Lucille Ball and Vivian Vance

"I've had stress in my life-- recently quite a bit of it. The loss of my work... just quitting work was very stressful for me, and I missed it. I was in limbo. And then Vivian died." -- Lucille Ball, Parade magazine, 1980

"I'm not going to try alone now what I've done with my partners in the past. My partners (Desi, Vivian and Bill) are in heaven. No one could take the place of Vivian Vance in my life. She was the greatest partner anyone could ever have." 

Bob Hope

Bob Hope is hilarious!

The two of them really had great chemistry. It helped that they were great friends too!

Dedicated

Lucille Ball was dedicated to her career. The catfight between Maureen O'Hara and her was real, because they wanted to keep it real.

Of course, they were close friends in real life!