Cast & creator
Vivian Vance
Best known for The Mike Douglas Show, The Merv Griffin Show, Love, American Style
Vivian Vance (July 26, 1909 – August 17, 1979) was an American actress and singer from Kansas, best known for her role as Ethel Mertz on the American television sitcom I Love Lucy (1951–1957).
Movies
17
film credits
Series
16
television credits
Career
33
1925–2022 · acting roles
Credit score
7.1
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (33)
Showing 33 of 33 credits
Series
★ 5.8
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961
Series
★ 6.8
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
1962
Series
★ 6.2
Love, American Style
Madame Zimia Zygmundt
1969
Series
★ 7.5
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Self
1957
Series
★ 7.9
I Love Lucy
Ethel Mertz
1951
Series
★ 7.1
The Lucy Show
Vivian Bagley
1962
Series
★ 7.0
Dinah!
Self
1974
Series
★ 7.0
The Bob Hope Show
Self
1950
Series
★ 6.8
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
Series
★ 6.7
Here's Lucy
Vivian Jones
1968
Series
★ 6.3
Rhoda
1974
Series
★ 6.3
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
Series
★ 6.5
The Deputy
Emma Gant
1959
Series
★ 5.4
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
Self
1973
Series
★ 7.5
Password
1961
Series
★ 8.6
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
Ethel Mertz
1957
Movie
★ 7.1
The Great Race
Hester Goodbody
1965
Movie
★ 7.1
Lucy and Desi
Self (archive footage)
2022T
Movie
Television: The First Fifty Years
Ethel Mertz (archive footage)
1999
Movie
★ 7.2
The Lorax
Singer
1972L
Movie
★ 7.0
Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy
Self (archive footage)
2000
Movie
★ 7.5
Lucy Calls the President
Viv
1977
Movie
★ 5.5
The Secret Fury
Leah
1950
Movie
★ 7.2
CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years
Self
1976
Movie
The Bob Hope Chevy Show
Ethel Mertz
1956
Movie
★ 10.0
Getting Away from It All
May Brodey
1972
Movie
★ 6.8
The Blue Veil
Alicia
1951
Movie
★ 6.4
The Great Houdinis
Minnie
1976
Movie
★ 6.5
Lucy's Really Lost Moments
Ethel Mertz
1956
Movie
★ 7.7
I Love Lucy: The Movie
Ethel Mertz / Self
1953
Movie
★ 8.0
The Patent Leather Pug
1925
Movie
★ 10.0
I Love Lucy Christmas Special
Ethel Mertz
2016T
Movie
★ 5.5
Take a Chance
Dancehall Girl
1933