As a young aspiring actress, Lucille Ball set out to make her fame and fortune in New York City. She quickly found work as a model, earning 40 bucks a week posing for illustrators creating cigarette ...

Today, Lucille Ball is best known as a comedienne, but her career didn’t start out that way. After working as a model in New York City, Ball came to Hollywood as a showgirl. She went on to act in a ...