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Vivian Vance. Actress: I Love Lucy. Born as Vivian Roberta Jones in Cherryvale, Kansas, she had a brother and four sisters. Her family moved to Independence, Kansas, and later studied drama under Anna Ingleman and William Inge.
Vivian Vance was an American actress, best known for playing the role of Ethel Mertz in the long-running American sitcom ‘I Love Lucy.’ Vivian started her career as a theater actress and delivered one of her most notable stage performances while playing Nancy Collister in the musical ‘Let’s Face It!’
Aug 18, 1979 · Vivian Vance, a longtime star of the “I Love Lucy” television series, died of cancer yesterday at her home in Belvedere, a town across the Golden Gate from San Francisco. She was 66 years old.
Jun 23, 2023 · Here’s What Happened to ‘I Love Lucy’ Star Vivian Vance: It Was a Hard Life for TV’s Ethel Mertz. News. Jun 23, 2023 11:12 am ·. By Ed Gross. Comment. When it comes to I Love Lucy, arguably the...
Aug 18, 1979 · Aug. 18, 1979 4 AM PT. Vivian Vance, the Ethel Mertz of I Love Lucy and one of the most beloved comediennes in television, died Friday at her home in northern California after a long fight...
Vivian Vance (born Vivian Roberta Jones; July 26, 1909 – August 17, 1979) was an American actress best known for playing Ethel Mertz on the sitcom I Love Lucy (1951–1957), for which she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress, among other accolades.
Aug 17, 2021 · Actress Vivian Vance, who played “Ethel” the sidekick to America’s beloved “Lucy” in I Love Lucy, died 22 years ago of cancer at 70 years old. Vance was initially diagnosed with breast cancer in 1973, and then the cancer metastasized, or spread, to her bones.
