21. She was, at one time, a registered Communist
America’s sweetheart and favorite funny lady a communist? It can’t be true, right? Well, it is… technically speaking. An investigation into Lucy’s potential Communist ties was initiated by the United States government. Prior to the Cold War, America did have a designated Communist Party. According to Lucy and her family, they were not and had never been Communist, despite what their voter registration stated. They admitted to being registered as Communists, but they only did so to make Ball’s grandfather happy, as he was a devout believer in Communist ideology.
