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Posted by H2O
2
yrs ago
Fun couple but I think she was way too good for him. She brought way more to the relationship than he did.
Posted by alexis
3
yrs ago
heyyyyyyyyyyyyyy lucyyyyyyyyyyy
Posted by barry
5
yrs ago
Someone once said to me that nothing lasts forever. I laughed and said, "Are you forgetting I love Lucy reruns?".
Posted by Katherine
5
yrs ago
They were sooo amazing! You could tell that they loved working together.They were such a cute couple, and they`ll live on forever. Thank you for making true,clean, and un-refined comedy!!
Posted by sissylove
5
yrs ago
lucy and desi to me is one of the greastest couples of all time.even today we never get tired of watching i love lucy.thank-you for the laughter then and now
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Snapshot
Commenced Dating
November 1940
Engaged
January 1940
Married
30 November 1940
Separated
1959
Divorced
04 May 1960
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Relationship Status
Where/How First Met
She met Cuban bandleader Desi Arnaz while filming the film version of the Rodgers and Hart stage hit Too Many Girls.
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Given Name(s)
Date of Birth
Lucie Désirée
17 July 1951
Desiderio Alberto
19 January 1953
Couple Profile
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.
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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