Mary Jane CroftFilmography

The Lucy Show: Lucy Meets the Law

Actors: Mary Jane Croft, Claude Akins, Iris Adrian, Kenny Lynch, Joe Perry

Synopsis: Through a series of misunderstandings, Lucy (Lucille Ball) is assumed to be a notorious jewel thief called "The Red Flash" and is arrested by a zealous police lieutenant (Claude Akins). Assuming that she has been jailed merely for throwing a candy wrapper on the street, Lucy is not only surprised Read More

The Lucy Show: Little Old Lucy

Actors: Dennis Day, Mary Jane Croft, Roy Roberts

Synopsis: Singer-comedian Dennis Day guest stars as Cornelius Heatherington Jr. the octogenarian president of the Wesleyan bank. To keep Heatherington in a good mood while he and boss Cheever (Roy Roberts) arrange a banquet in the old guy's honor, Mooney (Gale Gordon) persuades Lucy to be Heatherington's Read More

The Lucy Show: Lucy Meets the Berles

Actors: Milton Berle, Ruth Cosgrove Berle, Mary Jane Croft, Ruta Lee

Synopsis: In this first episode of The Lucy Show's sixth and final season, Lucy (Lucille Ball) has briefly parted company with boss Mooney (Gale Gordon) to work part-time as a secretary for comedian Milton Berle). At the same time, Berle is attempting to change his image and become a dramatic actor, and to Read More

The Lucy Show: Lucy, the Starmaker

Actors: Frankie Avalon, Mary Jane Croft, Roy Roberts, Lew Parker

Synopsis: Singer Frankie Avalon guests in this episode as Thomas Cheever, the nephew of Mooney's boss Mr. Cheever (Roy Roberts). Although the elder Cheever wants Thomas to give up his dreams of a showbiz career and go into the banking business, Lucy (Lucille Ball) becomes convinced that the boy has star Read More

The Lucy Show: Lucy Gets Trapped

Actors: Mary Jane Croft, Roy Roberts, William Lanteau, Bartlett Robinson, Joan Swift

Synopsis: Hoping to attend a sale at Stacy's Department Store, Lucy (Lucille Ball) ducks out of work by fabricating a story about being seriously ill. Unfortunately, the ruse blows up in her face when she shows up at Stacy's and is promptly lauded as the store's ten-millionth customer. The trick now is to Read More

The Lucy Show: Lucy, the Philanthropist

Actors: Frank McHugh, Mary Jane Croft, Roy Roberts

Synopsis: Frank McHugh guest stars as Charles Snowden, a homeless hobo whom Lucy (Lucille Ball) invites home for a good hot meal. When Snowden explains that he's looking for a job--any job--Lucy takes him down to the bank in hopes that Mr. Mooney (Gale Gordon) will hire him for some menial job or other. Read More

The Lucy Show: Lucy's Substitute Secretary

Actors: Ruta Lee, Mary Jane Croft, Barbara Morrison, Roy Roberts

Synopsis: On the eve of her vacation to Lake Arrowhead, Lucy (Lucille Ball) is introduced to Audrey Fields (Ruta Lee), her temporarily replacement at the bank. Accurately sizing up the bleach-blonde Audrey as a conniving predator who hopes to permanently replace Lucy by playing up to Mooney (Gale Gordon) Read More

The Lucy Show: Lucy Gets Mooney Fired

Actors: Roy Roberts, Mary Jane Croft, Joan Swift, Vanda Barra, Irwin Charone

Synopsis: To cover up a 48-cent bank shortage, Lucy (Lucille Ball) secretly takes the missing money out of her own pocket. Unfortunately, when the shortage is revealed, Mr. Cheever (Roy Roberts) becomes convinced that Mr. Mooney (Gale Gordon) is responsible for the coverup, and promptly fires Mooney. To get Read More

The Lucy Show: Lucy's Mystery Guest

Actors: Mary Wickes, Mary Jane Croft

Synopsis: Accidentally tearing up an important letter, Lucy (Lucille Ball) wonders exactly who is planning to pay her a visit. Much to her chagrin, the "mystery guest" turns out to be her zany Aunt Agatha (Mary Wickes), an overbearing physical-fitness freak. Driven to the brink of madness by Aunt Agatha's Read More

The Lucy Show: Lucy Meets Sheldon Leonard

Actors: Sheldon Leonard, Mary Jane Croft, George Sawava, Fred Stromsoe, Harvey Parry

Synopsis: Former movie villain turned Hollywood producer Sheldon Leonard arranges to film a scene for his latest TV pilot at Mr. Mooney's bank. Unaware of this, Lucy (Lucille Ball) jumps to the wrong conclusion when she hears Leonard, "in character" as a gangster, planning a major bank heist. Thus it is Read More

