Here, LIFE.com presents photos—none of which ever ran in LIFE—of Lucille Ball, including a surprisingly sultry 1942 portrait by, made when Ball was known as “Queen of the B’s” for the string of sub-par films that had failed to make her a star. Years of dues-paying hard work are apparent in her eyes. And yet, there is something sweetly defiant, too, about her look: a sense that, with a little luck, her big break is just around the corner.Lucille Ball, 1942.
Lucille Ball in costume for the extravagant dream sequence set in 18th-century France at the center of DuBarry Was a Lady, 1943.Lucille Ball plays upon her modeling past for Lured, a comic thriller in which she starred as a woman who agrees to pose as bait for a serial killer, 1946.Lucille Ball signs autographs for admiring seamen at one of the January 1944 galas celebrating President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s 62nd birthday.
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Love her ❤
She made a lot for women in show business. A great woman and actress.
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