Lucie Arnaz: I Got the Job! Songs From My Musical Past
2023 · Movie
Lucie Arnaz
1951-07-17
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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.
Filmography
Lucy and Desi
2022 · Movie
as Self
Will & Grace
2017 · TV Show
as Factory Boss
Henry & Me
2014 · Movie
as Jack's Mom
Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love
2013 · Movie
as Self
The Thought Exchange
2012 · Movie
as Herself
The Pack
2011 · Movie
as Eleanor Jordan
Wild Seven
2006 · Movie
as Sylvia
Down to You
2000 · Movie
as Judy Connelly
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Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy
2000 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Abduction of Innocence
1996 · Movie
as Helen Steves
E! True Hollywood Story
1996 · TV Show
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996 · TV Show
as Self
The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams Come True
1995 · Movie
as Aunt Em
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995 · TV Show
as Queen Maria (voice)
Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie
1993 · Movie
as Self
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Sons and Daughters
1991 · TV Show
as Tess Hammersmith
Law & Order
1990 · TV Show
as Jackie Scott
Who Gets the Friends?
1988 · Movie
as Gloria McClinton
Night of 100 Stars II
1985 · Movie
as Self
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The Lucie Arnaz Show
1985 · TV Show
as Jane Lucas
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All Star Party for Lucille Ball
1984 · Movie
as Self
Murder, She Wrote
1984 · TV Show
as Det. Bess Stacey
Second Thoughts
1983 · Movie
as Amy
Reading Rainbow
1983 · TV Show
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Washington Mistress
1982 · Movie
as Maggie Parker
Night of 100 Stars
1982 · Movie
as Self
The Jazz Singer
1980 · Movie
as Molly Bell
The Mating Season
1980 · Movie
as Sydney Wyatt
They're Playing Our Song
1979 · Movie
as Sonia Walsk
A Different Approach
1978 · Movie
Fantasy Island
1978 · TV Show
as Toni Elgin
Who Is the Black Dahlia?
1975 · Movie
as Elizabeth Short
Death Scream
1975 · Movie
as Judy
Tony Orlando and Dawn
1974 · TV Show
as Self
Dinah!
1974 · TV Show
as Self
The Sixth Sense
1972 · TV Show
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
1969 · TV Show
as Self
Marcus Welby, M.D.
1969 · TV Show
as Jo Anne Bosley
Here's Lucy
1968 · TV Show
as Kim Carter
The Dick Cavett Show
1968 · TV Show
as Self - Guest
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968 · TV Show
as Self
The Lucy Show
1962 · TV Show
as Cynthia, Girl, Teenager, Patty Martin, Dorothy, Spectator (uncredited)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · TV Show
as Self
The Merv Griffin Show
1962 · TV Show
as Self
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · TV Show
as Self, Self - Co-Host
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Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957 · TV Show
as Self
Tony Awards
1956 · TV Show
as Self - Performer, Self - Presenter
The Bob Hope Show
1950 · TV Show
as Self
Golden Globe Awards
1944 · TV Show
as Self - Nominee
Broadway: The Next Generation
· Movie
as Self
Dr. Sam
· Movie
as Joyce
