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Lucie Arnaz
Actor, Producer, DirectorBorn July 17, 1951 (74 years)
Emmy Award winner Lucie Arnaz is the daughter of television legends Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball and sister of actor Desi Arnaz Jr. Lucie Arnaz appeared from an early age on her mother's TV shows and was prominently featured as Ms Ball's daughter in Here's Lucy from 1968 to 1974. Arnaz branched out into television roles independent of her family from the mid-1970s. In 1975, she played murder victim Elizabeth Short in an NBC telefilm of Who is the Black Dahlia?, and she starred with Lyle Waggoner and Tommy Tune in Welcome to the "World," The Wonderful World of Disney special commemorating the grand opening of Space Mountain at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. In 1978, she appeared in an episode of Fantasy Island as a woman desperately trying to save her marriage. She has continued to make appearances in a number of popular television series over the years, including Murder, She Wrote, Marcus Welby, M.D., Sons and Daughters (CBS, 1991), Will & Grace and Law & Order.
Arnaz also had a short-lived series of her own, The Lucie Arnaz Show, on CBS in 1985. The show was about psychologist Dr. Jane Lucas who answers questions from the public on her radio show called "The Jane Lucas Show" and in a magazine. The show first premiered on April 2, 1985, but was pulled off the air after 4 episodes aired. The remaining two episodes aired on June 4 and June 11, 1985. Another eponymous series, this one a late-night-style talk show, aired for one season from 1995 to 1996. It was unsuccessful, but The Rosie O'Donnell Show would use the same format a year later to much greater success.
She won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Informational Special, in 1993 for her documentary about her parents, Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie.
Arnaz has made numerous feature-film appearances, but is best remembered for her debut in The Jazz Singer (1980) in which she co-starred with Neil Diamond and Laurence Olivier. She earned a nomination for the 1981 Golden Globe Award, Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture.
However Arnaz' greatest success has come in the theatre, where she has worked continually since the mid-1970s. She made her Broadway debut in February 1979 in the musical They're Playing Our Song. Arnaz won the Theatre World Award and the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her portrayal of Sonia Walsk. In 1986, she won the Sarah Siddons Award for her tour with Tommy Tune in the international company of the musical My One and Only. In 2000 she made her London debut in the new musical The Witches Of Eastwick.
Arnaz also had a short-lived series of her own, The Lucie Arnaz Show, on CBS in 1985. The show was about psychologist Dr. Jane Lucas who answers questions from the public on her radio show called "The Jane Lucas Show" and in a magazine. The show first premiered on April 2, 1985, but was pulled off the air after 4 episodes aired. The remaining two episodes aired on June 4 and June 11, 1985. Another eponymous series, this one a late-night-style talk show, aired for one season from 1995 to 1996. It was unsuccessful, but The Rosie O'Donnell Show would use the same format a year later to much greater success.
She won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Informational Special, in 1993 for her documentary about her parents, Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie.
Arnaz has made numerous feature-film appearances, but is best remembered for her debut in The Jazz Singer (1980) in which she co-starred with Neil Diamond and Laurence Olivier. She earned a nomination for the 1981 Golden Globe Award, Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture.
However Arnaz' greatest success has come in the theatre, where she has worked continually since the mid-1970s. She made her Broadway debut in February 1979 in the musical They're Playing Our Song. Arnaz won the Theatre World Award and the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her portrayal of Sonia Walsk. In 1986, she won the Sarah Siddons Award for her tour with Tommy Tune in the international company of the musical My One and Only. In 2000 she made her London debut in the new musical The Witches Of Eastwick.
