I Love Lucy (1951)
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
Lucille Ball
Lucy Ricardo
Desi Arnaz
Ricky Ricardo / Producer
Vivian Vance
Ethel Mertz
William Frawley
Fred Mertz
Bob Carroll Jr.
Creator / Writer
Madelyn Pugh
Creator / Writer
Jack Aldworth
Producer
Wilbur Hatch
Original Music Composer
Jack Baker
Choreographer
Thol Simonson
Special Effects
Peggy Carroll
Choreographer
William Asher
Director
Marc Daniels
Director
James V. Kern
Director
Bob Schiller
Writer
Bob Weiskopf
Writer
Harpo Marx
Harpo Marx
Mabel Paige
Mrs. Hansen
Milton Frome
Sam Carter
Cornel Wilde
Cornel Wilde
Nancy Kulp
Maid
John Frank
Newspaperman
Richard Widmark
Richard Widmark
Howard McNear
Mr. Crawford (uncredited)
Charles Boyer
Charles Boyer
Stephen Wootton
Little Barney
Philip Ober
Arnold (uncredited)
Claude Akins
Claude Akins (uncredited)
John Litel
Harvey Cromwell
Elsa Lanchester
Edna Grundy
Gale Gordon
Mr. Littlefield
Hedda Hopper
Hedda Hopper
John Wayne
John Wayne
Van Johnson
Van Johnson
Eve Arden
Eve Arden (uncredited)
Ellen Corby
Miss Hanna
Pierre Watkin
Mr. Dorrance
Ben Welden
Thief (uncredited)
Edward Everett Horton
Mr. Ritter
Sheldon Leonard
Harry Martin (uncredited)
Gerald Mohr
Dr. Stewart
Richard Crenna
Arthur Morton
Frank Sully
Delivery Man
Tennessee Ernie Ford
Ernie Ford
Milton Parsons
Mr. Thurlow
Norma Varden
Mrs. Benson
Rosa Turich
Carlotta Romero
Jimmy Demaret
Jimmy Demaret
Natalie Schafer
Phoebe Emerson
Mary Wickes
Madame Le Mond
Arthur Q. Bryan
Mr. Chambers
James Burke
Mr. Watson
K.T. Stevens
Mrs. O'Brien
Orson Welles
Orson Welles
Strother Martin
Man in Coffee Shop
William Holden
William Holden
George Reeves
Superman (uncredited)
Sheila MacRae
Sheila MacRae
Bob Hope
Bob Hope
Benny Rubin
Driver
Emory Parnell
Policeman
Bea Benaderet
Miss Lewis
Robert B. Williams
Bailiff
Paul Harvey
Art Critic
Janet Waldo
Peggy Dawson
Shirley Mitchell
Marion
Harry Ackerman
Network Sponsor #2 (uncredited)
Gloria Blondell
Grace Foster
Hayden Rorke
Mr. O'Brien
Brenda Marshall
Brenda Marshall
Marilyn Borden
Twin
Ralph Sanford
Guard (uncredited)
Florence Halop
Woman #1 (voice)
Harry Cheshire
Sam Johnson
Jess Oppenheimer
Creator / Producer / Sound Man (voice) (uncredited) / Network Sponsor #1 (uncredited) / Writer
Amzie Strickland
Salesgirl
Phil Arnold
Man in Hall / Fur Salesman
Rosalyn Borden
Twin
Lurene Tuttle
Club President
Hal March
Hal March / Eddie Grant
Douglas Evans
Doug
Sammy Ogg
Jimmy Hudson (uncredited)
Eve McVeagh
Roberta
David Stollery
Timmy Hudson (uncredited)
Gail Bonney
Mrs. Hudson (uncredited)
Richard Lee Simmons
Little Ricky (uncredited)
Ronald Lee Simmons
Little Ricky (uncredited)
Hans Conried
Mr. Jenkins / Mr. Livermore
Pat Moran
Buffo
Hal Hudson
Network Sponsor #3 (uncredited)
Adele Longmire
Nurse
Kenny Morgan
Kenny (uncredited)
Lewis Martin
Jim White (uncredited)
Frank J. Scannell
Burlesque Comic
John Brown
Mr. Murdoch
Florence Bates
Mrs. Pettebone
Lita Baron
Renita
Maury Thompson
Script Clerk (uncredited) / Stage Manager
Rita Conde
Maria
Margie Liszt
Clubwoman / Betty / Woman #2 (voice)
Myra Marsh
Club Woman / Club President
Gil Herman
Assassin #2
Will Wright
Mr. Walters / Sheriff
Robert Ellis
Office Boy
Edith Meiser
Mrs. Littlefield
Alvin Hurwitz
Mr. Snodgrass
Amanda Milligan
Chocolate Dipper
Charles Victor
Man in Closet
Veola Vonn
Girl Emcee
Paul Dubov
Jerry
Moroni Olsen
Judge
Helen Dickson
