Vivian Vance

Birth Name:

Vivian Roberta Jones

Birth Place:

Cherryvale, Kansas, United States

Profession

Actress, Soundtrack

In 1954, she became the first person ever to win an Emmy Award for best supporting actress in a television series
In 2012, she was inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame
After co-founding the Albuquerque Little Theatre, the local community helped pay her way to study acting in New York with director Eva Le Gallienne
First began acting in New York City in the early 1930s, making her Broadway debut in "Music in the Air" in 1932
Quote: "[on "I Love Lucy"] "I sometimes think that when I die people will send flowers to Ethel Mertz․ I'll get up to heaven and somebody will say, 'Hi, Ethel, I see you're still in reruns․'""
Best known for playing Ethel Mertz in "I Love Lucy" and Vivian Bagley in "The Lucy Show․"
Got the role of Ethel Mertz in "I Love Lucy" after Desi Arnaz saw her perform in "The Voice of the Turtle" at the La Jolla Playhouse
Was the godmother of rock guitarist John Sebastian

1954Primetime Emmy - Best Series Supporting Actress:Winner
1955Primetime Emmy - Best Supporting Actress in a Regular Series:Nominated
1957Primetime Emmy - Best Supporting Performance by an Actress:Nominated
1958Primetime Emmy - Best Continuing Supporting Performance by an Actress in a Dramatic or Comedy Series:Nominated
1967Gold Medal - Favorite TV Program:Nominated
2003TV Land Award - Favorite Second Banana:Nominated
2004TV Land Award - Favorite Cantankerous Couple:Nominated

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