I Love Lucy

Plot
Lucy Ricardo is the wacky wife of Cuban bandleader Ricky Ricardo. Living in New York, Ricky tries to succeed in show business while Lucy -- always trying to help -- usually manages to get in some kind of trouble that drives Ricky crazy. Their best friends are Fred and Ethel Mertz, who are also their landlords. Usually, Ethel becomes Lucy's less-than-willing partner in crime. Ricky and Lucy welcomed little Ricky in 1953, whose birth was a national TV event. Later in the show's run, the Ricardos (and the Mertzes) moved to Hollywood, where Ricky tried to become a movie star.

Cast

 * Lucille Ball as Lucille Esmeralda "Lucy" McGillicuddy Ricardo
 * Desi Arnaz as Enrique Alberto Fernando y de Acha "Ricky" Ricardo III
 * Vivian Vance as Ethel Mae Potter Mertz (alternately "Ethel Louise" and "Ethel Roberta")
 * William Frawley as Frederick "Fred" Hobart Mertz
 * Richard Keith as Enrique Alberto Ricardo IV ("Ricky Ricardo Jr.")
 * Twins Mike Mayer and Joe Mayer both played "Little Ricky" as a toddler
 * Kathryn Card as Mrs. McGillicuddy, Lucy's mother (also Minnie Finch in the earlier episode "Fan Magazine Interview")
 * Mary Jane Croft as Lucy's socialite school chum Cynthia Harcourt, Evelyn Bigsby ("Return Home from Europe") and later as Connecticut neighbor Betty Ramsey
 * Frank Nelson as various characters and as Ralph Ramsey
 * Jerry Hausner as Jerry, Ricky's agent
 * Doris Singleton as Carolyn Appleby (she was originally named Lillian Appleby; but after Singleton's first appearance on the show, the producers felt that the names Lillian and Lucy sounded too similar, so her name was changed to Carolyn)
 * Shirley Mitchell as Marion Strong, a role originated by Margie Liszt
 * Elizabeth Patterson as Mrs. Matilda Trumbull (also the town mayor in the earlier episode "The Marriage License")
 * Charles Lane as various characters
 * Barbara Pepper as various characters
 * Eve McVeagh as Roberta, Lucy's hairdresser
 * Bob Jellison as Bobby the Bellboy (Hollywood Episodes)
 * Mary Wickes as Madame Le Mond, Lucy's ballet teacher

Seasons & Epsoides
Season 1