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Vivian Vance

1909 - 1979

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Vivian Vance (born Vivian Roberta Jones; July 26, 1909 – August 17, 1979) 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. She is most commonly identified as Lucille Ball’s longtime comedic foil from 1951 until her death in 1979. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2024). Vivian Vance is the 8,112th most popular actor (down from 6,962nd in 2024), the 12,450th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,278th in 2019) and the 3,774th most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Vivian Vance ranks 8,112 out of 13,578. Before her are Damon Herriman, Luis Alberni, Kento Yamazaki, Krista Kosonen, Greg Evigan, and Helena Noguerra. After her are Phil Morris, Harold Lockwood, Smita Patil, Susana González, Prem Nazir, and Ann Cusack.

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Among people born in 1909, Vivian Vance ranks 406. Before her are Robert Helpmann, Guillermo Douglas, William Penney, Baron Penney, Ruby Keeler, Dragomir Tošić, and Gertrude Abercrombie. After her are Bimal Roy, Obafemi Awolowo, Bill Wheatley, Roger Revelle, Louis Hayward, and Philip G. Epstein. Among people deceased in 1979, Vivian Vance ranks 288. Before her are Zoltán Várkonyi, Sally Rand, Angus MacLise, Putte Kock, Vladimir Fyodorov, and Walter Dietrich. After her are John Glascock, Jimmy McCulloch, Laurie Bird, Jack Mulhall, Dick Foran, and Nicholas Monsarrat.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Vivian Vance ranks 12,454 out of 20,380. Before her are Terry Richardson (1965), C. J. Hunter (1968), Juanita M. Kreps (1921), Greg Evigan (1953), Richard Myers (1942), and Bam Margera (1979). After her are Phil Morris (1959), Mr. Porter (1978), Estes Kefauver (1903), Harold Lockwood (1887), Larry Myricks (1956), and Ann Cusack (1961).

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Among actors born in United States, Vivian Vance ranks 3,776. Before her are Ariana Richards (1979), Marisol Nichols (1973), Jennette McCurdy (1992), Alma Bennett (1904), Caroline Williams (1957), and Greg Evigan (1953). After her are Phil Morris (1959), Harold Lockwood (1887), Ann Cusack (1961), D. B. Sweeney (1961), Doris Belack (1926), and Jane Sibbett (1962).

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