Motion Picture Daily Awards:
Most Promising New Star, 1951
Best Performer, 1952
Best Comedy Team (with Desi), 1954
Best Comedienne, 1955, 1957
Emmy Awards:
Best Comedienne,1952
Best Actress in a Continuing Performance, 1955
Outstanding Continuing Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Comedy Series, 1967, 1968
International Radio and Television Society: Gold Metal, 1971
Hollywood Women's Press Club Golden Apple Award: Star of the Year, 1973
Ruby Award, 1974
Entertainer of the Year Award, 1975
Friar's Club Life Achievement Award, 1977
Hollywood Foreign Press Association: Cecil B. De Mille Award, 1978
Television Academy Hall of Fame Inductee, 1984
Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts: Lifetime Achievement Citation, 1986
Hasty Pudding Award: Woman of the Year, 1988
Presidential Medal of Freedom (posthumously), 1989
