One of the most notable things about the casting of I Love Lucy is the age difference between the actor who played Fred and the actress who played Ethel. How far apart were their ages?

When the series started in 1951, William Frawley was 64 years old and Vivian Vance was only 42, making their difference a whopping 22 years. It was a source of tension between them, and they never really got along off screen. Didn't help that Frawley had a reputation as a drunk.

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