The Lucy Show: Lucy Sues Mooney

Actors: Jack Carter, Mary Jane Croft, Parley Baer, Lew Parker, Irwin Charone

Synopsis: While working overtime in the home of boss Mooney (Gale Gordon), Lucy (Lucille Ball) falls down and incurs a leg injury. At the insistence of her pal Mary Jane Lewis (Mary Jane Croft), Lucy hires Mary Jane's lawyer cousin, Willy Wiley (Jack Carter). Smelling out a huge financial turnover, Willy Read More

The Lucy Show: Lucy Dates Dean Martin

Actors: Dean Martin, Mary Jane Croft

Synopsis: In this classic episode, Dean Martin appears as himself and as his own stand-in, the shy, bespectacled Ed Feldman. Thanks to matchmaker Mary Jane (Mary Jane Croft), Ed invites Lucy (Lucille Ball) to a fancy charity ball. Unfortunately, Ed is unable to make the date...so guess who shows up in his Read More

The Lucy Show: Lucy and Phil Silvers

Actors: Phil Silvers, Mary Jane Croft, Tol Avery

Synopsis: Per the episode's title, Phil Silvers appears as Oliver Kasten, the gung-ho efficiency expert hired to get the bank in top shape. Within a few minutes, Kasten has demoted the "inefficient" Mr. Mooney (Gale Gordon) and promoted Lucy (Lucille Ball) to the position of administrative assistant. Read More

The Lucy Show: Lucy and Pat Collins

Actors: Patricia Collins, Mary Jane Croft, Patricia Cutts, Joan Swift

Synopsis: Popular professional hypnotist Pat Collins appears in this episode, in which Lucy (Lucille Ball) seeks out a cure for Mr. Mooney's insomnia. In the course of Collins' nightclub act, a hypnotized Lucy and Mooney (Gale Gordon) impersonate Laurel and Hardy, and Lucy does impressions of Jackie Gleason Read More

The Lucy Show: Lucy and Clint Walker

Actors: Clint Walker, Mary Jane Croft

Synopsis: (Clint Walker) returns in the role of building contractor Frank Winslow, the muscular boyfriend of Lucy Carmichael (Lucille Ball). This time, Lucy shows up at Frank's construction site, heading all the way up to the top floor to deliver his birthday present, a sweater she has knitted herself (and Read More

The Lucy Show: Lucy and the Monkey

Actors: Mary Jane Croft, Hal March, Lew Parker, Janos Prohaska

Synopsis: Mary Jane (Mary Jane Croft) warns Lucy (Lucille Ball) that she'll have a nervous breakdown if she doesn't stop working so hard. Meanwhile, comedian Bob Bailey (Hal March) and his trained monkey (Janos Prohaska) show up in Mr. Mooney's office prior to performing at the bank's benefit show. You Read More

The Lucy Show: Lucy and John Wayne

Actors: John Wayne, Mary Jane Croft, Morgan Woodward, Joyce Perry, Joseph Ruskin

Synopsis: John Wayne, who'd made two unforgettable guest appearances on I Love Lucy, is back in the saddle for this hilarious Lucy Show installment. Much against his better judgment, Mr. Mooney (Gale Gordon) assigns the starstruck Lucy (Lucille Ball) to deliver some important financial papers to Wayne's Read More

The Lucy Show: Lucy Goes to London

Actors: Mary Jane Croft, Ben Wrigley, Walter Burke, James Wellman, Pat Priest

Synopsis: This episode was designed as a lead-in for the CBS special Lucy in London, which aired on October 24, 1966. Having entered the winning jingle for the Arf Arf Dog Food company, Lucy (Lucille Ball) wins first prize: An all-expense-paid trip to London. This being her first overseas flight, Lucy is Read More

The Lucy Show: Lucy, the Bean Queen

Actors: Ed Begley, Sr., Mary Jane Croft, Richard Jury, Joseph Mell, John Perry

Synopsis: In desperate need of money for new furniture, Lucy (Lucille Ball) and Mary Jane (Mary Jane Croft) attempt to take advantage of an advertising campaign created by Col. Andrew Bailey (Ed Begley), aka "The Bean King." Succeeding at getting double her money back on a can of Colonel Bailey's Bean, Lucy Read More

The Lucy Show: Lucy Gets a Roommate

Actors: Carol Burnett, Mary Jane Croft, Dino Natali, Don Germano, Al Torrieri

Synopsis: Carol Burnett makes her first Lucy Show appearance as Carol Bradford, a meek, frumpy librarian who has become the new roommate of Lucy Carmichael (Lucille Ball). Hoping to get the timid Carol out of her shell, Lucy and Mary Jane (Mary Jane Croft) throw a party for the girl, replete with such Read More

