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
1969
The Merv Griffin Show
1965
Love, American Style
1969
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1959
I Love Lucy
1951
The Lucy Show
1962
Dinah!
1976
The Bob Hope Show
1956
The Ed Sullivan Show
1954
Here's Lucy
1968
Rhoda
1975
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
33
2022
Lucy and Desi
as Self (archive footage)
2016
I Love Lucy Christmas Special
as Ethel Mertz
2000
Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy
as Self (archive footage)
1999
Television: The First Fifty Years
as Ethel Mertz (archive footage)
1977
Lucy Calls the President
as Viv
1976
The Great Houdinis
as Minnie
1976
CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years
as Self
1976
Dinah!
as Self
1975
Rhoda
1975
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
1969
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1968
Here's Lucy
as Vivian Jones
1965
The Great Race
as Hester Goodbody
1965
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1964
Password
1962
The Lucy Show
as Vivian Bagley
1959
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
as Self
1959
The Deputy
as Emma Gant
1958
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1957
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
as Ethel Mertz
1956
Lucy's Really Lost Moments
as Ethel Mertz
1956
The Bob Hope Chevy Show
as Ethel Mertz
1956
The Bob Hope Show
as Self
1954
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1953
I Love Lucy: The Movie
as Ethel Mertz / Self
1951
The Blue Veil
as Alicia
1951
I Love Lucy
as Ethel Mertz
1950
The Secret Fury
as Leah
1933
Take a Chance
as Dancehall Girl
1925
The Patent Leather Pug