Pioneers of Television Funny Ladies (Season 3, Episode 1)
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TV Episode | 56 min | Documentary, History

Pioneers of Television

Funny Ladies (Season 3, Episode 1)

TV-PG

TV Episode | 56 min | Documentary, History

Lucille Ball started her career at MGM there learning the workings of physical comedy. She was 40 years old by the time her hit TV series I Love Lucy made it to the air. She had three hit shows in a row. Carol Burnett first came to the ...See moreLucille Ball started her career at MGM there learning the workings of physical comedy. She was 40 years old by the time her hit TV series I Love Lucy made it to the air. She had three hit shows in a row. Carol Burnett first came to the attention of the public with her song about John Foster Dulles. Her training ground was The Garry Moore Show which after seven years led to _"The Carol Burnett Show" (1967)_. Betty White began her career in television in the 1940s and had her own sitcom Life with Elizabeth and had a wide ranging career from game show host to sitcom star. Written by garykmcd See less

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22 cast members

Name	Known for
Lucille Ball Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	I Love Lucy (1951)
Edward Asner Self (as Ed Asner) Self (as Ed Asner) See fewer	Up (2009)
Roseanne Barr Self Self See fewer	Roseanne (1988)
Carol Burnett Self Self See fewer	The Carol Burnett Show (1967)
Pat Carroll Self Self See fewer	The Little Mermaid (1989)
Margaret Cho Self Self See fewer	Margaret Cho: PsyCHO (2015)
Tim Conway Self Self See fewer	The Carol Burnett Show (1967)
Pat Crowley Self Self See fewer	Forever Female (1953)
Phyllis Diller Self Self See fewer	A Bug's Life (1998)
Michael Fishman Self Self See fewer	The Conners (2018)
Marla Gibbs Self Self See fewer	The Jeffersons (1975)
John Goodman Self Self See fewer	10 Cloverfield Lane (2016)
Vicki Lawrence Self Self See fewer	The Carol Burnett Show (1967)
Cloris Leachman Self Self See fewer	The Last Picture Show (1971)
Penny Marshall Self Self See fewer	Laverne & Shirley (1976)
Mary Tyler Moore Self Self See fewer	Ordinary People (1980)
Joan Rivers Self Self See fewer	Spaceballs (1987)
Ryan Seacrest Narrator Narrator See fewer	American Idol (2002)
Marlo Thomas Self Self See fewer	That Girl (1966)
Dick Van Dyke Self Self See fewer	Mary Poppins (1964)
Jimmie 'JJ' Walker Self (as Jimmie Walker) Self (as Jimmie Walker) See fewer	Good Times (1974)
Betty White Self Self See fewer	The Proposal (I) (2009)