Lucie Arnaz

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Lucie Désirée Arnaz (born July 17, 1951) is an American actress. She is the daughter of actors Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, and is the sister of actor Desi Arnaz, Jr. When asked why her name is not spelled like her famous mother's, Lucie replied: "My Dad chose the name. My mother wanted to name me Susan (don't ask why) but, as soon as she nodded off after delivery, he wrote L-U-C-I-E on the birth certificate. He said it was to honor my mother and he spelled it differently so that NO ONE would ever get confused." Career Lucie Arnaz attended Immaculate Heart High School in Los Angeles and launched a long and successful career as an actress. After a few guest appearances and walk-ons on her mother's series, The Lucy Show, Arnaz, along with her brother, made her first acting appearance in a continuing role as Lucy's daughter, Kim, in the series Here's Lucy. She returned to television in a 1975 production of Who Is the Black Dahlia? playing infamous murder victim Elizabeth Short. In 1986, Arnaz earned the Sarah Siddons Award for her work in Chicago theatre. She also would star on Broadway in productions of Neil Simon's Lost in Yonkers, Terence McNally's Master Class and other shows, and toured with Tommy Tune in the international company of the musical My One and Only. The actress has dozens of other theater credits, including roles in "Annie Get Your Gun", "Whose Life Is It, Anyway?" "The Guardian", "Vanities" and "Seesaw." She performed in 1995's The Wizard of Oz in Conce

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