Showgirl #2
Marco Rizo
Marco (uncredited)
Gertrude Astor
Showgirl #4
Pepito Pérez
Clown
Hy Averback
Charlie Pomerantz / Charlie
Vernon Dent
Santa Claus (uncredited)
Peggy Rea
Nurse / Clubwoman / Dorothy / Susan
Louis Merrill
Doctor
Leon Belasco
Clerk
Herb Vigran
Julie / Joe / Al Sparks
Parley Baer
Mr. Perry (uncredited) / Mr. Reilly
Ruth Perrott
Mrs. Pomerantz / Club Woman / Nurse
Ross Elliott
Publicity Man / Director
Ralph Montgomery
Policeman
Alberto Morin
Robert / Carlos
Ida Moore
Ruth Knickerbocker
Verna Felton
Mrs. Simpsons (uncredited) / Mrs. Porter
Sally Corner
Woman in Fur Salon
William Hamel
Maitre D' / Headwaiter
Carol Richards
Juanita
Irving Bacon
Will Potter / Mr. Willoughby
June Whitley Taylor
Clubwoman / Sally
Ransom M. Sherman
Man in Park
Byron Foulger
Leader of Band
Jerry Hausner
Jerry / Stage Manager / Joe
Dayton Lummis
Mr. Eaton / Bill Parker / Mr. Sherman
Vivi Janiss
Louann Hall / Clubwoman
Shepard Menken
Jean Valjean Raymond / Doctor / Charpontier / Store Owner
Richard Reeves
Policeman / Lester Bych / Assassin #1 / Hank / Bouncer / Indian #2 / Albert (voice) (uncredited) / Mr. Foster / Electri...
Kay Wiley
Woman Shopper / Clubwoman / Martha
Helen Silver
Rosemary (uncredited)
Alice Wills
Madame X
Barbara Pepper
Woman Shopper / Showgirl #2 / Neighbor / Woman On Bus / Nurse
Bob Jellison
Bellboy / Milkman
Allen Jenkins
Policeman
Oliver Blake
Zeb Allen
Alberto Calderone
Alberto
Elvia Allman
Minnie's Neighbor #1 / Nancy Graham / Forewoman
Lawrence Dobkin
Counterfeiter / Counterman / Maitre D'
Hazel Pierce
Hazel Pierce / Mrs. Peterson (uncredited) / Showgirl #1 / Store Customer (uncredited) / Soda Jerk (uncredited) / Club Wo...
Maurice Hill
Tom Williams
Ken Christy
Dock Agent / Ken
Harry Bartell
Process Server / Waiter / Jewelry Thief
Arthur Walsh
Arthur Walsh
Eve Whitney
Eve Whitney
Hazel Boyne
Passenger / Maggie (uncredited) / Minnie's Neighbor #2
Joan Banks
Eleanor Harris
Madge Blake
Martha (uncredited) / Mrs. Mulford
Lillian Molieri
Young Carlotta
Frank Nelson
Ralph Ramsey (uncredited) / Freddie Filmore / Desk Sergeant / Dickie Davis / Conductor / Waiter / Customs Officer / Ben ...
Max Terhune
Ventriloquist
Frank Jaquet
Laundry Checker
Jay Novello
Mario / Mr. Beecher / Mr. Meriweather (uncredited)
Tony Michaels
Laundry Man
Patsy Moran
Woman at Laundry
John Hart
Tom Henderson / Lifeguard
Fred Sherman
Drunk
Don Garner
Delivery Boy
Joe Miller
Patron
George Pierrone
Caddy
Sandra Gould
Nancy Johnson / Woman On Platform #2 (uncredited)
Charles Lane
Mr. Hickox / Casting Director / Mr. Stanley / Passport Office Clerk
Virginia Brissac
Mrs. Hammond
Charles Winninger
Barney Kurtz
Louis Nicoletti
Waiter / Holdup Man / Reporter / Policeman / Dick / Dance Coach / Elevator Operator / Tournament Chairman / Boom Man / M...
Peter Leeds
Reporter / Mr. Krausfeld (uncredited)
Beppie De Vries
Mrs. De Vries
Charlotte Lawrence
Marge / Clubwoman
Fred Aldrich
Policeman / Butcher (uncredited) / Store Customer (uncredited) / Bouncer / Holdup Man
Sarah Selby
Dorothy Cook
Joseph Kearns
Theatre Manager / Doctor
James Dobson
Pete
Clinton Sundberg
Director
Maurice Marsac
Waiter / Headwaiter
Lee Millar
Photographer / Announcer (uncredited) / Mr. Taylor / Emcee
Mary Emery
Ricky's Mother
Fortunio Bonanova
Professor
John Emery
Harold / Mr. Stewart (uncredited)
Pilar Arcos
Party Guest
Rodolfo Hoyos Jr.
