TV series
I Love Lucy
Overview
Cuban Bandleader Ricky Ricardo would be happy if his wife Lucy would just be a housewife. Instead she tries constantly to perform at the Tropicana where he works, and make life comically frantic in the apartment building they share with landlords Fred and Ethel Mertz, who also happen to be their best friends.
Details
- First air date
- 1951-10-15
- Status
- Ended
- Seasons
- 6 seasons
- Episodes
- 180 episodes
- Genres
- Comedy, Family
- Network
- CBS
- Production
- Desilu Productions
- Country
- US
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Lucille Ball as Lucy Ricardo
- Desi Arnaz as Ricky Ricardo
- Vivian Vance as Ethel Mertz
- William Frawley as Fred Mertz
- Keith Thibodeaux as Little Ricky (uncredited)
- Louis Nicoletti as Waiter
- Bennett Green as Messenger
- Frank Nelson as Ralph Ramsey (uncredited)
- Elizabeth Patterson as Mrs. Trumbull
- Doris Singleton as Carolyn
- Richard Reeves as Hank
- Kathryn Card as Mrs. McGillicuddy
Creators and crew
- Bob Carroll Jr. - Creator
- Jess Oppenheimer - Creator
- Madelyn Pugh - Creator
- Desi Arnaz - Producer
- Jess Oppenheimer - Producer
- Jack Aldworth - Producer
Seasons
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