ball became the first woman to run a major television studio which produced many successful TV shows, including the infamous Mission: Impossible and Star Trek. Even after, she continued making film and television appearances for much of her life.

Ball was nominated 13 times for an Emmy Award and won 4 of them. In 1977, she was one of the first recipients of the Women in Film Crystal Award. In 1979, she was the recipient of the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award. In 1986, she received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Kennedy Center Honors and in 1989 she received the Governors Award from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. She died April 26 in 1989 at the age of 77.

Take a look through some of Lucille Ball's greatest life moments:

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