Party Guest
Charles Cane
Man in Audience
Richard Kean
John (voice)
Frank Gerstle
Indian #1 / Helicopter Pilot
Mary Lansing
Cynthia (voice)
Kathryn Card
Mrs. McGillicuddy / Minnie Finch
Olin Howland
Mr. Skinner
Bennett Green
Messenger / Deliveryman / Store Customer (uncredited) / Photographer / Orderly / Clerk / Stage Hand / Passenger / Newsma...
Aaron Spelling
Gas Station Man
Chick Chandler
Bill Hackett
Danni Sue Nolan
Secretary
Dolores Donlon
Starlet
Maggie Magennis
Starlet
Shirley Tegge
Starlet
Beverly Thompson
Starlet
Onna Conners
Showgirl
Don Loper
Don Loper
Mona Carlson
Mona Carlson
Stanley Farrar
Bennett Green / Ferryboat Officer
Jeanne Martin
Jeanne Martin
Marilyn Johnson
Marilyn Johnson
Allan Ray
Clapstick Man / Server / Nurse
Frances E. Neal
Frances E. Neal
Harold Stern
Harold Stern
Mario Siletti
Farmer / Knife Thrower
Rock Hudson
Rock Hudson
Doris Singleton
Carolyn
Helen Kleeb
Secretary
Juney Ellis
Maid
Audrey Betz
Woman On Bus
Hal Gerard
Tourist Couple
Iva Shepard
Maid / Nurse
Mary Jane Croft
Betty Ramsey (uncredited) / Cynthia Harcourt / Evelyn Bigsby
GeGe Pearson
Tourist Couple
Virginia Barbour
Passenger / Professor's Assistant
Tyler McVey
Bill Hall / Man from Magazine (uncredited) / Officer / Social Director
Clarence Straight
Policeman
Ralph Volkie
Masseur
Don Brodie
Ticket Agent
Joseph Crehan
Detective
Sam McDaniel
Porter
Eva June Mayer
Neighbor
Roy Schallert
Neighbor
Elliott Reid
Ed Warren
Monty Masters
Director
Dub Taylor
Rattlesnake Jones
John Gallaudet
Johnny Clark
Doye O'Dell
Master of Ceremonies
Ben Niems
Officer / Policeman
Olan Soule
Dr. Gettleman
Howard Hoffman
Dr. Barnett
Lou Krugman
Club Babalu Manager (uncredited) / Jewelry Salesman / Director
Robert Brubaker
Nurse
Barney Phillips
Mr. Jamison
Harry Antrim
Mr. Feldman
Dorothea Wolbert
Dorothea Wolbert
Dick Elliott
Male Spectator (uncredited) / Henry
Robert Stevenson
Sidney Kaiser
Paul Power
Man in Upper Box / Award Presenter
Sheila Bromley
Helen Kaiser
Byron Kane
Morris Williams / Man On Train #2 (uncredited)
Sam Hearn
Dr. Peterson
Jack Albertson
Helicopter Dispatcher
Elizabeth Patterson
Mrs. Trumbull / Mrs. Willoughby
Ray Kellogg
Airline Officer / Clerk (uncredited) / Assistant DIrector / Prop Man
Pat Goldin
Man With Bicycle
Roy Rowan
Man On TV (voice) (uncredited) / Man On Radio (voice) (uncredited) / Announcer
Harvey Grant
Kenneth Hamilton
Herbert Lytton
Passenger
Paula Winslowe
Passenger
Sam Edwards
Bellboy
Robert Shafto
Man on the Street
Patti Nestor
Dancer
Walter Kingsford
Sir Clive
Hillary Brooke
Angela
Fritz Feld
Tour Guide
Trevor Ward
Groom / Policeman
Ramsay Hill
Policeman
Rolfe Sedan
Chef
Jack Chefe
Waiter
Vicente Padula
Hotel Manager / Drunk
John Bleifer
Waiter
Kathleen Mazalo
Theresa
Ida Smeraldo
Woman On Telephone
John Mylong
Manager / Policeman
Bart Braverman
Shoeshine Boy
Franco Corsaro
Vittorio Philippi
Saverio LoMedico
Bellboy
Teresa Tirelli
Grape Stomper
Rosa Barbato
Grape Picker
Ernesto Molinari
Vineyard Boss
Felix Romano
Italian Guard
Henry Dar Boggia
Italian Guard
Francis Ravel
French Guard
Maxine Semon
Nurse / Female Spectator (uncredited)
Gordon B. Clarke
Gambler
Jacques Villon
Croupier
Mildred Law
Stewardess
Betty Scott
Dancer
Keith Thibodeaux
Little Ricky (uncredited)
Ruth Brady
Grace Munson (uncredited)
Marjorie Bennett
Mrs. Van Fossen (uncredited)
Eduardo Ciannelli
Mr. Martinelli
James Flavin
Immigration Officer
Aldo Formica
Pizza Chef
Jim Hayward
Boat Captain (uncredited)
Jil Jarmyn
Jil Jarmyn (uncredited)
Joi Lansing
Joi Lansing (uncredited)
Jorge Treviño
Alberto
Nacho Galindo
Cigar Store Owner
Eddie Le Baron
