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| | | | | | |  | | | Suzanne LaRusch as Lucille Ball in "Lucy's First Sitcom," aided by special guest Dwayne Hickman ("Dobie Gillis")
| | | | Suzanne LaRusch, who starred as Lucille Ball in the 50th Anniversary Lucy Reunion performance of "Lucy's First Sitcom: My Favorite Husband," has been having a "Ball" (sorry) since 1991, when she discovered that her face andmannerisms matched those of her favorite comedienne of all time, Lucille Ball (and her "Lucy Ricardo" character). Since then, she's been recreating the antics of the wacky redhead at Universal Studios Hollywood and in TV appearances on The Rosie O'Donnell Show, Leeza, Good Day LA, and the annual Lucy Marathon on LA/Fox 11, to name just a few. Ms. LaRusch made her acting debut at the ripe old age of 18 months, in a Kodak commercial. A very busy child actress, she did both TV commercials and such shows as Dennis the Menace and The Loretta Young Show. After high school she toured in dinner-theater productions of Barefoot in the Park, Sweet Charity, and Born Yesterday. In 1979 she was chosen dance captain for the Los Angeles Rams Cheerleaders, and cheered the team on to the 1980 Super Bowl. Ms. LaRusch has appeared on The Tonight Show's "Mighty Carson Art Players" (with Johnny Carson), The Jeffersons, Designing Women, Dear John, and opposite Joseph Bologna on the TV Movie of the Week, An Inconvenient Woman.
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