Vivian Vance

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American actress comedian human

Vivian Vance was an American actress and comedian best known for playing Ethel Mertz, Lucy Ricardo’s neighbor and sidekick, on the classic television sitcom I Love Lucy.

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Vivian Vance canonical 12

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American actress ⓘ
comedian ⓘ
human ⓘ
awardReceived Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series ⓘ
birthName Vivian Roberta Jones ⓘ
burialPlace El Camino Memorial Park, San Diego, California, United States ⓘ
causeOfDeath breast cancer ⓘ
characterRelationship Ethel Mertz ⓘ
surface form: Ethel Mertz was Lucy Ricardo’s neighbor

Ethel Mertz ⓘ
surface form: Ethel Mertz was Lucy Ricardo’s sidekick
coStarredWith Desi Arnaz ⓘ
Lucille Ball ⓘ
William Frawley ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1909-07-26 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1979-08-17 ⓘ
ethnicity White American ⓘ
genre situation comedy ⓘ
hasGenre comedy ⓘ
knownFor portraying Ethel Mertz on I Love Lucy ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
medium film ⓘ
stage ⓘ
television ⓘ
name Vivian Vance self-link ⓘ
notableWork Here’s Lucy ⓘ
I Love Lucy ⓘ
The Lucy Show ⓘ
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour ⓘ
surface form: The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour
occupation comedian ⓘ
film actress ⓘ
stage actress ⓘ
television actress ⓘ
partOf cast of Here’s Lucy ⓘ
cast of I Love Lucy ⓘ
cast of The Lucy Show ⓘ
performedIn Broadway theater ⓘ
surface form: Broadway theatre

film ⓘ
television ⓘ
placeOfBirth Cherryvale, Kansas ⓘ
surface form: Cherryvale, Kansas, United States
placeOfDeath Belvedere, California ⓘ
surface form: Belvedere, California, United States
residence Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States ⓘ
Belvedere, California ⓘ
surface form: Belvedere, California, United States
spouse George Koch ⓘ
John Dodds ⓘ
Joseph Danneck, Jr. ⓘ
Philip Ober ⓘ
televisionRole Ethel Mertz ⓘ
workedWith CBS ⓘ
yearsActive 1920s–1970s ⓘ

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I Love Lucy → starring → Vivian Vance ⓘ
The Lucy Show → starring → Vivian Vance ⓘ
The Lucy Show → portrayedBy → Vivian Vance ⓘ
Desilu Productions → associatedWithPerson → Vivian Vance ⓘ
Desiderio → coStarredWith → Vivian Vance ⓘ
subject surface form: Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y de Acha III
Vivian Vance → name → Vivian Vance self-link ⓘ
Ethel Mertz → portrayedBy → Vivian Vance ⓘ
Job Switching → portrayedBy → Vivian Vance ⓘ
Lucy Is Enceinte → featuresActor → Vivian Vance ⓘ
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour → starring → Vivian Vance ⓘ
Jimmy Garrett → coStarredWith → Vivian Vance ⓘ
Nina Arianda → portrayed → Vivian Vance ⓘ