Person
Vivian Vance
Acting · 1909–1979 · Cherryvale, Kansas, USA
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 Mike Douglas Show
Self
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
The Lucy Show
Vivian Bagley
Love, American Style
Madame Zimia Zygmundt
I Love Lucy
Ethel Mertz
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Self
The Deputy
Emma Gant
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
Dinah!
Self
Rhoda
1974
Filmography
- 2022Lucy and DesiSelf (archive footage)
- 2016I Love Lucy Christmas SpecialEthel Mertz
- 2000Lucille Ball: Finding LucySelf (archive footage)
- 1999Television: The First Fifty YearsEthel Mertz (archive footage)
- 1977Lucy Calls the PresidentViv
- 1976CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 YearsSelf
- 1976The Great HoudinisMinnie
- 1974Dinah!Self
- 1974Rhoda
- 1973The Dean Martin Celebrity RoastsSelf
- 1972The LoraxSinger
- 1972Getting Away from It AllMay Brodey
- 1969Love, American StyleMadame Zimia Zygmundt
- 1968Here's LucyVivian Jones
- 1965The Great RaceHester Goodbody
- 1962The Merv Griffin ShowSelf
- 1962The Lucy ShowVivian Bagley
- 1961The Mike Douglas ShowSelf
- 1961Password
- 1959The DeputyEmma Gant
- 1958Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
- 1957The Lucy–Desi Comedy HourEthel Mertz
- 1957Tonight Starring Jack PaarSelf
- 1956The Bob Hope Chevy ShowEthel Mertz
- 1956Lucy's Really Lost MomentsEthel Mertz
- 1953I Love Lucy: The MovieEthel Mertz / Self
- 1951The Blue VeilAlicia
- 1951I Love LucyEthel Mertz
- 1950The Bob Hope ShowSelf
- 1950The Secret FuryLeah
- 1948The Ed Sullivan ShowSelf
- 1933Take a ChanceDancehall Girl
- 1925The Patent Leather Pug
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