Vivian Vance
Acting • Born 1909-07-26 – Died 1979-08-17
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).
Filmography
32 credits
The Great Race
Movie • 1965
Hester Goodbody
The Lorax
Movie • 1972
Singer
The Secret Fury
Movie • 1950
Leah
Lucy and Desi
Movie • 2022
Self (archive footage)
The Blue Veil
Movie • 1951
Alicia
The Great Houdinis
Movie • 1976
Minnie
CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years
Movie • 1976
Self
Lucy Calls the President
Movie • 1977
Viv
Television: The First Fifty Years
Movie • 1999
Ethel Mertz (archive footage)
Take a Chance
Movie • 1933
Dancehall Girl
I Love Lucy: The Movie
Movie • 1953
Ethel Mertz
Lucy's Really Lost Moments
Movie • 1956
Ethel Mertz
I Love Lucy Christmas Special
Movie • 2016
Ethel Mertz
Getting Away from It All
Movie • 1972
May Brodey
The Bob Hope Chevy Show
Movie • 1956
Ethel Mertz
Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy
Movie • 2000
Self (archive footage)
Here's Lucy
TV • 1968
Vivian Jones
Rhoda
TV • 1974
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
TV • 1957
Ethel Mertz
I Love Lucy
TV • 1951
Ethel Mertz
The Merv Griffin Show
TV • 1962
Self
Password
TV • 1961
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
TV • 1958
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
TV • 1957
Self
Love, American Style
TV • 1969
Madame Zimia Zygmundt
The Bob Hope Show
TV • 1950
Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV • 1948
Self
The Deputy
TV • 1959
Emma Gant
The Lucy Show
TV • 1962
Vivian Bagley
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
TV • 1973
Self
Dinah!
TV • 1974
Self
The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961
Self