Lucille Ball - The Mother of Star Trek

Lucille Ball, beloved star of I Love Lucy and dozens of feature films, was one of Hollywood's greatest comedians.  Lucy, as adoring fans call her, was also co-founder of the Desilu studio - with husband Desi Arnaz - which produced Gene Roddenberry's Star Trek for NBC.  If Roddenberry is Starship Enterprise's founding father, Lucy is its founding mother.

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