Lucie Arnaz

About Lucie Arnaz

Who is it?: Actress
Birth Day: July 17, 1951
Birth Place: Los Angeles, California, United States, United States
Occupation: Actress, singer, dancer, producer
Years active: 1963–present
Height: 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Spouse(s): Phil Vandervort (m. 1971; div. 1977) Laurence Luckinbill (m. 1980)
Children: 3 children 2 stepsons
Parent(s): Desi Arnaz Lucille Ball
Relatives: Desi Arnaz Jr. (brother) Fred Ball (maternal uncle) Desiderio Alberto Arnaz II (paternal grandfather)

Lucie Arnaz

Lucie Arnaz was born on July 17, 1951 in Los Angeles, California, United States, United States, is Actress. Lucie Desiree Arnaz is a well-known American singer, actress and producer, who started her career in show business in the early 1960s. She belongs to the famous Arnaz-Ball family that were pioneers in American television. Besides her parents, her brother is also an actor and musician. She debuted on television with her mother’s shows, ‘The Lucy Show’ and ‘Here’s Lucy’, where she played the role of the daughter of her real life mother. Most of her grooming as an actress was done on the sets by her mother. She was quick to pick up and soon took on roles that were independent of the family. She was also into theatre and made her Broadway debut with the musical ‘They’re Playing Our Song’. Her movie credits include hits like ‘The Jazz Singer’ and ‘The Thought Exchange’. She was a Trustee on the American Theatre Wing and was also the president of the board of directors of the Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Centre. She has the distinction of winning an Emmy Award for ‘Outstanding Informational Special’ for her documentary about her parents and the ‘Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award’ for ‘Best Actress in a Musical’. She is still very much active on the social scene in Hollywood as well as social media where she has a large following of fans.
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Popular As Lucie Arnaz
Occupation T V & Movie Producers
Age 73 years old
Zodiac Sign Leo
Born July 17, 1951 (Los Angeles, California, United States, United States)
Birthday July 17
Town/City Los Angeles, California, United States, United States
Nationality United States

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Lucie Arnaz’s zodiac sign is Leo. According to astrologers, people born under the sign of Leo are natural born leaders. They are dramatic, creative, self-confident, dominant and extremely difficult to resist, able to achieve anything they want to in any area of life they commit to. There is a specific strength to a Leo and their "king of the jungle" status. Leo often has many friends for they are generous and loyal. Self-confident and attractive, this is a Sun sign capable of uniting different groups of people and leading them as one towards a shared cause, and their healthy sense of humor makes collaboration with other people even easier.

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Lucie Arnaz was born in the Year of the Rabbit. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Rabbit enjoy being surrounded by family and friends. They’re popular, compassionate, sincere, and they like to avoid conflict and are sometimes seen as pushovers. Rabbits enjoy home and entertaining at home. Compatible with Goat or Pig.

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Biography/Timeline

1968

Having had walk-on roles on her mother's television series The Lucy Show, Arnaz made her acting debut in a continuing role in the series Here's Lucy from 1968 to 1974. She played Kim Carter, the daughter of the eponymous Lucy—who was played by Arnaz's real-life mother, Lucille Ball.

1970

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), and Law & Order.

1978

She has also had a lengthy career in musical theatre. In the summer of 1978, she played the title role in Annie Get Your Gun at the Jones Beach Theatre on Long Island, New York. This was the first production at Jones Beach Theatre after the death of longtime Producer Guy Lombardo. 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.

1980

She has been twice married, to actor Phil Vandervort (1971) and actor-writer Laurence Luckinbill (June 22, 1980 – present). Luckinbill and Arnaz live in Palm Springs, California.

1985

Arnaz also had a short-lived series of her own, The Lucie Arnaz Show, on CBS in 1985. The reviewer for The New York Times described the show as "the always ingratiating Miss Arnaz as a Psychologist who not only writes an advice column, but also takes calls from listeners on her own radio program."

1993

She won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Informational Special, in 1993 for her documentary about her parents, Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie.

1999

Arnaz was a Trustee on the Board of The American Theatre Wing for 15 years (1999-2014). From about 2002 to 2007, Arnaz was the President of the board of Directors of the Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Center in Jamestown, New York. She resigned over a dispute with the executive Director over the Future direction of the Center.

2006

She has numerous other theater credits, both in the United States and abroad: Seesaw (first national company, 1974), Whose Life Is It Anyway?, The Guardsman (Paper Mill Playhouse, Millburn, New Jersey, January 1984), The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams Come True (Concert at Lincoln Center, 1995, televised), Sonia Flew (Coconut Grove Playhouse, Florida, April 2006), The Witches of Eastwick (London, Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, June 2000), Vanities (Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, 1976 as "Kathy"), Neil Simon's Lost in Yonkers (Broadway), Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Broadway, May 23, 2006 to September 3, 2006 and Terence McNally's Master Class (Seacoast Repertory Theatre, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, April to May 1999).

2008

In October 2008, Arnaz and longtime family friend, Hollywood columnist and Turner Classic Movies host Robert Osborne participated in a tribute to Arnaz's mother, Lucille Ball, at the Paley Center For Media in New York City. The program, "Lucie and Lucy: Lucie Arnaz Shares Treasures From The Family Video Collection", included a discussion between Osborne and Arnaz about Ball, and also focused on Ball's last long-running series, Here's Lucy (which was celebrating its 40th anniversary), as well as several of Ball's television specials and guest appearances during the 1970s, which Arnaz had recently donated to the Paley Center for Media.

2010

In 2010, Arnaz performed in (along with Raúl Esparza and Valarie Pettiford) and directed Babalu: A Celebration of the Music of Desi Arnaz and his Orchestra. A Miami, Florida performance was given in July 2010.

2012

Comedians who performed at the 2012 Festival of New Comedy included Billy Gardell, Paula Poundstone and Tammy Pescatelli.

2014

She toured in Pippin in 2014, playing the role of Berthe, the title character's grandmother. She appeared on Broadway in Pippin, from October 9, 2014 to November 9, 2014.

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