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Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y de Acha III (March 2, 1917 – December 2, 1986), known as Desi Arnaz, was a Cuban-American actor, musician, producer, and bandleader. [1] He played Ricky Ricardo on the American television sitcom I Love Lucy , in which he co-starred with his wife Lucille Ball . [ 1 ]
Arnaz's acting extended into the late 1980s with various appearances on television, and a leading role in the short-lived TV series Automan, which ran from 1983 to 1984 in only 12 episodes. Arnaz; his mother, Lucille Ball; and his sister, Lucie, in Here's Lucy, 1968. Desi Arnaz and Arnaz on the television special California, My Way, 1974.
During this time, she met Cuban bandleader Desi Arnaz, and they eloped in November 1940. In the 1950s, Ball ventured into television, where she and Arnaz created the sitcom I Love Lucy. She gave birth to their first child, Lucie, in 1951, [7] followed by Desi Arnaz Jr. in 1953. [8] They divorced in March 1960, and she married comedian Gary ...
Actor Javier Bardem talks about playing iconic Hispanic actor Desi Arnaz in the movie "Being the Ricardos," about Arnaz and his wife Lucille Ball. The ‘layers’ behind Hollywood’s powerful ...
From the start, Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz’s relationship was a whirlwind romance straight out of a Hollywood movie. After meeting on the set of the film Too Many Girls in 1940, Ball and Arnaz ...
The couple had long been divorced, but what he said was still significant.
At that time, Arnaz announced intent to start using the recently renovated Jamestown Train Station to further the mission and vision of the Lucille Ball Festival of New Comedy. Lucie Arnaz praised and appeared on stage with the new executive director of the Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Center and applauded her work and dedication to the festival.
Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis held a packed union meeting at their Beverly Hills home. Desi Arnaz poured his heart out in an open letter to the industry while Lew Wasserman worked the numbers ...