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Terrie Frankel, the surviving Doublemint Twin of the 1965/66 pair, owns
and lives in the Seven Arches House AKA the ‘Lucille Ball’ house, which
overlooks Tlaquepaque in Sedona. Lucy and Dezi never lived there,
but Ball at one point owned the hillside, and her brothers, including
Fred Ball, as in the Fred portrayed in I Love Lucy, and the father of
aforementioned Geoff, built two houses, one of which Frankel now
occupies.
The Frankel twins had a career thick with activity, and not just chewing
bubblegum. They wrote the New York Times’ Best Seller You’ll Never
Make Love in this Town Again, and co-penned the movies Lunch Wagon,
and High Heels, and with others, wrote the books Tales from the Casting
Couch, Unfinished Lives, and on their own wrote the musical Heaven
on Broadway.
They came to Sedona to escape the hectic world of Hollywood, and
reflect on their lives, from their simple start of volunteer performances
in Chi-Town, through their rise to star status. When you pass the
Ball-Frankel house, you can see life-sized figurines of The Twins, Lucy,
and, at Christmas, Santa Claus, waving to you from the balcony. Inside,
Frankel has greatly honored Lucy with images and relics of her (mingled
with Frankel’s own) Hollywood histories. Proudly displayed is even
the old small upright piano Lucy herself used to play, a gift from Geoff
Ball, and a rare piece of Lucy’s musical story. Frankel remains active in
the Sedona community. Visit her website here:
https://sedonasevenarcheslive.com/meet-terrie-frankel
And Along Came A Lucy-Lover, Worthy of Her Setting
DTPR MARCH THROUGH APRIL 2025 / COVER STORY
Photography by: Greg Bernstein
Seven Arches House wtih
the Sedona Red Rock High
School Girls Basketball
Coach and Team on the
Patio
Doublemint Twins play the
Accordion Terrie & Jennie
Frankel at 17 years old.
Photography by:
Maurice Seymour
Doublemint Twin
Terrie Frankel today.
Seven Arches House.