Life With Lucy

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All fair points with the exception of the last one. Ann Dusenberry was born a year after Lucie while Lucille was still pregnant with Desi Jr. and hence was pretty inarguably the "right age".

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Originally Posted by king of comedy

Would Lucy have been better off co starring in a drama? I didn't see it but I heard she played a homeless lady in a made for tv movie and it was a drama. She got great reviews and she should have made the switch to drama instead. She would have gone off on a high note on that instead of doing Life with Lucy.

In 1985, Lucy played a homeless woman in "Stone Pillow," a role that was as far away from Lucy Ricardo/Carmichael/Carter as you can get and received fabulous reviews. Actually, Lucy was known for one truly dramatic movie, "The Big Street," in 1942. She played a cruel, crippled actress who used people the way some people use Kleenex--and she actually died at the end of the film, in the arms of co-star Henry Fonda.

I guess Lucy wanted to prove there was still life left in the old gal...but it was one thing she shouldn't have done...because she already had three TV series that have lasted for years in reruns and on video.