Lucie Arnaz

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 mothers TV shows and was prominently featured as Ms Balls daughter in Heres Lucy from 1968 to 1974 Arnaz branched out into television roles independent of her family from the mid1970s 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 MD Sons and Daughters CBS 1991 Will Grace and Law Order Arnaz also had a shortlived 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 latenightstyle talk show aired for one season from 1995 to 1996 It was unsuccessful but The Rosie ODonnell 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 featurefilm appearances but is best remembered for her debut in The Jazz Singer 1980 in which she costarred 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 mid1970s She made her Broadway debut in February 1979 in the musical Theyre 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