Vivian Vance

★ Acting #28,369

1909 - 1979 (age 70) • Acting

Born: 7/26/1909 in Cherryvale, Kansas, USA

Died: 8/17/1979 (age 70)

Known for: Acting

Vivian Vance

★ Acting #28,369

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 Great Race

71%

Hester Goodbody

1965

I Love Lucy

79%

Ethel Mertz

1951

The Lorax

72%

Singer

1972

The Lucy Show

71%

Vivian Bagley

1962

Here's Lucy

67%

Vivian Jones

1968

Rhoda

63%

Unknown

1974

The Ed Sullivan Show

68%

Self

1948

Love, American Style

62%

Madame Zimia Zygmundt

1969

Lucy and Desi

70%

Self (archive footage)

2022

I Love Lucy Christmas Special

100%

Ethel Mertz

2016

Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy

70%

Self (archive footage)

2000

Television: The First Fifty Years

Ethel Mertz (archive footage)

1999

Lucy Calls the President

75%

Viv

1977

CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years

73%

Self

1976

The Great Houdinis

64%

Minnie

1976

Dinah!

70%

Self

1974

Rhoda

63%

Unknown

1974

The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts

54%

Self

1973

The Lorax

72%

Singer

1972

Getting Away from It All

100%

May Brodey

1972

Love, American Style

62%

Madame Zimia Zygmundt

1969

Here's Lucy

67%

Vivian Jones

1968

The Great Race

71%

Hester Goodbody

1965

The Lucy Show

71%

Vivian Bagley

1962

The Merv Griffin Show

68%

Self

1962

The Mike Douglas Show

58%

Self

1961

Password

75%

Unknown

1961

The Deputy

65%

Emma Gant

1959

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

63%

Unknown

1958

The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour

86%

Ethel Mertz

1957

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

75%

Self

1957

The Bob Hope Chevy Show

Ethel Mertz

1956

Lucy's Really Lost Moments

65%

Ethel Mertz

1956

I Love Lucy: The Movie

77%

Ethel Mertz / Self

1953

The Blue Veil

68%

Alicia

1951

I Love Lucy

79%

Ethel Mertz

1951