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Lucie Arnaz is an actress and singer who has accumulated a net worth of 20 million dollars. Lucie Arnaz has earned her huge net worth through appearing on TV and on the big screen, as well as in musicals on stage. Lucie comes from a family of actors as she is a daughter of a famous actress Lucille Ball and an actor and musician Desi Arnaz. Her brother Desi Arnaz, Jr. has also become an actor. Lucie Arnaz has been acting since 1968 and is still active today, therefore it easy to see how she accumulated her impressive net worth.

Lucie Arnaz Net Worth $20 Million

Lucie Arnaz was born in 1951 in Los Angeles and grew up there. As she comes from a family of actors it was not difficult for her to begin her career as an actress as well. She made a debut in a famous show “I Love Lucie” where both her parents appeared. However, it was only one walk-on appearance for Lucie, and her role in another show of her mother called “The Lucie Show” was also small. The real achievement for Lucie Arnaz was “Here’s Lucy” in which she appeared from 1968 until 1974. In this show, too, the main role of Lucie was played by Lucie’s mother Lucille Ball, while the young Lucie played her daughter Kim Carter.

When “The Lucy Show” was finished Lucie Arnaz moved on from family related projects and began advancing her career as well earning her net worth on her own. The first role that she got was in 1975 in “Who is the Black Dahlia” where Lucie played a real-life murder victim Elisabeth Short. Later in 1978 Lucie appeared in one episode of the famous TV series “Fantasy Island”. While her own TV show “The Lucie Arnaz Show” which came out in 1985 proved not very successful, Lucie herself continued working on television and appeared in such famous TV series as “Murder She Wrote”, “Sons and Daughters”, and “Law and Order”, among others.

Lucie Arnaz increased her popularity as well as net worth by acting on the big screen, too. One performance in particular was very successful for her and even brought her a nomination for Golden Globe awards in the category of best supporting actress. That was the 1980 remake of a 1927 hit movie “The Jazz Singer” where Lucie appeared along with the famous actor Laurence Olivier and a singer Neil Diamond.

Another area of Lucie Arnaz’s activities and a source of her net worth is musical theater. She began playing in theater from the late 70’s and one of her first appearances was in Long Island’s Jones Beach Theater’s production “Annie Get Your Gun” where she played the main role. A year later she debuted on the Broadway stage in a musical called “They’re Playing Our Song”. Since then she has played in numerous musicals and received several awards including Theatre World Award and Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award.

Lucie is also known for her work in the fields other than acting, one of which was running the Lucille Ball–Desi Arnaz Center.



