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    Vivian Vance (born Vivian Roberta Jones; July 26, 1909 – August 17, 1979) was an American actress best known for playing Ethel Mertz on the sitcom I Love...
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    The series starred Lucille Ball and her husband Desi Arnaz, along with Vivian Vance and William Frawley, and follows the life of Lucy Ricardo (Ball), a young...
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    program for its second season, remained. For the first three seasons, Vivian Vance was the co-star. The earliest scripts were titled The Lucille Ball Show;...
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    Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Show (later retitled The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour). Vivian Vance played Ethel Mertz, Frawley's on-screen wife. Although the two actors...
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    Edward Vivian "Vance" Palmer (28 August 1885 – 15 July 1959) was an Australian novelist, dramatist, essayist and critic. Vance Palmer was born in Bundaberg...
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    After Wildcat, she reunited with I Love Lucy co-star Vivian Vance for The Lucy Show, which Vance left in 1965. The show continued, with Ball's longtime...
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  • the programs featured the same cast members: Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Vivian Vance, William Frawley, and Little Ricky (billed as Richard Keith in his post-Lucy–Desi...
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    also wrestled in Georgia Championship Wrestling using the ring name Vivian Vance. In February 1971, she became the California Women's Champion. She became...
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  • designer Vivian Silver (1949–2023), Canadian-Israeli peace activist Vivian Vance (1909–1979), American actress Vivien Bishop (born 1945), New Zealand...
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  • supporting cast includes Peter Falk, Keenan Wynn, Arthur O'Connell and Vivian Vance. The movie cost US$12 million (equivalent to $98.36 million in 2020)...
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    to the former Phyllis Roper. On August 12, 1941, Ober married actress Vivian Vance. They divorced in 1959. Ober's third marriage was to Jane Westover; they...
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  • (alternately Ethel Louise, Ethel May, and Ethel Roberta), played by Vivian Vance, is one of the four main fictional characters in the highly popular 1950s...
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  • friction between her costars William Frawley, who is often drunk, and Vivian Vance, who resents Ball's attempts to make her less attractive, Ball clashes...
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  • part of the ensemble cast. Ball's longtime costar Vivian Vance also made six guest appearances as Vivian Jones through the series' run. The series was created...
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    story of Vivian Vance visiting the FBI offices. Her biographers could not confirm this and a search of the FBI visitor logs did not show Vance had visited...
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  • is an American television sitcom starring Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Vivian Vance, and William Frawley. The black-and-white series originally ran from...
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  • Virginia Vance (1902–1942), American actress Vivian Vance (1909–1979), American actor and singer, known for playing Ethel on I Love Lucy William R. Vance (1806–1885)...
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  • albums. It is performed by Desi Arnaz, Lucille Ball, William Frawley and Vivian Vance in the 1957 episode of I Love Lucy entitled "Ragtime Band". Muppet woodland...
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  • Actress Role Program Network Best Series Supporting Actress 1954 (6th) Vivian Vance Ethel Mertz I Love Lucy CBS Bea Benaderet Blanche Morton The George Burns...
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    Ball's long-time co-star Vivian Vance announced plans to leave the show, the press speculated that Sothern would be Vance's replacement. Sothern denied...
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  • Ball as Lucy Ricardo / Herself Desi Arnaz as Ricky Ricardo / Himself Vivian Vance as Ethel Mertz / Herself William Frawley as Fred Mertz / Himself Shortly...
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    Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore on The Dick Van Dyke Show and by Vivian Vance and William Frawley on I Love Lucy. Hollywood Cavalcade (1939) - played...
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  • and starring Larry Hagman, Barbara Feldon, Gary Collins, Jim Backus, Vivian Vance, and Burgess Meredith. It was aired on January 18, 1972 in the ABC Movie...
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  • New York City. He is a World War I veteran and is married to Ethel (Vivian Vance), and they often make fun of each other. Their wedding anniversary is...
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  • episodes of I Love Lucy, an early filmed series. Daniels recommended Vivian Vance for the role of Ethel Mertz. Daniels, along with cinematographer Karl...
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    Actress Role Program Network Best Series Supporting Actress 1954 (6th) Vivian Vance Ethel Mertz I Love Lucy CBS Bea Benaderet Blanche Morton The George Burns...
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    co-hosted a week of shows with daytime host and producer Mike Douglas. Vivian Vance appeared as a guest. Arnaz also headlined a Kraft Music Hall special...
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  • Arnaz send scathing messages to each other through a pageboy. Co-stars Vivian Vance and William Frawley comment on the tense situation, but everyone puts...
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    (born Mary Jane Bishir), was a radio script writer. His godmother was Vivian Vance ("Ethel Mertz" of I Love Lucy), who was a close friend of his mother...
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  • 1960. Just prior to their marital breakup, Ball and Arnaz, along with Vivian Vance, William Frawley, and Little Ricky, filmed the last Lucille Ball-Desi...
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