Lucille Desiree Ball was born on 6 August 1911, in Jamestown, New York, USA. She was the daughter of Desiree Evelyn Hunt and Henry Durrell Ball. She had a younger brother, Fredrick Ball (17 July 1915 - 5 February 2007). Her father, Henry Durrell Ball died of typhoid fever in 1915. In 1926, she attended the John Murray Anderson American Academy of Dramatic Art, in Manhattan