Full Name Lucie Arnaz
Net Worth $20 Million
Date Of Birth July 17, 1951
Place Of Birth Los Angeles, California, United States
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.77 m)
Profession Actor, Film Producer, Singer, Dancer
Education Immaculate Heart High School
Nationality United States of America
Spouse Laurence Luckinbill (m. 1980), Phil Vandervort (m. 1971–1977)
Children Katharine Luckinbill, Joseph Luckinbill, Simon Luckinbill
Parents Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz
Siblings Desi Arnaz, Jr.
Nicknames Lucie Desiree Arnaz , Lucie Désirée Arnaz
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IMDB http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0036109
Awards Theatre World Award, Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award
Nominations Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Class Programs
Movies “Who is the Black Dahlia” (1975), “Fantasy Island” (1978), “Murder She Wrote” (1988), “Sons and Daughters” (1991), and “Law and Order” (2003)
TV Shows “Here’s Lucy” (1968-1974), “The Lucie Arnaz Show” (1985), The Lucy Show (1962-1963)
Title Salary
Here’s Lucy (1968) $25,200 (1970)
Here’s Lucy (1968) $20,400 (1969)
Here’s Lucy (1968) $17,600 (1968)
Quote
1 Everybody has a unique, interesting story to tell. I think what people can take away from this is that their story isn’t any less valuable than mine, or my mother’s. And because she had fame, that did not make her life that much easier or luckier. She had lots of perks. I doubt she would have traded what she had. But it wasn’t all that easy. A lot is expected of people who have that kind of fame. It’s a lot to carry around. It changes your life significantly. And not everybody is ready for that.
2 [on whether her mother, Lucille Ball, considered herself a feminist] She would never have said that about herself. I think it ended up feeling like that to other women – “Look at her, she had the nerve to be that character on television, who wanted to do more than just be a housewife.” But, in fact, Lucy Ricardo never really wanted it bad enough to go get it. It just made for good comedy. My mother gets a lot of credit for being the first-woman-this and the first-woman-that. But I remember her saying, “Oh God, I never gave it a second thought.”.
3 [on her father, Desi Arnaz] He was big enough and smart enough – as a producer, as a performer – to allow them to make fun of his mild accent. When, in reality, anybody with half-a-brain would be congratulating this person who now speaks two languages, fluently.
4 [on performing onstage with Tommy Tune in “My One and Only”] I really loved it. It was a huge dancing show. I like to challenge myself. I don’t know what that’s about, probably proving that I’m not just Lucille Ball’s daughter, that I can actually get up and do something once in awhile. I would throw myself into these crazy situations. That was one of the best apprenticeships I could ever have as a dancer.
Fact
1 She was awarded the 1978 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Distinguished Performance in a Musical for “A They’re Playing Our Song” at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles, California.
2 Lucie weighed 3.345376 kilos or 7 lbs 6 oz at birth according to the birth announcement in the milestones column of Time magazine’s July 30, 1951 issue.
3 She was supposed to play Betty Rizzo, but Lucille Ball objected when she learned the producers wanted her daughter to screen test for the role. Supposedly, she called up and said, “I used to own that studio; my daughter’s not doing a screen test!”. Olivia Newton-John on the other hand, insisted on a screen test for the role of Sandra Dee. She was concerned that she did not have the acting skills and that she would look too old to be a high school student. The screen test would allay those fears. She got the role that had originally been meant for Susan Dey who was Laurie Partridge on The Partridge Family (1970), which she turned down on her manager’s advice.
4 She and husband Laurence Luckinbill currently reside in Fairfield County’s Weston, Connecticut. [October 2012]
5 She and husband Laurence Luckinbill resided in Katonah, New York and maintained an office in nearby Ridgefield, Connecticut.
6 (August 10, 2003) The Ogunquit Playhouse in Southern Maine: Lucie dropped by for a walk down memory lane, sharing her award-winning documentary Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie (1993), revisiting the private lives of her very public parents.
7 Sister-in-law of Amy Arnaz. Ex-sister-in-law of Linda Purl.
8 Her mother wanted to name her after her cousin Suzan Ball, but her father wanted her to have her mother’s name as an honor to her. When Ball drifted off to sleep, Arnaz wrote the name “Lucie” on her birth certificate. He chose to spell her name differently to distinguish mother and daughter apart from one another.
9 In an interview on a San Francisco radio station, she stated that of all her mother’s shows, she and her brother, Desi Arnaz Jr., only own the rights to Here’s Lucy (1968).
10 In an interview on a San Francisco radio station, she said that, growing up, she lived next door to Jack Benny in Beverly Hills.
11 Made her professional debut, at about age 12, on her mother’s television series, The Lucy Show (1962). She plays a teenage employee in the ice cream shop in The Lucy Show: Lucy Is a Soda Jerk (1963).
12 Stepmother of Nicholas Luckinbill and Ben Luckinbill. Aunt of Haley Arnaz.
13 Niece of Fred Ball and Kenny Morgan.
14 First choice for the role of Betty Rizzo in Grease (1978), she was allegedly dropped from consideration when her mother, Lucille Ball, called Paramount and said, “I used to own that studio; my daughter’s not doing a screen test!” Ball actually owned the studio which was bought by Paramount, Desilu. The role went to Stockard Channing when the casting director remembered seeing her with Arnaz in the ’50s-themed play “Vanities”. On KGO Radio, in San Francisco (December 10, 2009), Ms. Arnaz denied this to be the case, saying that she was offered the role of Betty Rizzo in “Grease”, but that a lack of solid confirmation, coupled with a conflicting contract, were the deciding factors in her not playing the role. She said that her mother had no participation, aside from counseling her that *she* had to decide between the two offers.
15 Remembered one day while driving that a taped television interview with her was about to air, and actually stopped at a randomly-picked house, asking the family inside if she could come in. Luckily, the family were fans of her parents, recognized her, and changed channels to let her watch the show.
16 Arnaz’s efforts to preserve her family’s history led to her helping create a genealogy software package, to help others learn how to digitize important data and documents.
17 Turned down an offer to appear as Snow White and sing the ill-fated duet with Rob Lowe at the 61st Annual Academy Awards.
18 Older sister of Desi Arnaz Jr..
19 Daughter of Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball.
20 Children, with husband Laurence Luckinbill, are sons Simon Luckinbill and Joe Luckinbill (who are two years apart) and daughter Katharine Luckinbill (“Kate”, who is one year younger than Joe).

