Lucille Ball may have been gone for three decades – but she is still remembered and loved by so many.
As the top comedic actress in the 1950s, she rose to fame with the TV show I Love Lucy, co-starring on the show with her husband, Desi Arnaz.
Prior to finding fame on the small screen, she had started her career as a model and film actress and by the end of her career had starred in over 70 movies.
Lucille Ball’s legacy continued to live on in many ways, and her great-granddaughter bore a striking resemblance to her iconic great-grandmother.
Sadly, 31-year-old Desiree Anzalone lost her life in a very sad way in 2020.
Cuban-born American actor Desi Arnaz hugging his wife, American actress Lucille Ball on the set of the TV series I Love Lucy. 1950s. (Photo by Mondadori via Getty Images)
I Love Lucy catapulted Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz into fame, and the show made history in many ways. It was one of the first to be filmed in front of a live audience, and it paved the way for many other popular sitcoms.
Lucille Ball was married twice and had two children. In 1940, she tied the knot with Desi Arnaz, with whom she starred in I Love Lucy. The couple had two children, named Lucie Arnaz and Desi Arnaz Jr.
Desi Arnaz Jr’s birth was one of the most publicized in television history but being the son of two superstars wasn’t easy. He has previously admitted that he partied hard while growing up in Hollywood in the 1950s and 60s.
The child of two wildly famous television actors, he was surrounded by temptation and pressure. In fact, he became a father at the young age of 15.
Though he did not have a relationship with his daughter Julia until about 20 years later, Arnaz Jr. made an effort to be there for his granddaughter, Desiree Anzalone, to make up for his previous absence.
Arnaz Jr. was rocketed into fame with his birth when his mother, star Lucille Ball, gave birth to him the same night her titular I Love Lucy character did in a pre-recorded episode.
It was a groundbreaking moment as up until that point CBS had insisted that you couldn’t show a pregnant woman on television.
The baby grew into a teenager surrounded by Hollywood royalty until he eventually became a teen idol himself on his parents’ other venture, Here’s Lucy.
It was around this time he met the model Susan Callahan-Howe, the mother of his eventual daughter. Desi Jr. and Susan met when they were only 15 years old. But Desi Jr. and his daughter Julia spent years apart until they were reunited in the 90s.
Sadly, that was after Lucille passed, so Julia never met her iconic grandmother.
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