The Unique Talent and Humane Soul of Lucie Arnaz - Herbie J Pilato

Lucie Arnaz is a dynamic combination of talent personality intelligence humor and demure that is rarely found in the world of entertainment The daughter of industry legends Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball Ms Arnaz could easily have easily played upon her famous heritage But her iconic parents whose contributions to the industry remain enormous guided their daughter and son Desi Arnaz Jr with a gentle hand and a sophisticated elegance Raised in prestige and wealth Lucie Arnaz could have easily adapted to the usual highrollers game of arrogance and pomposity inaccessibility and avoidance Instead and by way of her parents39 best virtues she39s opted from the word go to live her life with grace and kindness discretion integrity and humanityHer career which is vast and versatile began with early performances on her mother39s second successful sitcom The Lucy Show and on game shows like Password In 1968 a regular role on Here39s Lucy her mother39s third hit show lead to gueststarring stints on other classic TV programs like Marcus Welby MD as well an energetic starring role on her own sitcom The Lucie Arnaz Show Her comedic deftness was sealed with a performance as Detective Bess Stacey in a deadon satire of classic TV39s Cagney ampamp Lacey for a profoundly entertainment episode of Murder She Wrote Into this mix her dramatic abilities have been potently displayed on groundbreaking TVmovies like Who Is The Black Delia feature films such as 1980 edition of The Jazz Singer in the telling TV series Sons ampamp Daughters and in several gueststarring appearances on shows like Law ampamp Order Then in 1993 she won an Emmy Award for television documentary Lucy and Desi A Home MovieCertainly Lucie Arnaz is her mother39s daughter when it comes to delivering the goods of both dramatic and comedic performances Ms Ball ignited her career in a list of quality dramatic feature films before finding superstardom on TV with I Love Lucy in which she costarred with husband Desi Arnaz who was the grand conductor of that show39s every genius move behindthescenes So while the genetic pool of talent and ingenuity runs deep for Ms Arnaz even Lucille Ball made an important distinction between herself and her talented offspring Ms Ball believed she had to work at comedy but her daughter Lucie That was a different story On more than one occasion Ms Ball described Ms Arnaz as naturally funnyThe additional talents of Ms Arnaz in the area of song and dance have long been on display In addition to the countless musical performances she provided on Here39s Lucy which along with I Love Lucy and The Lucy Show are all now available on DVD she also appeared on Broadway in They39re Playing Our Song for which she won the Theatre World Award and the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Actress in a Musical costarred with Tommy Tune in My One and Only for which she won the Sarah Siddons Award and appeared most recently in the hit live showLatin Roots Other live events have included her performance and direction in the summer of 2010 of Babalu A Celebration of the Music of Desi Arnaz and His OrchestraSuffice it to say when it comes to entertaining Lucie Arnaz is a onewoman powerhouse And to top it all off her humanitarian and charitable efforts to help the less fortunate goes without saying but is more than worth repeating Somehow through it all she has managed to retain a solid family life with husband of over three decades actorwriter Laurence Luckinbill with whom she has three children Simon Joseph and Katharine and two stepsons Nicholas and BenjaminIn short Lucie Arnaz more than easily lives up to and exceeds her lineage on every level and in the process her fans and peers along with her own immediate family continue to have the good fortune of her presence Ms Arnaz is living proof that star quality is not merely something one is born with This charismatic earth angel has clearly earned her talented wings partially by way of Hollywood but mostly via a direct beeline from HeavenHerbie J Pilato is an actor writer producer and singer who has worked for Syfy AampampE TLC Bravo The Discovery Channel Universal Warner Bros and Sony As the author of a number of acclaimed classic TV tiein books such as The Bionic BookLife Story The Book of Life Goes On The Bewitched Book Bewitched Forever The Kung Fu Book of Caine The Kung Fu Book of Wisdom and NBC ampamp ME My Life As A Page In A Book Herbie J is the Founder and Executive Director for The Classic TV Preservation Society a nonprofit organization dedicated to closing the gap between positive TV shows and education the Creative Director for Erie Street Entertainment a TV production company that is geared toward scififantasy and familyoriented material and the President of PopCulture Consultants an entertainment consulting firm Herbie J makes frequent television appearances on shows like the TV Guide Channel39s 100 Moments That Changed TV and Entertainment Tonight He39s performed on daytime soaps such as General Hospital and The Bold and The Beautiful as well as on classic TV shows like The Golden Girls and Highway to Heaven Herbie J39s newest books include Twitch Upon A Star The Bewitched Life and Career of Elizabeth Montgomery which was published by Taylor Trade in November 2012 and The Essential Elizabeth Montgomery A Guide To Her Magical Performances which Taylor Trade will release in October 2013 For more information log on to httpwwwherbiejpilatocomRead all Herbie J39s MediaBizBloggers commentaries at Herbie J39s Classic TV CornerCheck us out on Facebook at MediaBizBloggerscomFollow our Twitter updates MediaBizBloggerThe opinions and points of view expressed in this commentary are exclusively the views of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of MediaBizBloggerscom management or associated bloggers MediaBizBloggers is an open thought leadership platform and readers may share their comments and opinions in response to all commentaries

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