Was Lucy's hair really a wig on The Lucy Show, Here's Lucy, and Life with Lucy? - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

SetacOne@aol.com · 10-13-2003, 03:20 PM

I'd heard that it was somewhere and wasn't really sure? Anyone know? Thanks!!

bb25 · 10-13-2003, 09:58 PM

Absolutely! In fact, the only time she wore her real hair during these 3 series, to my knowledge, was in a few episodes of the 62-63 season of TLS...they had to "tape her face" up into the wigs, not to mention shoot with a filtered lens to make her appear younger...

That Other Fan · 10-14-2003, 01:43 AM

Lucy skin bruised easily so she couldn't have surgery (not to mention the fact that she was really afraid of plastic surgery). That option was out, so she used the wigs to lift her skin temporarily for all of her public appearances including her tv shows.

She began using the wigs during the run of The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour.

SPLAIN · 10-14-2003, 09:48 AM

She had to wear her own hair when she would get dunked in water like in that duck hunting ep of the Lucy show and also showed her real hair in one ep of Here's Lucy where she brushes it while in bed with the broken leg. Irma says it wasn;t just the tape face lift contraption, that even on I Love Lucy, it would take forever for her hair to dry after some scenes and the audience would have to wait all that time, which makes sense.

10-13-2003, 03:20 PM	#1
SetacOne@aol.com Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Aug 21, 2003 Location: northeast US Posts: 91	Was Lucy's hair really a wig on The Lucy Show, Here's Lucy, and Life with Lucy? I'd heard that it was somewhere and wasn't really sure? Anyone know? Thanks!!

10-13-2003, 09:58 PM	#2
bb25 Member Forum Regular Join Date: Oct 22, 2002 Posts: 784	Absolutely! In fact, the only time she wore her real hair during these 3 series, to my knowledge, was in a few episodes of the 62-63 season of TLS...they had to "tape her face" up into the wigs, not to mention shoot with a filtered lens to make her appear younger...

10-14-2003, 01:43 AM	#3
That Other Fan Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Sep 27, 2001 Posts: 191	Lucy skin bruised easily so she couldn't have surgery (not to mention the fact that she was really afraid of plastic surgery). That option was out, so she used the wigs to lift her skin temporarily for all of her public appearances including her tv shows. She began using the wigs during the run of The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour.

10-14-2003, 09:48 AM	#4
SPLAIN I Love Lucy Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Mar 04, 2002 Location: MONTREAL, CANADA Posts: 4,563	She had to wear her own hair when she would get dunked in water like in that duck hunting ep of the Lucy show and also showed her real hair in one ep of Here's Lucy where she brushes it while in bed with the broken leg. Irma says it wasn;t just the tape face lift contraption, that even on I Love Lucy, it would take forever for her hair to dry after some scenes and the audience would have to wait all that time, which makes sense.