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Vivian Vance (1909–1979)

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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 Albuquerque, New Mexico brought her to the Albuquerque Little Theatre, which provided her the money she needed to study under Eva Le Gallienne in New York... See full bio »

Born:

Vivian Roberta Jones
in Cherryvale, Kansas, USA

Died:

(age 70) in Belvedere, California, USA
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1978 Sam (TV series)
– Episode #1.6 (1978)
 
1977 Lucy Calls the President (TV movie)
Viv
 
1976 The Great Houdini (TV movie)
Minnie (nurse)
 
1975 Rhoda (TV series)
Maggie Cummings
– Friends and Mothers (1975) … Maggie Cummings
 
1968-1972 Here's Lucy (TV series)
Vivian Jones
– With Viv as a Friend, Who Needs an Enemy? (1972) … Vivian Jones
– Lucy Goes Hawaiian: Part Two (1971) … Vivian Jones
– Lucy Goes Hawaiian: Part One (1971) … Vivian Jones
– Lucy and Viv Visit TiJuana (1970) … Vivian Jones
– Lucy and Lawrence Welk (1970) … Vivian Jones
See all 6 episodes »
 
1972 Getting Away from It All (TV movie)
May Brodey
 
1970 The Front Page (TV movie)
Mrs. Grant
 
1969 Love, American Style (TV series)
Madame Zimia Zygmundt (segment "Love and the Medium")
– Love and the Medium/Love and the Bed/Love and the High School Flop-Out (1969) … Madame Zimia Zygmundt (segment "Love and the Medium")
 
1962-1968 The Lucy Show (TV series)
Vivian Bagley / Vivian Bunson
– Lucy and the Lost Star (1968) … Vivian Bunson
– Lucy and Viv Reminisce (1968) … Vivian Bunson
– Viv Visits Lucy (1967) … Vivian Bunson
– Lucy the Disc Jockey (1965) … Vivian Bagley
– Lucy the Stockholder (1965) … Vivian Bagley
See all 81 episodes »
 
1965 The Great Race
Hester Goodbody
 
1960-1964 The Red Skelton Hour (TV series)
Clara Appleby
– Episode #13.23 (1964) … Clara Appleby
– The Iceman Goeth (1962) … Clara Appleby
– Appleby's Sleepwalk (1961) … Clara Appleby
– Appleby's Predictions (1960) … Clara Appleby
– Appleby's Fallout Shelter (1960) … Clara Appleby
 
1960 Guestward Ho! (TV series)
– The Hootens Buy a Ranch (1960)
 
1957-1960 The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour (TV series)
Ethel Mertz
– Lucy Meets the Mustache (1960) … Ethel Mertz
– The Ricardos Go to Japan (1959) … Ethel Mertz
– Milton Berle Hides at the Ricardos (1959) … Ethel Mertz
– Lucy's Summer Vacation (1959) … Ethel Mertz
– Lucy Wants a Career (1959) … Ethel Mertz
See all 13 episodes »
 
1959 The Deputy (TV series)
Emma Gant
– Land Greed (1959) … Emma Gant
 
1958-1959 Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (TV series)
Ethel Mertz
– Lucy Goes to Alaska (1959) … Ethel Mertz
– Lucy Wants a Career (1959) … Ethel Mertz
– Lucy Makes Room for Danny (1958) … Ethel Mertz
– Lucy Goes to Mexico (1958) … Ethel Mertz
 
1951-1957 I Love Lucy (TV series)
Ethel Mertz
– The Ricardos Dedicate a Statue (1957) … Ethel Mertz
– Lucy Raises Tulips (1957) … Ethel Mertz
– Country Club Dance (1957) … Ethel Mertz
– Building a Bar-B-Q (1957) … Ethel Mertz
– Housewarming (1957) … Ethel Mertz
See all 176 episodes »
 
1956 I Love Lucy Christmas Show (TV movie)
Ethel Mertz
 
1955 Shower of Stars (TV series)
– High Pitch (1955)
 
1954 The Buick-Berle Show (TV series)
Ethel Mertz
– Episode #6.32 (1954) … Ethel Mertz
 
1953 I Love Lucy
Ethel Mertz / Herself
 
1951 The Blue Veil
Alicia
 
1950 The Secret Fury
Leah
 
1933 Take a Chance
Dancehall Girl (uncredited)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (3 titles)
2001 I Love Lucy's 50th Anniversary Special (TV documentary) (performer: "Carolina in the Morning" - uncredited, "Friendship")
 