The Lucy Show: Lucy and the Ring-a-Ding Ring

Actors: Mary Jane Croft, Don Beddoe, Ray Kellogg

Synopsis: In a moment of weakness, Mr. Mooney (Gale Gordon) permits Lucy (Lucille Ball) to try on a $6000 ring that he has purchased as an anniversary present for his wife. Of course, Lucy's finger immediately swells up, making it impossible to remove the valuable ring. This makes our heroine so upset that Read More

The Lucy Show: Lucy and the Return of the Iron Man

Actors: Mary Jane Croft, Ross Elliott, Sol (Saul) Gorss, Sid Gould

Synopsis: Spotting Lucy (Lucille Ball) and Mary Jane (Mary Jane Croft) at the racetrack, Mooney (Gale Gordon) hands Lucy his race tickets while he goes off to talk to an acquaintance. Thanks to a misreported photo finish, Lucy tears up the tickets, only to find out that Mooney's horse has actually won. Read More

The Lucy Show: Lucy and the Sleeping Beauty

Actors: Clint Walker, Mary Jane Croft, Mary Wickes, Leopold Kress

Synopsis: Clint Walker makes the first of two series appearances as Frank Winslow, a handsome construction engineer whom Lucy falls for big-time. Impressed by Frank's physique while visiting the 39-story skyscraper he is working on, Lucy evinces a preference for "tall, handsome buildings" and invites him Read More

The Lucy Show: Lucy and the Golden Greek

Actors: Howard Morris, Mary Jane Croft, Robert Fortier, Joe de Santis

Synopsis: Mary Jane Croft, who'd appeared as Audrey Simmons during the first two seasons of I Love Lucy, becomes a series regular in this episode in the role of Lucy's new California neighbor Mary Jane Lewis. Sensing that Lucy (Lucille Ball) might be a bit lonely, Mary Jane arranges a blind date for our Read More

The Lucy Show: Lucy Takes a Job at the Bank

Actors: Gale Gordon, Mary Jane Croft, Kathleen Freeman, Carole Cook, James Gonzales

Synopsis: When her son Jerry (Jimmy Garrett) needs money for a new tuba, Lucy (Lucille Ball) wangles a job at the bank. Not surprisingly, she succeeds in driving Mr. Mooney (Gale Gordon) crazy, even though she's been given the simple, virtually foolproof task of handing out toasters to cutomers opening new Read More

The Lucy Show: Lucy Enters the Baking Contest

Actors: Gale Gordon, Mary Jane Croft, Kathleen Freeman, Carole Cook, Dorothy Konrad

Synopsis: When Viv (Vivian Vance) casts aspersions on Lucy's cooking, Lucy (Lucille Ball) defiantly enters a big baking contest. Things get out of hand early on, with Lucy and Viv each inadvertently passing off the other's cooking as her own. The situation rapidly degenerates into--what else?--a huge pie Read More

The Lucy Show: Lucy and Viv Play Softball

Actors: William Schallert, Mary Jane Croft, Mary Wickes, Karen Norris, Herb Vigran

Synopsis: The all-female Danville Volunteer Fire Department organizes a softball team, with Lucy (Lucille Ball) appointing herself captain. Unfortunately, Lucy is so inept a ballplayer that team manager Mr. Cressant (William Schallert) is forced to bench her just before a big game. As often happens Read More

The Lucy Show: Lucy Drives a Dump Truck

Actors: Mary Jane Croft, Carole Cook, Dorothy Konrad, Richard Reeves, Ben Welden

Synopsis: The all-female Danville Volunteer Fire Department needs new uniforms, but there's no money in the treasury. Hoping to raise the necessary funds--and to save her job as fire chief--Lucy (Lucille Ball) organizes a paper drive. Assuming that this undertaking will merely entail collecting old Read More

The Lucy Show: Lucy Puts Out a Fire in the Bank

Actors: Gale Gordon, Mary Jane Croft, Mary Wickes, Alan Hale, Jr., Irwin Charone

Synopsis: Stingy Mr. Mooney (Gale Gordon) refuses to provide funds for the Danville Volunteer Fire Department, arguing that fire captain Lucy (Lucille Ball) and her all-girl battalion are the epitome of ineptitude. Down but not out, Lucy cooks up a scheme to prove that the Fire Department is not only Read More

The Lucy Show: Lucy and the Little League

Actors: William Schallert, Herb Vigran, Mary Jane Croft, Desi Arnaz, Jr.

