Stand-Ins

[Madame X]

Of course, as with any show, there are stand-ins. Lucy and Desi had stand-ins to help with staging and they were also used as extras.

Bennett Green was used as Desi's stand-in. We can see him as messengers, deliverymen and cameramen.




Hazel Pierce was Lucy's stand-in and was also seen as extras: clubwoman Grace Munson and many other characters. She's on the right.



These two are involved in so many scenes it would be very difficult to capture them all. If you know of a great shot that captures either one, let me know and I will try to find it.

Also, I never heard about stand-ins for Fred and Ethel. If you have info, cough it up!

[comedyfreak]

That's very interesting. I never noticed they had stand-ins before.

[Ireneparalegal]

Originally Posted by Madame X

Of course, as with any show, there are stand-ins. Lucy and Desi had stand-ins to help with staging and they were also used as extras.

Bennett Green was used as Desi's stand-in. We can see him as messengers, deliverymen and cameramen.

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Hazel Pierce was Lucy's stand-in and was also seen as extras: clubwoman Grace Munson and many other characters. She's on the right.

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These two are involved in so many scenes it would be very difficult to capture them all. If you know of a great shot that captures either one, let me know and I will try to find it.

Also, I never heard about stand-ins for Fred and Ethel. If you have info, cough it up!

That woman on the far right, I don't know if she is the same woman I am thinking of. The pic doesn't really show her face well. There is one older woman who I see constantly in the background, more in the Tropicana scenes or where there is a group of people.

Bennett Green certainly was in ILL quite a few times.

Barbara Pepper of course had actual lines.

I don't know if this belongs here but let me say in the episode THE AUDITION, the two tv network guys are shown and they are played by Jess Oppenheimer and Harry Ackerman, CBS Vice-president.

In LUCY WRITES A PLAY, the stage manager was played by the ILL script clerk.

In the episode NEW NEIGHBORS, the woman was played by K.T. Stevens who happened to be a very close friend of Vivian Vance.

[NOVARick]

Originally Posted by Madame X

Hazel Pierce was Lucy's stand-in and was also seen as extras: clubwoman Grace Munson and many other characters. She's on the right.

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These two are involved in so many scenes it would be very difficult to capture them all. If you know of a great shot that captures either one, let me know and I will try to find it.

You can get some pretty good shots of Hazel Pierce in "Lucy Goes to the Hospital." She's one of the nurses. And a not-so-great shot of her in "The Quiz Show." Between that show, where she's the woman covered in bandages who went over Niagara Falls in a barrel, and being jammed in the closet in "Drafted," as well as doing stunts like being suspended in air as Lucy's stand-in in "Milton Berle Hides Out at the Ricardos," Hazel must have been a pretty good sport. It seems like every time there's a nightclub scene, she's also one of the patrons seated at a table.

[Madame X]

Originally Posted by Ireneparalegal

That woman on the far right, I don't know if she is the same woman I am thinking of. The pic doesn't really show her face well. There is one older woman who I see constantly in the background, more in the Tropicana scenes or where there is a group of people.

Bennett Green certainly was in ILL quite a few times.

Barbara Pepper of course had actual lines.

I don't know if this belongs here but let me say in the episode THE AUDITION, the two tv network guys are shown and they are played by Jess Oppenheimer and Harry Ackerman, CBS Vice-president.

In LUCY WRITES A PLAY, the stage manager was played by the ILL script clerk.

In the episode NEW NEIGHBORS, the woman was played by K.T. Stevens who happened to be a very close friend of Vivian Vance.

And in "The Ricardos Are Interviewed," Ricky's new agent is Johnny Clark, played by John Gallaudet, a close friend of Bill Frawley. John was a pallbearer at Bill's funeral.

[NOVARick]

Originally Posted by NOVARick

You can get some pretty good shots of Hazel Pierce in "Lucy Goes to the Hospital." She's one of the nurses. And a not-so-great shot of her in "The Quiz Show." Between that show, where she's the woman covered in bandages who went over Niagara Falls in a barrel, and being jammed in the closet in "Drafted," as well as doing stunts like being suspended in air as Lucy's stand-in in "Milton Berle Hides Out at the Ricardos," Hazel must have been a pretty good sport. It seems like every time there's a nightclub scene, she's also one of the patrons seated at a table.

Never mind, that's not such a great shot of her in "Lucy Goes to the Hospital." She behind a window and her face is half covered with a breathing mask.

[Madame X]

Originally Posted by NOVARick

Never mind, that's not such a great shot of her in "Lucy Goes to the Hospital." She behind a window and her face is half covered with a breathing mask.

I was just about to look for it! That's the trouble I'm having, her face is obscurred a lot or we only catch a glimpse of her. In "Ricky's European Booking," she is the one that wins the raffle. When Ethel picked a ticket out of the jar, she announced the winner's name as Barbara Pierce.

[NOVARick]

Originally Posted by Madame X

I was just about to look for it! That's the trouble I'm having, her face is obscurred a lot or we only catch a glimpse of her. In "Ricky's European Booking," she is the one that wins the raffle. When Ethel picked a ticket out of the jar, she announced the winner's name as Barbara Pierce.

It's funny though, I have a very clear picture of her in my head. I don't know if that's from a memory of seeing her clearly in one of the episodes, or if it's from having hundreds of glimpses of her, adding up to a clear mental image.

[Ireneparalegal]

Originally Posted by NOVARick

It's funny though, I have a very clear picture of her in my head. I don't know if that's from a memory of seeing her clearly in one of the episodes, or if it's from having hundreds of glimpses of her, adding up to a clear mental image.

No, you are right, you have seen her.

There are moments where we see her clearly, she is in the background a lot. I know she has been in the Tropicana scenes but for the life of me, I can't remember which episodes.

[NOVARick]

Originally Posted by Ireneparalegal

No, you are right, you have seen her.

There are moments where we see her clearly, she is in the background a lot. I know she has been in the Tropicana scenes but for the life of me, I can't remember which episodes.

I wouldn't be surprised if she's in ALL of them!

[Madame X]

Hey you guys! Is this Hazel Pierce? These are from "Paris at Last."

[Ireneparalegal]

Ok, that is not the lady I am referring to. But I have seen her as well. The one I am thinking abt I believe is the same one Rick mentioned, the one who played a nurse but had that mask over her face.

[Madame X]

Here are the nurse pix.



Barbara Pepper, Ruth Perrott, Hazel Pierce

[Madame X]

Here again is the classic shot with five stand-ins. I wonder if that is Hazel Pierce and Bennett Green?

[NOVARick]

Originally Posted by Madame X

Hey you guys! Is this Hazel Pierce? These are from "Paris at Last."

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I don't think that one is Hazel, which is unusual.