Lucie Arnaz
Lucie Arnaz
Biography
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.
Known For
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
60
Gender
Female
Birthday
1951-07-17 (73 years old)
Place of Birth
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Acting

2022

Lucy and Desi as Self

2017

Will & Grace as Factory Boss

2014

Henry & Me as Jack's Mom

2012

The Thought Exchange as Herself

2011

The Pack as Eleanor Jordan

2006

Wild Seven as Sylvia

2000

Down to You as Judy Connelly

2000

Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy as Self (archive footage)

1996

E! True Hollywood Story as Not available

1996

Abduction of Innocence as Helen Steves

1991

Sons and Daughters as Tess Hammersmith

1990

Law & Order as Jackie Scott

1988

Who Gets the Friends? as Gloria McClinton

1985

The Lucie Arnaz Show as Jane Lucas

1984

Murder, She Wrote as Det. Bess Stacey

1983

Reading Rainbow as Herself - Narrator (voice)

1983

Second Thoughts as Amy

1982

Night of 100 Stars as Self

1982

Washington Mistress as Maggie Parker

1980

The Jazz Singer as Molly Bell

1980

The Mating Season as Sydney Wyatt

1978

Fantasy Island as Toni Elgin

1978

A Different Approach as Not available

1975

Who Is the Black Dahlia? as Elizabeth Short

1975

Death Scream as Judy

1974

Dinah! as Self

1972

The Sixth Sense as Not available

1969

Marcus Welby, M.D. as Jo Anne Bosley

1968

The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest

1968

Here's Lucy as Kim Carter

1962

The Lucy Show as Cynthia

1962

The Lucy Show as Girl

1962

The Lucy Show as Teenager

1962

The Lucy Show as Patty Martin

1962

The Lucy Show as Dorothy

1961

The Mike Douglas Show as Self - Co-Host

1956

Tony Awards as Self - Presenter

1956

Tony Awards as Self - Performer

1950

The Bob Hope Show as Self

1944

Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee

NaN

They're Playing Our Song as Sonia Walsk