1963 The Lucy Show (TV series)
– Lucy's Barbershop Quartet (1963) (performer: "By the Light of the Silvery Moon")
 
1951-1952 I Love Lucy (TV series)
– Ricky Loses His Voice (1952) (performer: "Carolina in the Morning" - uncredited)
– Drafted (1951) (performer: "Jingle Bells" - uncredited)
 
Show ShowSelf (21 titles)
2010 Working with Lucy: A Conversation with James E. Brodhead (video documentary short)
Viv
 
1977 Over Easy (TV series)
– Episode #1.1 (1977)
 
1976 CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1975 Dinah! (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #1.138 (1975) … Herself
 
1975 The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Lucille Ball (TV special)
Herself
 
1965-1970 The Mike Douglas Show (TV series)
Herself / Herself - Comedienne
– Episode dated 22 May 1970 (1970) … Herself
– Episode dated 9 April 1970 (1970) … Herself
– Episode dated 29 May 1969 (1969) … Herself - Comedienne
– Episode dated 1 July 1965 (1965) … Herself
 
1970 The Kraft Music Hall (TV series)
Herself
– Kraft Presents Desi Arnaz (1970) … Herself
 
1969 The Joan Rivers Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 18 September 1969 (1969) … Herself
 
1969 You're Putting Me On (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 4 August 1969 (1969) … Herself
 
1967 The Hollywood Squares (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #2.73 (1967) … Herself
– Episode #2.72 (1967) … Herself
– Episode #2.71 (1967) … Herself
– Episode #2.70 (1967) … Herself
 
1967 You Don't Say (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 12 June 1967 (1967) … Herself
 
1967 Everybody's Talking (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 29 May 1967 (1967) … Herself
 
1959-1966 I've Got a Secret (TV series)
Herself / Herself - Celebrity Guest / Herself - Panelist
– Episode dated 28 February 1966 (1966) … Herself - Celebrity Guest
– Episode dated 8 November 1965 (1965) … Herself - Celebrity Guest
– Episode dated 22 March 1965 (1965) … Herself
– Episode dated 6 November 1961 (1961) … Herself
– Episode dated 21 October 1959 (1959) … Herself - Panelist
 
1961-1965 Password All-Stars (TV series)
Herself / Herself - Panelist
– Vivian Vance vs. Jim Backus (1965) … Herself
– Lucille Ball & Gary Morton vs. Vivian Vance & Peter Lawford (1964) … Herself - Panelist
– Vivian Vance vs. Douglas Fairbanks Jr. (1963) … Herself - Panelist
– Vivian Vance vs. Abe Burrows (1961) … Herself
 
1965 The Merv Griffin Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #2.33 (1965) … Herself
– Episode #2.19 (1965) … Herself
 
1965 The Match Game (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 7 June 1965 (1965) … Herself
 
1963 CBS: The Stars' Address (TV movie)
Herself
 
1959 Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (TV series)
Herself
– The Desilu Revue (1959) … Herself
 
1956 The Bob Hope Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 8 October 1956 (1956) … Herself
– Episode dated 2 October 1956 (1956) … Herself
 
1954 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #8.4 (1954) … Herself
 
1952 Stars in the Eye (TV movie)
Herself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (6 titles)
2011 My Favourite Joke (TV series)
 
2004 TV's Greatest Sidekicks (TV special)
 
2003 The Desilu Story (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2001 I Love Lucy's 50th Anniversary Special (TV documentary)
Co-star of 'I Love Lucy'
 
2000 American Masters (TV series documentary)
 
1995 50 Years of Funny Females (TV documentary)
Herself
 
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(1937). Stage Play: Hooray for What! Musical comedy. Music by Harold Arlen. Music orchestrated by Don Walker. Book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg. Conceived by E.Y. Harburg. Additional orchestrations by Joseph Glover, Conrad Salinger and Paul Sterrett. Musical Director: Robert Emmett Dolan... See more »

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Height:

5' 6" (1.68 m)
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Lucille Ball was supposedly brutally cold to her at their first meeting and later that same day one of the show's staff asked her how she could work for such a bitch to which Vivian Vance replied, " If this show's a success then I'm going to learn to love that bitch. See more »

Trivia:

Godmother to John Sebastian. She was best friend's with his mother, Jane Sebastian, and mentioned her name in many I Love Lucy episodes. See more »

Star Sign:

Leo