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Vivian Vance (born Vivian Roberta Jones; July 26, 1909 – August 17, 1979) [1] was an American actress best known for playing 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.
Ethel is the middle-aged landlady of the main character, Lucy Ricardo, played by Lucille Ball. Ethel was married to Fred Mertz, played by William Frawley, with whom she had a career in vaudeville. The two female characters are close friends, habitually scheming together; Ethel is generally the voice of reason as a counterpart to Lucy's ...
A long-time friend of Lucille Ball, Pepper was the second woman considered for the role of Ethel Mertz on I Love Lucy (after Bea Benaderet), but was passed over, purportedly due to the fact that she had an alcohol-drinking problem. Ironically, William Frawley ("Fred Mertz") also was an alcoholic, but he was already chosen for the Mertz role. At ...
William Clement Frawley (February 26, 1887 – March 3, 1966) was an American vaudevillian and actor best known for playing landlord Fred Mertz in the sitcom I Love Lucy. ...
A former Playboy model killed herself and her 7-year-old son after jumping from a hotel in Midtown New York City on Friday morning. The New York Post reports that 47-year-old Stephanie Adams ...
Ethel Kennedy, a mother of 11, champion of human rights and widow of Robert F. Kennedy, died on Oct. Her cause of death was complications of a stroke.
Gale Gordon and Bea Benaderet, who played the Atterburys, were both given first consideration for the roles that would become Fred and Ethel Mertz on I Love Lucy, but both had contract conflicts that forced them to turn down the roles. [11] Writers Bob Carroll Jr., Madelyn Pugh Davis and Jess Oppenheimer all agreed to continue with I Love Lucy.
Ethel Kennedy’s life, like that of many of her family members, was marked by a series of tragedies. Her father, George Skakel, a wealthy coal magnate, and mother, Ann Skakel, were killed in an ...