What did Lucille Ball do for a living on the old 1950s TV sitcom I LOVE LUCY?

Lucille Ball, in the iconic 1950s TV sitcom "I Love Lucy", played the character of Lucy Ricardo. Lucy was a housewife who was always scheming and plotting to get into the entertainment business, much to the chagrin of her husband, Ricky Ricardo, a Cuban bandleader.

Though she never held a steady job on the show, she was always trying to find ways to get into show business, often with hilarious and disastrous results.