When did lucille ball become a model?

Answer 1

Lucille Ball had a career that spanned 57 years. She was a starlet in films in the late 30's and 40's, but after she met Desi Arness and they married she hit it big as a red head. TV really made her. In 1951 she had one of early TV shows that is still considered ground breaking.

Answer 2

Lucille Ball became a model when she was rejected from acting school and used the name Diane Belmont as her modeling name. She worked for Hattie Carnegie and caught the attention of Hollywood in her Chesterfield Cigarette Girl ad in 1933.

Answer 3

She began acting in the early 1930's as a contract actor for the studios. She does appear in many early films, but without the flaming red hair.