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

The Mike Douglas Show

The Deputy

The Lucy Show

I Love Lucy

Love, American Style

The Merv Griffin Show

The Ed Sullivan Show

Here's Lucy

All Movies (17)

• Lucy and Desi2022 · as Self (archive footage)
• I Love Lucy Christmas Special2016 · as Ethel Mertz
• Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy2000 · as Self (archive footage)
• Television: The First Fifty Years1999 · as Ethel Mertz (archive footage)
• Lucy Calls the President1977 · as Viv
• CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years1976 · as Self
• The Great Houdinis1976 · as Minnie
• The Lorax1972 · as Singer
• Getting Away from It All1972 · as May Brodey
• The Great Race1965 · as Hester Goodbody
• The Bob Hope Chevy Show1956 · as Ethel Mertz
• Lucy's Really Lost Moments1956 · as Ethel Mertz
• I Love Lucy: The Movie1953 · as Ethel Mertz / Self
• The Blue Veil1951 · as Alicia
• The Secret Fury1950 · as Leah
• Take a Chance1933 · as Dancehall Girl
• The Patent Leather Pug1925

All TV Shows (16)

• Dinah!1974 · as Self
• Rhoda1974
• The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts1973 · as Self
• Love, American Style1969 · as Madame Zimia Zygmundt
• Here's Lucy1968 · as Vivian Jones
• The Merv Griffin Show1962 · as Self
• The Lucy Show1962 · as Vivian Bagley
• The Mike Douglas Show1961 · as Self
• Password1961
• The Deputy1959 · as Emma Gant
• Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse1958
• The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour1957 · as Ethel Mertz
• Tonight Starring Jack Paar1957 · as Self
• I Love Lucy1951 · as Ethel Mertz
• The Bob Hope Show1950 · as Self
• The Ed Sullivan Show1948 · as Self