Vivian Vance

Biography:

Vivian Vance (July 26, 1909 – August 17, 1979) was an American actress and singer from Kansas, best known for her role as Ethel Mertz on the American television sitcom I Love Lucy (1951–1957).

Known For

The Merv Griffin Show

The Mike Douglas Show

Love, American Style

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

The Ed Sullivan Show

I Love Lucy

The Bob Hope Show

The Lucy Show

Here's Lucy

Rhoda

Acting

2022

Lucy and Desi as Self (archive footage)

2018

I Love Lucy: In Color as Ethel Mertz

2016

I Love Lucy Christmas Special as Ethel Mertz

1999

Television: The First Fifty Years as Ethel Mertz (archive footage)

1977

Lucy Calls the President as Viv

1976

The Great Houdinis as Minnie

CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years as Self

1974

Rhoda

Dinah! as Self

1973

The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts as Self

1972

The Lorax as Singer

Getting Away from It All as May Brodey

1969

Love, American Style as Madame Zimia Zygmundt

1968

Here's Lucy as Vivian Jones

1965

The Great Race as Hester Goodbody

1962

The Merv Griffin Show as Self

The Lucy Show as Vivian Bagley

1961

Password

The Mike Douglas Show as Self

1959

The Deputy as Emma Gant

1958

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

1957

The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour as Ethel Mertz

Tonight Starring Jack Paar as Self

1956

Lucy's Really Lost Moments as Ethel Mertz

The Bob Hope Chevy Show as Ethel Mertz

1953

I Love Lucy: The Movie as Ethel Mertz

1951

The Blue Veil as Alicia

I Love Lucy as Ethel Mertz

1950

The Secret Fury as Leah

The Bob Hope Show as Self

1948

The Ed Sullivan Show as Self

1933

Take a Chance as Dancehall Girl

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Vivian Vance

Biography:

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