Synopsis: It's no secret that Lucy (Lucille Ball) and Viv (Vivian Vance) are the loudest and most demonstrative fans of the Little League team in which their respective sons are playing. Unforrtunately, the girls get a bit too loud and demonstrative while razzing the umpire, and are unceremoniously expelled Read More

The Lucy Show: Lucy, the Music Lover

Actors: Frank Aletter, Mary Jane Croft, Sue Oakes, Richard Gittings

Synopsis: Having passed along a blind date to Viv (Vivian Vance), Lucy (Lucille Ball) changes her mind when she meets the fellow, a handsome doctor named Sam Eastman (Frank Aletter). Upon learning that Sam is a lover of classical music, Lucy pretends to share the same interest, leading to an unforgettable Read More

I Love Lucy: Lucy Raises Chickens

Actors: Mary Jane Croft, Mary Alan Hokanson, Tyler McVey

Synopsis: Lucy (Lucille Ball) decides to earn some extra spending money by going into the chicken-farming business. Ricky (Desi Arnaz) then advertises for an "experienced" couple to help out with this business enterprise -- and wouldn't you know it, that couple turns out to be Fred and Ethel Mertz (William Frawley Read More

I Love Lucy: Housewarming

Actors: Mary Jane Croft, Ray Ferrell

Synopsis: The friendship between Lucy (Lucille Ball) and Ethel (Vivian Vance) becomes strained when both vie for the attentions of Lucy's new Connecticut neighbor Betty Ramsey (Mary Jane Croft). However, it looks as though everything will turn out all right when, listening in on the newly installed intercom Read More

I Love Lucy: Lucy Gets Chummy With the Neighbors

Actors: Mary Jane Croft, Frank Nelson, Parley Baer, Ray Ferrell

Synopsis: Familiar I Love Lucy supporting players Mary Jane Croft and Frank Nelson make their first series appearances as Betty and Ralph Ramsey, the Ricardos' new Connecticut neighbors. Becoming fast friends with Betty Ramsey, Lucy decides to take Betty's advice on purchasing new furniture at a 40-percent Read More

I Love Lucy: Lucy Raises Tulips

Actors: Mary Jane Croft, Frank Nelson, Eleanor Audley, Peter Brocco

Synopsis: It's Lucy Ricardo (Lucille Ball) vs. Betty Ramsey (Mary Jane Croft) as both ladies compete to win the gold cup at the annual Westport flower show. For her part, Lucy carefully cultivates a garden of tulips, then asks Ricky (Desi Arnaz) to mow the lawn to make the Ricardo backyard "picture Read More

I Love Lucy: Country Club Dance

Actors: Mary Jane Croft, Frank Nelson, Ruth Brady, Tristram Coffin

Synopsis: A pre-I Dream of Jeannie Barbara Eden guest stars as Diana Jordan, a sexy young lass who attends a country club dance along with the Ricardos, the Mertzes, and the Ramseys. Much to their wives' dismay, Ricky Ricardo (Desi Arnaz), Fred Mertz (William Frawley), and Ralph Ramsey (Frank Nelson) are Read More

Dragnet: The Big Child

Synopsis: Friday (Jack Webb) and Smith (Ben Alexander) investigate when a woman reports that her two-year-old niece Melissa has died of a seizure. It looks like a case of epilepsy--to say nothing of depraved child neglect on the part of Melissa's alcoholic mother. The situation changes dramatically when Read More

I Love Lucy: Season 06

Actors: Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Vivian Vance, William Frawley, Richard Keith

Synopsis: Several changes occurred in the I Love Lucy format during the series' sixth and final season on the air. For one thing, little Richard Keith, a talented six-year-old drummer, was cast in the role of Little Ricky, the son of Cuban bandleader Ricky Ricardo (Desi Arnaz) and his wacky wife Lucy (Lucille Ball Read More

I Love Lucy: Return Home From Europe

Actors: Mary Jane Croft, Frank Nelson, Mildred Law, Ray Kellogg, Bennett Green

Synopsis: Returning from Europe to the U.S. by plane, the Ricardos and the Mertzes must be very careful in packing their bags, since any luggage over 66 pounds will cost a lot of customs money. It so happens, however, that Lucy (Lucille Ball) has purchased a 25-pound slab of rare Italian cheese as gift for Read More

Dragnet: The Big Housemaid

Synopsis: Mrs. Sarah Vesper (Grace Field), a lifelong friend of police detective Frank Smith (Ben Alexander), reports that several items in her home have been stolen, apparently by her new maid Margaret. It turns out that the name "Margaret" is as artificial as the references which the thief supplied to Read More

I Love Lucy: Lucy Is Envious

Actors: Mary Jane Croft, Herb Vigran, Dick Elliott, Louis Nicoletti, Joe Mayer

Synopsis: Jealous Lucy (Lucille Ball) wants to one-up her wealthy former schoolmate Cynthia Harcourt (Mary Jane Croft) by making a large financial pledge to charity. Unfortunately, she doesn't realize how large her pledge really is until the money comes due ("Put me down for five," she said magnanimously Read More

I Love Lucy [TV Series]

Synopsis: Arguably the most popular TV situation comedy in the known world (and possibly a few worlds beyond that!), I Love Lucy has never stopped playing in rerun form since it originally aired over CBS from October 15, 1951, through June 24, 1957. It can be said without much fear of contradiction that Read More