Actress

Title Year Status Character
Henry & Me 2014 Jack’s Mom (voice)
The Pack 2011/II Eleanor Jordan
Wild Seven 2006 Sylvia
Law & Order 2003 TV Series Jackie Scott
Down to You 2000 Judy Connelly
Bonne Nuit 1999 TV Movie Nina
Abduction of Innocence 1996 TV Movie Helen Steves
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child 1995 TV Series Queen Maria
Sons and Daughters 1991 TV Series Tess Hammersmith
Murder, She Wrote 1988 TV Series Det. Bess Stacey
Who Gets the Friends? 1988 TV Movie Gloria McClinton
The Lucie Arnaz Show 1985 TV Series Jane Lucas
Second Thoughts 1983 Amy
One More Try 1982 TV Movie Dede March
Washington Mistress 1982 TV Movie Maggie Parker
The Mating Season 1980 TV Movie Sydney Wyatt
The Jazz Singer 1980 Molly Bell
Fantasy Island 1978 TV Series Toni Elgin
Billy Jack Goes to Washington 1977 Saunders McArthur
Death Scream 1975 TV Movie Judy
Who Is the Black Dahlia? 1975 TV Movie Elizabeth Short
Marcus Welby, M.D. 1975 TV Series Jo Anne Bosley
Here’s Lucy 1968-1974 TV Series Kim Carter
The Sixth Sense 1972 TV Series Marguerite Webster
The Dean Martin Show 1971 TV Series
The Lucy Show 1963-1967 TV Series Cynthia / Dorothy / Patty Martin / …

Soundtrack

Title Year Status Character
I Love Lucy’s 50th Anniversary Special 2001 TV Movie documentary performer: “Patria”
One More Try 1982 TV Movie lyrics: “One More Try” / performer: “One More Try”
The 53rd Annual Academy Awards 1981 TV Special performer: “Hooray for Hollywood”
The 33rd Annual Tony Awards 1979 TV Special performer: “They’re Playing Our Song – His”, “They’re Playing Our Song – Hers”

Producer

Title Year Status Character
The Desilu Story 2003 TV Movie documentary producer
I Love Lucy’s 50th Anniversary Special 2001 TV Movie documentary executive producer
Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie 1993 TV Movie documentary executive producer

Miscellaneous

Title Year Status Character
Alexis Arquette: She’s My Brother 2007 Documentary contributor

Thanks

Title Year Status Character
CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years 1976 TV Movie documentary special thanks