Night Club Emcee
Barbara Logan
Stewardess
Candy Rogers Schoenberger
Suzy
A. Cameron Grant
Santa Claus (uncredited)
Johnny Longden
Johnny Longden (uncredited)
Hazel Longden
Hazel Longden (uncredited)
Ralph Dumke
Husband (uncredited)
Steven Kay
Stevie Appleby (uncredited)
George O'Hanlon
Charlie Appleby (uncredited)
June Foray
Dog (voice) (uncredited)
Frank Wilcox
Joe Spaulding (uncredited)
Gene Reynolds
Mr. Taylor (uncredited)
Mary Ellen Kay
Mrs. Taylor (uncredited)
Robert Bice
Moving Man (uncredited)
Gary Gray
Delivery Man (uncredited)
Jess Kirkpatrick
Station Clerk (uncredited)
Peter Brocco
Male Flower Judge (uncredited) / Dominic
Ray Ferrell
Bruce Ramsey (uncredited)
Mary Alan Hokanson
Woman from Magazine (uncredited)
Gladys Hurlbut
Woman with Purse
Doris Packer
Woman in Box
John Eldredge
Man in Box
David Saber
Teenager (uncredited)
Henry Kulky
Trainer (uncredited)
Eleanor Audley
Eleanor Spaulding (uncredited) / Female Flower Judge (uncredited)
Tris Coffin
Harry Munson (uncredited) / Harry Munson
Jack Rice
Floorwalker (uncredited)
Bill McLean
Bellboy
Robert Foulk
Policeman (uncredited)
Jesslyn Fax
Woman in Brooklyn (uncredited)
Lester Dorr
Man On Train #1 (uncredited)
Phil Tead
Man On Platform (uncredited)
Florence Shaen
Woman On Platform #1 (uncredited)
Bill Erwin
Bum (uncredited)
Jody Warner
Usherette
Barbara Eden
Diana Jordan (uncredited)
Media.
Details.
Release DateOctober 15, 1951
StatusEnded
Seasons6
Episodes180
Running Time30m
Content RatingTV-G
Genres
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This TV Show Is About.
Wiki.
I Love Lucy is an American television sitcom that originally aired on CBS from October 15, 1951, to May 6, 1957, with a total of 180 half-hour episodes spanning six seasons. The series starred Lucille Ball and her husband Desi Arnaz, along with Vivian Vance and William Frawley, and follows the life of Lucy Ricardo (Ball), a young, middle-class housewife living in New York City, who often concocts plans with her best friends and landlords, Ethel and Fred Mertz (Vance and Frawley), to appear alongside her bandleader husband, Ricky Ricardo (Arnaz), in his nightclub. Lucy is depicted trying numerous schemes to mingle with and be a part of show business. After the series ended in 1957, a modified version of the show continued for three more seasons, with 13 one-hour specials, which ran from 1957 to 1960. It was first known as The Lucille Ball–Desi Arnaz Show, and later, in reruns, as The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour.
I Love Lucy became the most-watched show in the United States in four of its six seasons and it was the first to end its run at the top of the Nielsen ratings. As of 2011, episodes of the show have been syndicated in dozens of languages across the world and remain popular with an American audience of 40 million each year. A colorized version of its Christmas episode attracted more than eight million viewers when CBS aired it in prime time in 2013, 62 years after the show premiered.
The show – which was the first scripted television program to be filmed on 35 mm film in front of a studio audience, by cinematographer Karl Freund – won five Emmy Awards and received many nominations and honors. It was the first show to feature an ensemble cast. As such, it is often regarded as one of the most influential television programs in history. In 2012, it was voted the 'Best TV Show of All Time' in a survey conducted by ABC News and People magazine. In 2013, the Writers Guild of America ranked it #12 on their list of the 101 Best Written TV Series.