Desi Arnaz

Name: Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y de Acha III
Born: March 2, 1917 Santiago de Cuba
Died: December 2, 1986 Del Mar, California, Lung cancer
Parents: Desiderio Arnaz II Dolores de Acha ("Lolita")
Siblings: none
Married: Lucille Ball
(November 30, 1940)
Divorced: May 4, 1960
Edith Mack Hirsch (March 2, 1963)
Children: Daughter: Lucie Desiree Arnaz
Son: Desiderio Alberto (Desi) Arnaz, Jr.

Complete Desi Arnaz Discography

Film Appearances:

Too Many Girls (1940, RKO)
Father Takes A Wife (1941, RKO)
Four Jacks And A Jill (1942, RKO)
The Navy Comes Through (1942, RKO)
Bataan (1943, RKO)
Cuban Pete (1946, Universal)

Stage Appearances, Broadway:

Too Many Girls (Opened October 18, 1939)

Television Appearances, Series:

"I Love Lucy" (1951-57, CBS)
"The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour" (1957-60, CBS)
"Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse" (1958, CBS)

Television Appearances, Selected:

"Stars in the Eye" (November 13, 1952, CBS)
"Dinner with the President" (November 23, 1953, CBS)
"The Milton Berle Show" (May 4, 1954, NBC)
"Toast of the Town" (October 3, 1954, CBS)
"Show of Stars" (episode titled "High Pitch") (May 12, 1955, CBS)
"The Bob Hope Chevy Show" (October 24, 1956, NBC)
"The Desilu Revue" (December 15, 1959, CBS)
"The Mothers-In-Law" (1967-69, NBC)
"Alice" ("One Too Many Girls, " CBS, March 2, 1980)
"Saturday Night Live" (February 21, 1976, NBC)

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