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- After 20 tumultuous years of marriage, actress Lucille Ball files for divorce from her husband and collaborator, Desi Arnaz, on March 4, 1960. The breakup of the couple, stars of the hit sitcom "I Love Lucy" and owners of the innovative Desilu Studios, was one of the highest-profile divorces in American history at the time.
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Aug 15, 2021 · Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz's marriage lasted 20 years but the couple could have divorced within four, but they stayed together for their show and their kids.
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Dec 26, 2021 · Entertainment. The Most Shocking Secret About 'I Love Lucy' Stars Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz’s Marriage. Audiences are now getting a closer look at their relationship in Being the...
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Arnaz and Ball met in 1940 on the set of the RKO movie Too Many Girls. He was a 23-year-old bandleader whose family had fled Cuba in 1933. At 28, Ball was a seasoned studio contract player whose star power had never been fit to the right vehicle. Their offscreen chemistry was evident and they had eloped by year’s end. “You could tell the sparks wer...
CBS wanted Ball to recreate on television the success she had achieved on radio with My Favorite Husband(1947–1950), a series about a ditzy newlywed and her madcap adventures. But the network initially balked when Ball demanded any show she would appear in must also include real-life husband Arnaz. Executives at CBS were reportedly worried that Ame...
Pregnancy and children were things Ball had longed for, with the actress reportedly suffering several miscarriages before conceiving daughter Lucie. But as audiences tuned in each week to witness her latest, often outrageous adventures, Ball’s marriage to Arnaz was under strain. He was working 14-hour days as their Hollywood careers skyrocketed, bu...
Though now apart, they continued to work together at Desilu. Two years following their divorce, as Ball readied herself to return to weekly television with The Lucy Show, Arnaz was struggling with the pressures of running Desilu. In 1962 Ball paid Arnaz a reported $2.5 million for his company shares and became the first female CEO of a major Hollyw...
Aug 13, 2020 · True Hollywood Story. Did Desi Really Love Lucy? The Scandal That Rocked TV’s First Family. “What’s she upset about?” Arnaz said of wife and costar Lucille Ball. “I don’t take out other broads. I...
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Aug 18, 2023 · Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz's on-screen marriage was possibly the most iconic in TV history, but their real love story was a lot more turbulent than any of their sitcom plots. Ball...
Dec 11, 2022 · United Archives/Getty Images. Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz had a relatively short courtship, and they were married within a year of starting to date. As Arnaz explains in his autobiography, "A Book by Desi Arnaz," it was November 29, 1940, and he had just been reunited with Ball after being separated due to their busy work schedules.
Jan 11, 2022 · Arnaz passed away at the age of 69 after being diagnosed with lung cancer, and Ball died three years later. The marriage of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz was historic for many reasons, including their age difference and the groundbreaking interracial TV relationship.