Lucie Arnaz Filmography
| 2017 | Will & Grace (TV Series) · as Factory Boss |
| 2014 | Henry & Me · as Jack's Mom |
| 2011 | Smoking Nonsmoking · as Eleanor Jordan |
| 2009 | The Pack · as Eleanor Jordan |
| 2006 | Wild Seven · as Sylvia |
| 2001 | I Love Lucy's 50th Anniversary Special · as Daugher |
| 2000 | Down to You · as Judy Connelly |
| 1999 | Bonne Nuit · as Nina |
| 1998 | Will & Grace (TV Series) · as Factory Boss |
| 1996 | Abduction of Innocence · as Helen Steves |
| 1996 | E! True Hollywood Story (TV Series) |
| 1995 | The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams Come True · as Aunt Em |
| 1995 | Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (TV Series) · as Queen Maria (voice) |
| 1990 | Law & Order (TV Series) · as Jackie Scott |
| 1988 | Who Gets the Friends? · as Gloria Mcclinton |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote (TV Series) · as Det. Bess Stacey |
| 1983 | Second Thoughts · as Amy |
| 1980 | The Mating Season · as Sydney Wyatt |
| 1980 | The Jazz Singer · as Molly Bell |
| 1977 | Billy Jack Goes to Washington · as Saunders |
| 1977 | Fantasy Island (TV Series) · as Toni Elgin |
| 1975 | Streetkill · as Judy |
| 1975 | Who Is the Black Dahlia? · as Elizabeth Short |
| 1972 | The Sixth Sense (TV Series) |
| 1969 | Marcus Welby, M.D. (TV Series) · as Jo Anne Bosley |
| 1968 | Here's Lucy (TV Series) · as Kim Carter |
| 1967 | The Mothers-In-Law (TV Series) · as Girl In Golf Cart |
| 1962 | The Lucy Show (TV Series) · as Cynthia |
| 2022 | Lucy and Desi · as Self |
| 2021 | Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age · as Self |
| 2016 | Robert Klein Still Can't Stop His Leg · as Self |
| 2013 | Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did for Love · as Self |
| 2012 | The Thought Exchange · as Herself |
| 2011 | Making the Boys · as Self |
| 2009 | The 63rd Annual Tony Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 2007 | The 5th Annual TV Land Awards · as Self - Accepting The Legacy Of Laughter Award |
| 2006 | The 60th Annual Tony Awards · as Self - Audience Member |
| 2003 | CBS at 75 · as Self |
| 1996 | Access Hollywood (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1996 | The Rosie O'Donnell Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1994 | The Howard Stern Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1993 | Bob Hope: The First 90 Years · as Self |
| 1993 | Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie · as Self |
| 1992 | Vicki! (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1991 | Maury (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1989 | The Joan Rivers Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1989 | The Arsenio Hall Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1989 | The 6th Annual American Cinema Awards · as Self |
| 1987 | Win, Lose or Draw (TV Series) · as Self - Panelist |
| 1987 | Biography (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1985 | Night of 100 Stars II · as Self |
| 1983 | Reading Rainbow (TV Series) · as Self - Narrator (voice) |
| 1982 | Night of 100 Stars · as Self |
| 1981 | Entertainment Tonight (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1981 | The 35th Annual Tony Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 1981 | The 53rd Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Performer |
| 1981 | The 38th Annual Golden Globe Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 1979 | The 33rd Annual Tony Awards · as Self - Performer |
| 1979 | CBS Sunday Morning With Jane Pauley (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1978 | 20/20 (TV Series) · as Self - Lucille Ball's Daughter |
| 1978 | The Jim Nabors Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1977 | Circus of the Stars #2 · as Self - Performer |
| 1976 | CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years · as Self |
| 1976 | Working in the Theatre (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1975 | Good Morning America (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1974 | Dinah! (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1974 | The $25,000 Pyramid (1982) (TV Series) · as Self - Celebrity Contestant |
| 1974 | The Mac Davis Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1974 | Tony Orlando And Dawn (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1973 | Match Game (TV Series) · as Self - Panelist |
| 1973 | AFI Life Achievement Award (TV Series) · as Self - Audience Member |
| 1973 | The $10,000 Pyramid (TV Series) · as Self - Celebrity Contestant |
| 1971 | The Generation Game (TV Series) · as Self - Guest Star |
| 1971 | Celebrity Bowling (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1969 | It's Your Bet (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1969 | The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1968 | What's My Line? (1968) (TV Series) · as Self - Mystery Guest |
| 1968 | The Dick Cavett Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1967 | Kraft Music Hall (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1967 | Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1965 | The Dean Martin Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1965 | The Hollywood Squares (TV Series) · as Self - Panelist |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1961 | Password (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1957 | The Jack Paar Tonight Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1956 | Tony Awards (TV Series) · as Self - Presenter |
| 1954 | Disneyland (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1952 | Today (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1950 | The Bob Hope Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards (TV Series) · as Self - Nominee |
| 2021 | Being the Ricardos · as Executive Producer |
| 2001 | I Love Lucy's 50th Anniversary Special · as Executive Producer |
| 1993 | Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie · as Executive Producer |