Self

Title Year Status Character
Live from the Red Carpet: The Paley Center Tribute to Hispanic Achievements in Television 2016 TV Movie Herself
Coming Together for One Night Only 2015 Short Herself
Embargo 2015 Documentary Herself
16th Annual Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor: Carol Burnett 2013 TV Movie Herself
Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did for Love 2013 Documentary Herself
Here’s Lucy Spotlight: Lucie Arnaz 2012 Video documentary short Herself – Interviewee / Clips from ‘Here’s Lucy’ / Screen test for ‘Yours Mine and Ours’
20/20 2012 TV Series documentary Herself – Lucille Ball’s Daughter
The Thought Exchange 2012 Documentary Herself
Here’s Lucy Spotlight: Desi Arnaz Jr. 2012 Video documentary short Herself – Interviewee / Production footage & episode clips from ‘Here’s Lucy’ / home movie footage
The 2011 Annual American Theatre Wing Gala 2011 TV Movie Herself
Here’s Harry: Remembering Gale Gordon 2011 Video documentary short Herself – Interviewee / Outtake footage & episode clips from ‘Here’s Lucy’
Making the Boys 2011 Documentary Herself (uncredited)
Lucy Meets the Burtons: A Comedic Gem 2010 Video documentary short Herself – Interviewee / On set footage from ‘Here’s Lucy’
Here’s Lucy: On Location 2009 Documentary short Herself – Interviewee / Production footage & episode clips from ‘Here’s Lucy’
Meet the Carters 2009 Video documentary short Herself – Interviewee
Let’s Talk to Lucie 2009 Video documentary short Herself
The 63rd Annual Tony Awards 2009 TV Special Herself – Presenter: American Theatre Wing
The 5th Annual TV Land Awards 2007 TV Special Herself – Winner (“The Legacy of Laughter”)
Entertainment Tonight 2007 TV Series Herself
The Mark Twain Prize: Neil Simon 2006 TV Movie documentary Herself
The 60th Annual Tony Awards 2006 TV Special Herself – Audience Member
CBS at 75 2003 TV Special documentary Herself
The Desilu Story 2003 TV Movie documentary Herself
West End Story 2002 Documentary Herself
TV Road Trip 2002 TV Movie documentary Herself
I Love Lucy’s 50th Anniversary Special 2001 TV Movie documentary Daugher
Ruby 2000 TV Series Herself
Howard Stern 1997 TV Series Herself
The Rosie O’Donnell Show 1996-1997 TV Series Herself
The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams Come True 1995 TV Movie documentary Aunt Em
The New Dramatists Lifetime Achievement Award to Neil Simon 1994 TV Movie Herself – Presenter
Vicki! 1993 TV Series Herself
Bob Hope: The First 90 Years 1993 TV Movie documentary Herself
Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie 1993 TV Movie documentary Herself
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno 1993 TV Series Herself
The 7th Annual Television Academy Hall of Fame Awards 1990 TV Special Herself
I Love Lucy: The Very First Show 1990 TV Movie Herself – Host
The Joan Rivers Show 1990 TV Series Herself
The Arsenio Hall Show 1989 TV Series Herself
The 6th Annual American Cinema Awards 1989 TV Special Herself
The $10,000 Pyramid 1973-1988 TV Series Herself
Kraft Salutes Super Night at the Super Bowl 1987 TV Movie Herself
Circus of the Stars #10 1985 TV Special documentary Herself
Battle of the Network Stars XVIII 1985 TV Special Herself – CBS Team
Night of 100 Stars II 1985 TV Movie Herself
All-Star Party for Lucille Ball 1984 TV Special Herself
The 36th Annual Tony Awards 1982 TV Special Herself – Presenter: Best Featured Actor in a Musical
Night of 100 Stars 1982 TV Special Herself
Good Morning America 1979-1981 TV Series Herself
The 35th Annual Tony Awards 1981 TV Special Herself – Presenter: Best Featured Actor in a Play
The 53rd Annual Academy Awards 1981 TV Special Herself – Performer
The 38th Annual Golden Globe Awards 1981 TV Special Herself – Nominee
Today 1979-1980 TV Series Herself
Billy Baxter Presents Diary of the Cannes Film Festival with Rex Reed 1980 TV Movie documentary Herself
The 33rd Annual Tony Awards 1979 TV Special Herself – Performer
The Annual Friars Club Tribute Presents a Salute to Johnny Carson 1979 TV Movie Herself
V.I.P. Night on Broadway Benefit 1979 TV Movie Herself – Performer
The Mike Douglas Show 1972-1979 TV Series Herself – Actress / Comedienne
Bonkers! 1979 TV Series Herself
A Different Approach 1978 Short Herself
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Henry Fonda 1978 TV Special documentary Herself (uncredited)
Circus of the Stars #2 1977 TV Special Herself – Performer
Dinah! 1975-1977 TV Series Herself
Sammy and Company 1975 TV Series Herself
Tony Orlando and Dawn 1975 TV Series Herself
Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color 1975 TV Series Herself
Welcome to the World 1975 TV Movie Herself
The $25,000 Pyramid 1975 TV Series Herself
Don Adams’ Screen Test 1975 TV Series
American Music Awards 1974 TV Special Herself
The Merv Griffin Show 1973 TV Series Herself
Living Easy with Dr. Joyce Brothers 1973 TV Series Herself
Match Game 73 1973 TV Series Herself – Panelist / Herself
The Hollywood Squares 1971-1972 TV Series Guest Appearance
Laugh-In 1972 TV Series Herself – Guest Performer
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson 1971-1972 TV Series Herself
Celebrity Bowling 1972 TV Series Herself
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour 1971 TV Series Herself
The Virginia Graham Show 1971 TV Series Herself
The 23rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards 1971 TV Special Herself
The David Frost Show 1971 TV Series Herself
The Dick Cavett Show 1971 TV Series
The Kraft Music Hall 1969-1970 TV Series Herself
Password All-Stars 1964 TV Series Herself
The Jack Paar Tonight Show 1960 TV Series Herself
The Revlon Revue 1960 TV Series Herself
I Love Lucy 1951 TV Series Herself – host
Broadway: The Next Generation 2018 Documentary filming Herself
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age 2016 Documentary post-production Herself

Archive Footage

Title Year Status Character
Entertainment Tonight 2015 TV Series Herself
E! True Hollywood Story 2005 TV Series documentary Herself
American Masters 2000 TV Series documentary Herself
Clapper Board 1981 TV Series
Here’s Lucy 1973 TV Series Kim Carter

Won Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie
2008 Festival Prize Wildwood Film Festival, US Best Actress The Pack (2011)
1993 Primetime Emmy Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Informational Special Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie (1993)

Nominated Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie
2008 Festival Award Hoboken International Film Festival Best Supporting Actress The Pack (2011)
2002 Primetime Emmy Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Special Class Program I Love Lucy’s 50th Anniversary Special (2001)
1981 Golden Globe Golden Globes, USA Best Actress in a Supporting Role – Motion Picture The Jazz Singer (1980)

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