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Vivian Vance

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American actress (1909-1979)

United StatesActorsLived 1909 to 1979 · aged 70
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Vivian Vance was an American actress best known for playing landlady Ethel Mertz on the sitcom I Love Lucy (1951-1957), for which she won the 1953 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress, among other accolades.

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Cast of I Love Lucy: William Frawley, Desi Arnaz; Vivian Vance, Lucille BallCast of I Love Lucy: William Frawley, Desi Arnaz; Vivian Vance, Lucille BallVance with Arnaz and Ball at the 6th Primetime Emmy Awards after winning the first Emmy for Supporting ActressVance with Arnaz and Ball at the 6th Primetime Emmy Awards after winning the first Emmy for Supporting ActressSeason-one cast of The Lucy Show: Candy Moore (in back); front, L-R: Jimmy Garrett, Lucille Ball, Vance, and Ralph Hart (1962)Season-one cast of The Lucy Show: Candy Moore (in back); front, L-R: Jimmy Garrett, Lucille Ball, Vance, and Ralph Hart (1962)Vance with Allen Case on TV's The Deputy (1959)Vance with Allen Case on TV's The Deputy (1959)Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7030 Hollywood Boulevard.Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7030 Hollywood Boulevard.Vance in 1948, in costume for the play Springtime for HenryVance in 1948, in costume for the play Springtime for Henry

Filmography 17

The Great Race1965 · ★ 7.1
The Lorax1972 · ★ 7.2
Lucy and Desi2022
The Secret Fury1950
The Great Houdinis1976
The Blue Veil1951
I Love Lucy: The Movie1953
CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years1976
Take a Chance1933
Lucy Calls the President1977
Lucy's Really Lost Moments1956
Getting Away from It All1972
I Love Lucy Christmas Special2016
Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy2000
The Patent Leather Pug1925
Television: The First Fifty Years1999
The Bob Hope Chevy Show1956

33 credits on file

Television 16

The Mike Douglas Show1961
Love, American Style1969
The Merv Griffin Show1962
I Love Lucy1951
The Lucy Show1962
The Ed Sullivan Show1948
Here's Lucy1968
Tonight Starring Jack Paar1957
Rhoda1974
The Bob Hope Show1950
Dinah!1974
The Deputy1959
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse1958
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts1973
The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour1957
Password1961

Awards 2

1954Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

In their orbit 1

Connected to Vivian 6

Larry HagmanAlso in Getting Away from It All (1972)Eddie AlbertAlso in The Lorax (1972)Claudette ColbertAlso in The Secret Fury (1950)Paul Michael GlaserAlso in The Great Houdinis (1976)Peter FalkAlso in The Great Race (1965)Desi ArnazAlso in The Bob Hope Chevy Show (1956)

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Vivian Vance was an American actress best known for playing landlady Ethel Mertz on the sitcom I Love Lucy (1951-1957), for which she won the 1953 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress, among other accolades. She also starred alongside Lucille Ball in The Lucy Show from 1962 until she left the series at the end of its third season in 1965. In 1991, she posthumously received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She is most commonly identified as Lucille Ball’s longtime comedic foil from 1951 until her death in 1979.

Country
United States
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1909 to 1979 · aged 70
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