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Vivian Vance

Vivian Vance

American actress
Vivian Vance was an American actress best known for playing Ethel Mertz on the sitcom I Love Lucy, for which she won the 1953 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress, among other accolades.Wikipedia
BornJuly 26, 1909
HometownCherryvale, Kansas, United States
Net worth$1 million
Height5'6" (1.68m)
SpousePhilip Ober, George Koch, Joseph Shearer Danneck, Jr.
ParentsEuphemia Jones, Robert Jones
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The Truth Behind 'The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour,' Final Chapter of 'I Love Lucy'

  • Everybody — we mean everybody — knows I Love Lucy, but how many people really know its spinoff, The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour or, as it was originally called, The Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Show? Well, those 13 one-hour episodes, serving as a continuation of sorts to I Love Lucy and bringing along series stars Ball, Arnaz, Vivian Vance, William Frawley and Keith Thibodeaux

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AWARDS

YearAssociationsCategoryWorkResult
1958Emmy (Primetime)Best Continuing Supporting Performance by an Actress in a Dramatic or Comedy SeriesI Love LucyNominated
1957Emmy (Primetime)Best Supporting Performance by an ActressI Love LucyNominated
1955Emmy (Primetime)Best Supporting Actress in a Regular SeriesI Love LucyNominated
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