Ethel Mertz

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fictional character television character

Ethel Mertz is a comedic television character known as Lucy Ricardo’s best friend and neighbor, often joining her in humorous schemes and misadventures.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Ethel Mertz canonical	10
Ethel Louise Mertz	1
Ethel Mertz was Lucy Ricardo’s neighbor	1
Ethel Mertz was Lucy Ricardo’s sidekick	1
Ethel Mertz – Vivian Vance	1

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	fictional character ⓘ television character ⓘ
appearsIn	I Love Lucy ⓘ The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour ⓘ surface form: The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour
associatedWith	Fred Mertz ⓘ Lucy Ricardo ⓘ Ricardo family ⓘ Desi Arnaz ⓘ surface form: Ricky Ricardo
characterType	comic sidekick ⓘ
coOwnerOf	apartment building with Fred Mertz ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
creator	Bob Carroll Jr. ⓘ Desi Arnaz ⓘ Jessurun James Oppenheimer ⓘ surface form: Jess Oppenheimer Lucille Ball ⓘ Madelyn Pugh ⓘ
firstAppearance	I Love Lucy, Season 1 Episode 1 ⓘ
firstBroadcastYear	1951 ⓘ
formerOccupation	vaudeville performer ⓘ
friend	Lucy Ricardo ⓘ
fullName	Ethel Mertz self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ethel Louise Mertz
genre	sitcom ⓘ
hairColor	brown ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
medium	television ⓘ
neighborOf	Lucy Ricardo ⓘ
network	CBS ⓘ
notableFor	close friendship with Lucy Ricardo ⓘ joining Lucy Ricardo in comedic schemes ⓘ sarcastic sense of humor ⓘ
occupation	former vaudeville performer ⓘ housewife ⓘ landlady ⓘ
partOf	I Love Lucy ⓘ surface form: I Love Lucy franchise
portrayedBy	Vivian Vance ⓘ
relationshipToFredMertz	wife ⓘ
relationshipToLucyRicardo	best friend ⓘ neighbor ⓘ
residence	New York City ⓘ apartment building owned with Fred Mertz ⓘ
setting	Manhattan ⓘ
spouse	Fred Mertz ⓘ
timePeriod	1950s television era ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

I Love Lucy → character → Ethel Mertz ⓘ

Vivian Vance → televisionRole → Ethel Mertz ⓘ

Vivian Vance → characterRelationship → Ethel Mertz ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ethel Mertz was Lucy Ricardo’s neighbor

Vivian Vance → characterRelationship → Ethel Mertz ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ethel Mertz was Lucy Ricardo’s sidekick

Lucy Ricardo → friend → Ethel Mertz ⓘ

Lucy Ricardo → coStarsWith → Ethel Mertz ⓘ

Ethel Mertz → fullName → Ethel Mertz self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ethel Louise Mertz

Lucy Does a TV Commercial → featuresCharacter → Ethel Mertz ⓘ

Job Switching → featuresCharacter → Ethel Mertz ⓘ

Lucy Is Enceinte → featuresCharacter → Ethel Mertz ⓘ

Lucy Is Enceinte → characterPortrayedBy → Ethel Mertz ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ethel Mertz – Vivian Vance

Fred Mertz → spouse → Ethel Mertz ⓘ

Fred Mertz → associatedWith → Ethel Mertz ⓘ

The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour → hasCharacter → Ethel Mertz ⓘ