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Vivian Vance

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Biography

She was born Vivian Roberta Jones, with a brother and four sisters. After the family moved from Cherryvale to Independence, Kansas, she studied drama…more

Born

7/26/1909, Cherryvale, Kansas

Died

8/17/1979

Birth Name

Vivian Roberta Jones

Gender

Female

Credits

Star (4)

Role
- The Lucy Show
  Vivian Bagley (1962-1965)
  - S 3: Ep 26 Lucy the Disc Jockey
    4/12/65
  - S 3: Ep 25 Lucy the Stockholder
    3/29/65
  - S 3: Ep 23 Lucy and Arthur Godfrey
    3/8/65
  - S 3: Ep 22 Lucy and the Old Mansion
    3/1/65
  - S 3: Ep 18 Lucy and the Monsters
    1/25/65
  - + 72 More Credits
- The Lucy Show
  Vivian Bagley
  - S 3: Ep 24 Lucy and the Beauty Doctor
    3/22/65
- The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour
  Ethel Mertz
  - S 3: Ep 3 Lucy Meets the Moustache
    4/1/60
  - S 3: Ep 2 The Ricardos Go to Japan
    11/27/59
  - S 3: Ep 1 Milton Berle Hides Out at the Ricardo's
    9/25/59
  - S 2: Ep 5 Lucy's Summer Vacation
    6/8/59
  - S 2: Ep 4 Lucy Wants a Career
    4/13/59
  - + 8 More Credits
- I Love Lucy
  Ethel Mertz
  - S 6: Ep 26 The Ricardos Dedicate a Statue
    5/6/57
  - S 6: Ep 25 Lucy Raises Tulips
    4/29/57
  - S 6: Ep 24 Country Club Dance
    4/22/57
  - S 6: Ep 23 Building a B.B.Q.
    4/8/57
  - S 6: Ep 22 Housewarming
    4/1/57
  - + 176 More Credits
Recurring Role (2)

Role
- Here's Lucy
  Viv
  - S 4: Ep 23 With Viv As a Friend, Who Needs an Enemy?
    2/14/72
  - S 3: Ep 24 Lucy's Goes Hawaiian Pt 2
    2/22/71
  - S 3: Ep 23 Lucy's Goes Hawaiian Pt 1
    2/15/71
- The Match Game
  Herself
  - S 6: Ep 10 Vivian Vance & Ed McMahon
    11/6/67
  - S 5: Ep 15 Vivian Vance & Henry Morgan
    12/12/66
  - S 4: Ep 36 Vivian Vance & John Forsythe
    5/2/66
  - S 4: Ep 11 Vivian Vance & Roddy McDowall
    11/8/65
  - S 3: Ep 41 Vivian Vance & Sydney Chaplin
    6/7/65
Guest Star (28)

