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 mother's TV shows and was prominently featured as Ms Ball's daughter in Here's Lucy from 1968 to 1974. Arnaz branched out into television roles independent of her family from the mid-1970s. 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, M.D., Sons and Daughters (CBS, 1991), Will & Grace and Law & Order. Arnaz also had a short-lived 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 late-night-style talk show, aired for one season from 1995 to 1996. It was unsuccessful, but The Rosie O'Donnell 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 feature-film appearances, but is best remembered for her debut in The Jazz Singer (1980) in which she co-starred 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 mid-1970s. She made her Broadway debut in February 1979 in the musical They're 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.
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Biography from TMDB.
- July 17, 1951 (75)
- Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Actor, also producer and director
- 15 on MovieCove · 32 credits in all
What are Lucie Arnaz's films like?
Across their 12 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Society and Bonds.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 12
A split, not a type: Light 5 · Serious 3 · Dark 4
Grounded 7 · Stylized 5 · Heightened 0
Gentle 4 · Charged 6 · Intense 2
Steady 6 · Shifting 6 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 6 · Funny 1
Slow burn 7 · Even-paced 5 · Relentless 0
Casual 7 · Engaged 5 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 4 · Affecting 7 · Heavy 1
Resolved 10 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 1
Roles they play
Usually the Ally: 2 of 3 analyzed roles.
- Mentoras Molly Bell in The Jazz Singer (1980)
- Allyas Gloria McClinton in Who Gets the Friends? (1988)
- Allyas Helen Steves in Abduction of Innocence (1996)
Moods and endings
- Happy5
- Bittersweet5
- Ambiguous2
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Lucie Arnaz's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 8 of their 15 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (5).
Subscription and free streaming for Lucie Arnaz's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
32 credits, 15 with a MovieCove page; 22 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Lucie Arnaz: I Got the Job! Songs From My Musical Past (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
Being the Ricardos(2021)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
Will & Grace (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Henry & Me (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
The Pack (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Wild Seven(2006)
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
Down to You(2000)
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films
Abduction of Innocence(1996)
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
E! True Hollywood Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams Come True (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)
Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all shows
The 100 Funniest Moments of the 20th Century: The Unexpected (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all filmsSons and Daughters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)
Law & Order(1990)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows
Who Gets the Friends?(1988)
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)The Lucie Arnaz Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)
Murder, She Wrote(1984)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows
Second Thoughts (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)
Washington Mistress (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)
The Mating Season (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)
The Jazz Singer(1980)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
They're Playing Our Song (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)
Fantasy Island(1977)
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all shows
A Different Approach (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)
Streetkill(1975)
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
Who Is the Black Dahlia?(1975)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
The Sixth Sense (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)
Marcus Welby, M.D.(1969)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all shows
Here's Lucy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)
The Lucy Show(1962)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all shows
Dr. Sam (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
Star power in the 71st percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 32 titles, 31 of them dated from 1962 to 2023; peak year 1980.
Biggest box office
The Jazz Singer (1980)
Highest rated
Being the Ricardos (2021)
Most popular right now
Down to You (2000)
Film career
Peak 1980 · steadily prominent in film for years. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 1968Screen debut· Here's Lucy
- 1980First film· The Jazz Singer
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Lucie Arnaz's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 47th percentile, the median of all 9; across their 12 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 55th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up3
- 50th to 74th4
- 25th to 49th7
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
5 of their 15 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved1
- Loved with Detractors1
- Cult Classic2
- Crowd Pleaser5
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed5
Reviewers score the acting 60/100 in their films, across 7 reviewed titles; fans 75, detractors 42. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Lucie Arnaz work with?
People who share at least 2 of Lucie Arnaz's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Lucille Ball shares the most, 3.
Actors
- Lucille BallShared titles: Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie (1993), Night of 100 Stars II (1985), All-Star Party for Lucille Ball (1984)See all 3 shared titles with Lucille Ball
- Edward AsnerShared titles: Night of 100 Stars II (1985), Night of 100 Stars (1982), Streetkill (1975)See all 3 shared titles with Edward Asner
- Desi Arnaz Jr.Shared titles: Being the Ricardos (2021), Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie (1993), All-Star Party for Lucille Ball (1984)See all 3 shared titles with Desi Arnaz Jr.
- Ronny CoxShared titles: Being the Ricardos (2021), Who Is the Black Dahlia? (1975)See all 2 shared titles with Ronny Cox
