Tall, auburn-haired dancer-actress who retired from the screen after a brief four years in Hollywood. . By: Bill Takacs Arthur Freed discovered Lucille when she was working in a nightclub doing a specialty dance act, and decided to cast her as Rose Smith in Meet Me in St. Louis, and began building up her career which never really took off despite being put in 3 big musical productions at MGM. When she married, she decided to retire. By: olebuttermilksky5@yahoo.com