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Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz
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Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz were married for 19 years. They dated for 6 months after getting together in Feb 1940. After a 3 months engagement they married on 30th Nov 1940. 19 years later they separated in Oct 1959 and divorced on 4th May 1960.
They had 2 children, Lucie Désirée (72) and Desiderio Alberto (71).
On Screen Matchups
Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz were in I Love Lucy(1951) together.
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American Comedian Lucille Ball was born Lucille Desiree Ball on 6th August, 1911 in Jamestown, New York, USA and passed away on 26th Apr 1989 Beverly Hills, California, USA aged 77. She is most remembered for I Love Lucy. Her zodiac sign is Leo.
Cuban Actor Desi Arnaz was born Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y De Acha III on 2nd March, 1917 in Santiago, Cuba and passed away on 2nd Dec 1986 Del Mar, California, USA aged 69. He is most remembered for Ricky Ricardo (I Love Lucy). His zodiac sign is Pisces.
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Relationship Statistics
Status | Duration | Length |
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Dating | Feb 1940 - Aug 1940 |
6 months, 2 days
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Engaged | Aug 1940 - 30th Nov 1940 |
4 months, 1 day
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Married | 30th Nov 1940 - 4th May 1960 |
19 years, 5 months
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Total |
Feb 1940 -
4th May 1960
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20 years, 3 months
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Lucy met Cuban bandleader Desi Arnaz while filming the film version of the Rodgers and Hart stage hit Too Many Girls. Ball and Arnaz connected immediately and eloped the same year, garnering much press attention!
Arnaz and Ball frequently argued, especially over his indiscretions with other women, but they always made up in the end. Arnaz was drafted to the United States Army in 1942; he ended up being classified for limited service due to a knee injury. As a result, Arnaz stayed in Los Angeles, organizing and performing USO shows for wounded GIs being brought back from the Pacific. Ball filed for a divorce in 1944. However, shortly after Ball obtained an interlocutory decree, she reconciled with Arnaz again. Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz were only six years different in their ages but apparently believed that it was less socially acceptable for an older woman to marry a younger man, and hence split the difference in their ages and both claimed to have been born in 1914.
By the end of the 1950s, Desilu had become a large company, causing a good deal of stress for both Ball and Arnaz; his increasing drinking further compounded matters. On May 4, 1960, just 2 months after filming the final episode of The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour, the couple divorced, ending one of television`s greatest marriages. However, until his death in 1986, Arnaz would remain friends with Ball. Indeed, both Arnaz and Ball spoke lovingly of each other after the breakup.
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