Lucie Arnaz
Born
July 17, 1951 (73 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
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

Lucie Arnaz: I Got the Job! Songs From My Musical Past
2023

Lucy and Desi
Self
2022

Broadway: The Next Generation
Self
2017

Will & Grace
Factory Boss · (1 episode)
2017

Henry & Me
Jack's Mom
2014

Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love
Self
2013
The Thought Exchange
Herself
2012

The Pack
Eleanor Jordan
2011

Wild Seven
Sylvia
2006
Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy
Self (archive footage)
2000

Down to You
Judy Connelly
2000

Abduction of Innocence
Helen Steves
1996

E! True Hollywood Story
(1 episode)
1996

The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Self · (1 episode)
1996

The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams Come True
Aunt Em
1995

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Queen Maria (voice) · (1 episode)
1995

Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie
Self
1993
Sons and Daughters
Tess Hammersmith · (13 episodes)
1991

Law & Order
Jackie Scott · (1 episode)
1990
Who Gets the Friends?
Gloria McClinton
1988
The Lucie Arnaz Show
Jane Lucas · (6 episodes)
1985

Night of 100 Stars II
Self
1985
All Star Party for Lucille Ball
Self
1984

Murder, She Wrote
Det. Bess Stacey · (1 episode)
1984

Reading Rainbow
Herself - Narrator (voice) · (1 episode)
1983

Second Thoughts
Amy
1983

Night of 100 Stars
Self
1982

Washington Mistress
Maggie Parker
1982

The Mating Season
Sydney Wyatt
1980

The Jazz Singer
Molly Bell
1980

A Different Approach
1978

Death Scream
Judy
1975

Who Is the Black Dahlia?
Elizabeth Short
1975

They're Playing Our Song
Sonia Walsk

Fantasy Island
Toni Elgin · (1 episode)
1978

Tony Orlando and Dawn
Self · (1 episode)
1974

Dinah!
Self · (3 episodes)
1974

The Sixth Sense
(1 episode)
1972

Marcus Welby, M.D.
Jo Anne Bosley · (1 episode)
1969

The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
Self · (1 episode)
1969

Here's Lucy
Kim Carter · (131 episodes)
1968

The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
1968

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self · (1 episode)
1968

The Lucy Show
Cynthia · (2 episodes)
1962

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self · (2 episodes)
1962

The Lucy Show
Girl · (1 episode)
1962

The Lucy Show
Teenager · (1 episode)
1962

The Lucy Show
Patty Martin · (1 episode)
1962

The Lucy Show
Dorothy · (1 episode)
1962

The Merv Griffin Show
Self · (1 episode)
1962

The Lucy Show
Spectator (uncredited) · (1 episode)
1962

The Mike Douglas Show
Self · (2 episodes)
1961

The Mike Douglas Show
Self - Co-Host · (1 episode)
1961
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Self · (1 episode)
1957

Tony Awards
Self - Presenter · (3 episodes)
1956

Tony Awards
Self - Performer · (1 episode)
1956

The Bob Hope Show
Self · (1 episode)
1950

Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee · (1 episode)
1944