Vivian Vance was an American actress best known for playing landlady Ethel Mertz on the sitcom I Love Lucy (1951–1957), for which she won the 1953 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress, among other accolades. She also starred alongside Lucille Ball in The Lucy Show from 1962 until she left the series at the end of its third season in 1965. In 1991, she posthumously received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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Importing filmography…
| Year | Title | Character | Age at release |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Lucy and DesiMovie | Self (archive footage) | 113 |
| 2000 | Lucille Ball: Finding LucyMovie | Self (archive footage) | 91 |
| 1999 | Television: The First Fifty YearsMovie | Ethel Mertz (archive footage) | 90 |
| 1977 | Lucy Calls the PresidentMovie | Viv | 68 |
| 1976 | CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 YearsMovie | Self | 67 |
| 1976 | The Great HoudinisMovie | Minnie | 67 |
| 1974 | Dinah!Series | Self | 65 |
| 1974 | RhodaSeries | — | 65 |
| 1973 | The Dean Martin Celebrity RoastsSeries | Self | 64 |
| 1972 | Getting Away from It AllMovie | May Brodey | 63 |
| 1972 | The LoraxMovie | Singer | 63 |
| 1969 | Love, American StyleSeries | Madame Zimia Zygmundt | 60 |
| 1968 | Here's LucySeries | Vivian Jones | 59 |
| 1965 | The Great RaceMovie | Hester Goodbody | 56 |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin ShowSeries | Self | 53 |
| 1962 | The Lucy ShowSeries | Vivian Bagley | 53 |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas ShowSeries | Self | 52 |
| 1961 | PasswordSeries | — | 52 |
| 1959 | The DeputySeries | Emma Gant | 50 |
| 1958 | Westinghouse Desilu PlayhouseSeries | — | 49 |
| 1957 | Tonight Starring Jack PaarSeries | Self | 48 |
| 1957 | The Lucy–Desi Comedy HourSeries | Ethel Mertz | 48 |
| 1953 | I Love Lucy: The MovieMovie | Ethel Mertz / Self | 44 |
| 1951 | I Love LucySeries | Ethel Mertz | 42 |
| 1950 | The Bob Hope ShowSeries | Self | 41 |
| 1950 | The Secret FuryMovie | Leah | 41 |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan ShowSeries | Self | 39 |
| 1933 | Take a ChanceMovie | Dancehall Girl | 24 |