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Lucille Ball as Lucy Ricardo, "I Love Lucy"

It was hard not to love a scatterbrained housewife like Lucy when she was played by the charmingly hilarious Lucille Ball. "I Love Lucy" is still syndicated in dozens of countries around the world, and Ball had undoubtedly paved the ... more way for future sitcom actresses like fellow redhead Debra Messing. Not just a pretty face with comedic talent, Ball was also the first woman in television to run her own production studio, Desilu Productions.

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