No siblings or father are mentioned.Īt some point Cassie lived with Zach and was briefly a featured dancer, getting out of the chorus when she was 22. During The Montage, it's revealed in her adolescence she loved going to the movies, once confused the difference between a birth control diaphragm and the breathing diaphragm, and had her mother tell her only special people got to be famous. No information is revealed about Cassie's childhood. Her costume is a cranberry red leotard with wrap skirt and white heeled shoes. In the original script Zach reveals her age as 32, which would make her born in 1943 at the time of the play's premiere. Supplementary and rough draft material to the show give her last name and that she was born in Minnesota.
Little Ricky’s arrival in 1953 was one of TV’s most memorable events.Cassie is the only auditioner who does not give her full name, age, or birthplace during the introductions. A rabbi, priest, and minister, who also visited the set for dress rehearsals, screened scripts.
But rather than cancel the successful series, Lucy’s pregnancy was written into the show. At that time, an actress had never appeared on stage obviously pregnant. Lucy and Desi learned they were expecting a second child in 1952. It became number one during its first season, and held that position for most of its original run. I Love Lucy first aired on October 15, 1951, and was among TV’s top ten. The cast members rehearsed many hours a day to achieve the perfection they all desired. On April 23, Philip Morris agreed to sponsor the show. Desi’s character was a Cuban bandleader who worked in New York City, and Lucille played a madcap housewife who longed to be on stage.
Once the series began, the names had been changed to Lucy and Ricky Ricardo. In the I Love Lucy pilot, shot on March 2, 1951, the characters’ names were Lucy and Larry López.
However, Lucy’s instructors advised her to try a different career, and she later recalled that all she learned there “was how to be frightened.” Lucy attended the school at the same time as future star Bette Davis. To discourage the relationship, her mother arranged for Lucy to attend the John Murray Anderson School for the Dramatic Arts in New York City. When she was 14, Lucy began dating an older man. Lucy found the praise and attention she received on stage to be intoxicating and knew she found her calling. A few years later, her new stepfather, a Shriner, encouraged 12-year-old Lucy to audition for the chorus line of one of their shows. When her father died in 1915, the family moved to Celoron, New York to live with her grandparents. The daughter of a Bell Telephone Company lineman, Lucy and her family moved frequently when she was a child, spending time in Anaconda, Montana, and Trenton, New Jersey. Lucille Ball was born on August 6, 1911, in Jamestown, New York.