Lucie Arnaz

She was initially married to actor Phil Vandervort in 1971 but got divorced after six years. She then married actor and writer, Laurence Luckinbill, in June 1980, with whom she has three children - Simon, Joseph and Katharine. Luckinbill has two sons from his previous marriage. They reside in Fairfield County’s Weston, Connecticut.

She was very close to her parents and is an active member of the Unity Church that professes a new thought in Christianity describing itself as a positive and practical way of life.

Lucie Desiree Arnaz was born on July 17, 1951 to Desi Arnaz and Luclle Ball in Los Angeles, California, USA. Her father was a Cuban-born-American musician, actor, and producer and her mother was also an actress, model and producer of repute. She has a brother named Desi Arnaz Jr, who is also into show business.

She moved to New York with her parents and attended Saint Vincent Ferrer School along with her brother. She later completed her high school from the Roman Catholic Immaculate Heart High School, where she took active part in dramatics.

She was an extrovert as a child and made friends easily. Due to her parents' profession, she got an early exposure to Hollywood and was encouraged by them to take up acting as a career.

She appeared in minor roles on her mother’s television serial called ‘The Lucy Show’. By the time she was 17 she made her acting debut in the sequel to her mother’s show which was titled ‘Here’s Lucy’. She played the role of the daughter of her actual mother in the serial. Her brother also appeared on the show.

By the mid 70s she started acting in serials on her own, without the support of her parents. Her first venture was the role of a murder victim in the NBC telefilm titled ‘Who is the Black Dahlia?’ This was followed by a role in ‘Welcome to the World’, where she acted alongside Lyle Waggoner and Tommy Tune.

In 1978, she played the highly emotional role of a woman trying to save her marriage in the serial ‘Fantasy Island’. Ever since she has appeared in a number of popular serials including ‘Murder she Wrote’, ‘Law & Order’ and ‘Sons and Daughters’.

Her show ‘The Lucy Arnaz Show’ was aired on CBS in 1985, where she took calls from viewers and rendered advice on dealing with real life situations.

She also had a parallel theatre career in which she appeared in a number of musicals and dramas including her Broadway debut in 1979 with the musical ‘They’re Playing Our Song’. Her other theatre appearances include ‘Seesaw’, ‘The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams Come True’, ‘The Witches of Eastwick’, ‘Dirty Rotten Scoundrels’ and ‘Lost in Yonkers’.

Her stage performances include ‘They’re Playing Our Song’, ‘Lost in Yonkers’ and ‘Dirty Rotten Scoundrels’ at Broadway. She has also toured for the live performances of ‘Seesaw’, ‘My One and Only’ and ‘Pippin’.

She has appeared in the films ‘Billy Jack Goes to Washington’, ‘Down to You’, ‘The Jazz Singer’, ‘Second Thoughts’ and ‘The Thought Exchange’.

Her credits on American television include ‘The Lucy Show’, ‘Here’s Lucy’, ‘Death Scream’, ‘Law and Order’, ‘Murder She Wrote’ and ‘Fantasy Island’.