LUCILLE BALL and Desi Arnaz were married for 20 years and have two children together.
Here is everything we know about the pair’s son and daughter.
Who are Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz’s children?
Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz had two children together, Lucie Arnaz and Desi Arnaz Jr.
Get to know their children:
Desi Arnaz Jr.
Desi was born on January 19, 1953 in Los Angeles, California.
He is an actor and musician, whose birth was one of the most publicized in TV history.
On the American sitcom I Love Lucy, Ball’s pregnancy with “Little Ricky” was a main storyline as viewers were very invested in his birth.
Desi was featured on the cover of TV Guide with the headline “Lucy’s 50,000,000 baby” due to all the revenue that came with the birth.
Arnaz has a daughter, Julia Arnaz, from model Susan Callahan-Howe. The birth came in 1968 when they were both 15 years old.
On October 8, 1987, Arnaz married Amy Laura Bargiel and the couple had a daughter named Haley.
Amy died of cancer in 2015 at the age of 63.
Lucie Arnaz
Lucie was born on July 17, 1951 in Los Angeles, California.
She is an American actress, who played Kim Carter in I Love Lucy.
She has had roles in the film Who Is the Black Dahlia? and Welcome to the “World.”
She also had a nice career in musical theatre with roles in Annie Get Your Gun and Educating Rita.
After a divorce in her first marriage, she married Laurence Luckinbill in 1980.
The couple had three children together, Simon, Joseph and Katharine Luckinbill.
When does Being the Ricardos release?
Being the Ricardos is a new film written and directed by Aaron Sorkin.
The drama takes a look at the life of Ball and Arnaz, who also worked on I Love Lucy back in the day.
The movie was released in theaters on December 10, 2021, and features award-winning actress Nicole Kidman as the iconic role of Ball.
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Following the release of the trailer, Ball’s daughter, Lucie Arnaz, took to Instagram to comment on Kidman’s portrayal, saying that she can see that Kidman “cared very deeply about this part.”
“Nicole Kidman became my mother’s soul. She crawled into her head,” Arnaz wrote. “I don’t know how you do that. She cared very deeply about this part. It shows.”
The film was added to Amazon Prime on Tuesday, December 21.