Role
- I Love Lucy
  Herself (archive footage)
  - S 7: Ep 2 I Love Lucy 50th Anniversary Special
    11/11/01
- Over Easy
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 89 March 16, 1978
    3/16/78
- Dinah!
  Herself
  - S 3: Ep 14 October 7, 1976
    10/7/76
  - S 2: Ep 55 December 1, 1975
    12/1/75
  - S 1: Ep 127 April 30, 1975
    4/30/75
- Rhoda
  Maggie Cummings
  - S 2: Ep 12 Friends and Mothers
    11/24/75
- Dean Martin Celebrity Roast
  Herself
  - S 2: Ep 3 Lucille Ball
    2/7/75
- Kraft Music Hall
  Guest
  - S 12: Ep 16 Kraft Presents Desi Arnaz
    2/4/70
- Love, American Style
  Madame Zimia Zygmundt
  - S 1: Ep 38 Love and the Medium
    12/29/69
- The Mike Douglas Show
  Herself
  - S 8: Ep 64 November 27, 1969
    11/27/69
  - S 7: Ep 189 May 29, 1969
    5/29/69
  - S 4: Ep 1 Week of September 6, 1965
    9/6/65
  - S 3: Ep 214 July 2, 1965
    7/2/65
  - S 9: Ep 29 October 15, 1970
    10/15/70
  - + 1 More Credits
- You're Putting Me On
  Guest Contestant
  - S 1: Ep 8 Week 7
    8/11/69
  - S 1: Ep 7 Week 6
    8/4/69
  - S 1: Ep 5 Week 4
    7/21/69
- The Merv Griffin Show
  Herself
  - S 6: Ep 178 May 7, 1969
    5/7/69
  - S 3: Ep 72 December 14, 1965
    12/14/65
  - S 2: Ep 33 June 23, 1965
    6/23/65
  - S 2: Ep 19 June 3, 1965
    6/3/65
- Here's Lucy
  Vivian Jones
  - S 1: Ep 12 Lucy the Matchmaker
    12/16/68
  - S 2: Ep 19 Lucy and Viv Visit Tijuana
    1/26/70
  - S 2: Ep 18 Lucy and Lawrence Welk
    1/19/70
- The Dick Cavett Show
  Herself
  - S 2: Ep 37 October 24, 1968
    10/24/68
  - S 1: Ep 54 May 16, 1968
    5/16/68
- The Lucy Show
  Vivian Bunson/Cuddles
  - S 6: Ep 22 Lucy and the Lost Star
    2/26/68
- The Lucy Show
  Vivian Bunson
  - S 6: Ep 16 Lucy and Viv Reminisce
    1/1/68
  - S 5: Ep 15 Viv Visits Lucy
    1/9/67
- The Hollywood Squares (1966)
  Herself
  - S 2: Ep 15 December 11-15, 1967
    12/11/67
- Password
  Guest
  - S 5: Ep 111 EPISODE
    7/1/65
  - S 4: Ep 72 Vivian and Peter
    9/24/64
  - S 3: Ep 29 EPISODE
    11/6/63
- The Mike Douglas Show
  Herself/Co-host
  - S 3: Ep 149 April 2, 1965
    4/2/65
  - S 3: Ep 148 April 1, 1965
    4/1/65
  - S 3: Ep 147 March 31, 1965
    3/31/65
  - S 3: Ep 146 March 30, 1965
    3/30/65
  - S 3: Ep 145 Week of March 29, 1965
    3/29/65
  - + 5 More Credits
- The Red Skelton Show
  Clara Appleby
  - S 9: Ep 30 Appleby's Fallout Shelter
    2/19/63
- The Red Skelton Show
  Clare
  - S 11: Ep 21 Iceman Goeth
    2/20/62
- I've Got a Secret (1952)
  Herself
  - S 10: Ep 20 November 6, 1961
    11/6/61
- The Red Skelton Show
  Guest
  - S 10: Ep 27 Appleby's Sleepwalk
    6/6/61
- Guestward Ho!
  Babs
  - S 1: Ep 1 The Hootons Buy a Ranch
    9/29/60
- Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
  Herself
  - S 2: Ep 10 The Desilu Revue
    12/25/59
- The Deputy
  Emma Gant
  - S 1: Ep 13 Land Greed
    12/12/59
- Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
  Ethel Mertz
  - S 1: Ep 26 Lucy Wants A Career
    5/25/59
  - S 1: Ep 9 Lucy Makes Room for Danny
    12/1/58
  - S 1: Ep 1 Lucy Goes to Mexico
    10/6/58
- The Bob Hope Show
  Herself
  - S 7: Ep 1 October 21, 1956
    10/21/56
- Toast of the Town
  Herself
  - S 8: Ep 4 Salute to Lucille Ball & Desi Arnaz
    10/3/54
- Texaco Star Theater
  Herself / (as Ethel Mertz)
  - S 6: Ep 23 5/4/1954
    5/4/54

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Trivia
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- She didn't always get along with her co-star, who played the character Fred, on I Love Lucy.
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- Vivian didn't agree to play the character of Ethel Mertz on I Love Lucy at first. She thought the character was too frumpy.
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- Because of her work in the show The Trial of Mary Dugan, directors sent her to New York. There, she studied drama with Eva LeGalliene while looking for available roles on Broadway.
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Quotes
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- Vivian (in 1965): I don't want to be a star - most of the ones I know are too unhappy.
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