Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

Gender

Female

Birthday

1909-07-26

Deathday

1979-08-17 (70 years old)

Place of Birth

Cherryvale, Kansas, USA

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

7.1%

The Great Race

Jul 1, 1965

7.9%

I Love Lucy

Oct 15, 1951

7.1%

The Lorax

Feb 14, 1972

7.0%

The Lucy Show

Oct 1, 1962

7.2%

Lucy and Desi

Jan 21, 2022

6.7%

Here's Lucy

Sep 23, 1968

6.2%

Rhoda

Sep 9, 1974

6.6%

The Ed Sullivan Show

Jun 20, 1948

6.0%

Love, American Style

Sep 29, 1969

5.4%

The Secret Fury

Feb 21, 1950

8.7%

The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour

Nov 6, 1957

6.0%

The Great Houdinis

Oct 8, 1976

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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		CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years as Self
1976		The Great Houdinis as Minnie

1974		Dinah! as Self
1974		Rhoda

1973

The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts as Self

1972		The Lorax as Singer
1972		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 Lucy Show as Vivian Bagley
1962		The Merv Griffin Show as Self

1961		The Mike Douglas Show as Self
1961		Password

1959

The Deputy as Emma Gant

1958

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

1957		The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour as Ethel Mertz
1957		Tonight Starring Jack Paar as Self

1956		The Bob Hope Chevy Show as Ethel Mertz
1956		Lucy's Really Lost Moments as Ethel Mertz

1953

I Love Lucy: The Movie as Ethel Mertz

1951		The Blue Veil as Alicia
1951		I Love Lucy as Ethel Mertz

1950		The Bob Hope Show as Self
1950		The Secret Fury as Leah

1948

The Ed Sullivan Show as Self

1933

Take a Chance as Dancehall Girl