Most Recent Role: Herself (archive footage) on I Love Lucy
Gender: Female
Birthplace: Cherryvale, Kansas
Birthday: 7-26-1909
Birth Name: Vivian Roberta Jones
Date of Death: 8-17-1979
Cause of Death: Breast and Bone Cancer
Gender: Female
Birthplace: Cherryvale, Kansas
Birthday: 7-26-1909
Birth Name: Vivian Roberta Jones
Date of Death: 8-17-1979
Cause of Death: Breast and Bone Cancer
She was born Vivian Roberta Jones, with a brother and four sisters. After the family moved from Cherryvale to Independence, Kansas, she studied drama under Anna Ingleman and William Inge. Their next move, to Albequerque NM brought her to the Albuquerque Little Theatre, which provided her the money she needed to study under Eva Le Gallienne in New York. After arriving in 1932 she had trouble...
Most Recent Appearance
I Love Lucy 50th Anniversary Special
Sunday 11 November 2001 on CBS
In the I Love Lucy 50th anniversary special, viewers learn more about how the show was made in and about Lucy and Desi. They also get a rare and treat they get to see Lucy's childhood home in New York where she would first show her parents she had dreams of becoming famous.
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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In 1945, Vivian suffered a nervous breakdown because of all the demands of life as an actress she had.
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Throughout her life, Vivian struggled with psychosomatic illnesses and depression. She was involved with many organizations dedicated to helping others with the same illnesses.
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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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Other Appearances
| Star | |
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I Love Lucy
Ethel Mertz |
The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour
Ethel Mertz |
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The Lucy Show
Vivian Bagley (1962-1965) |
| Recurring Role | |
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Here's Lucy
Viv |
The Match Game
Herself |
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Dinah
October 14, 1976 Herself |
Dinah
April 29, 1975 Herself |
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Guestward Ho!
The Hootons Buy a Ranch Babs |
Here's Lucy
Lucy and Viv Visit Tijuana Vivian Jones |
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Here's Lucy
Lucy and Lawrence Welk Vivian Jones |
Here's Lucy
Lucy the Matchmaker Vivian Jones |
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