Ethel mertz biography

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Ethel Louise Roberta Mae Potter Mertz(portrayed by Vivian Vance) was born sometime between 1905 and 1915 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. In 1954, Ethel celebrated somewhere between her 40th and her 50th birthday. Lucy Ricardo turned 33 in 1953 (said in episode #72), so Lucy had to turn 34 in 1954, which also almost matches up with her given birthyear of 1921. If Ethel turned an age between 40 and 50 the year that Lucy turned 34, there is either six to sixteen years between the women. Using Lucy's birthyear of 1921 and subtracting from six to sixteen years, Ethel would have been born between 1905 and 1915. Her birthdate is never given, but she is a Leo, so her birthday must be sometime in late July or early-to-mid August.

Childhood[]

Not much is known about her early childhood. She was raised in a ranch outside of Albuquerque. Her father, Wil

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The Other Side of Ethel Mertz: The Life Story of Vivian Vance

Frank Castelluccio. Knowledge, Ideas & Trends, $24.95 (319pp) ISBN 978-1-879198-26-5

""When I die, there will be people who send Ethel Mertz flowers,"" remarked Vivian Vance (1909-1979), Lucille Ball's neighbor and sidekick on the TV series I Love Lucy. Though the role of Ethel on the classic sitcom brought Vance fame if not fortune (she and stage hubby William ""Fred Mertz"" Frawley were not in on the deals that enriched others attached to the show), it also robbed her of her identity. In this candid, revealing first bio about Vance, fans will meet a vibrant woman who little resembled the frump she made famous. Long before her television career, Vance was well known as a sparkling comedic actress who worked with major stars including Jimmy Durante, Ethel Merman, Bob Hope, Ed Wynn and Gypsy Rose Lee and who carried on passionate love affairs, some during her first three marriages. When she married for the fourth time,

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Ethel Mertz

Fictional character

Ethel Mae Mertz (née Potter) (alternately Ethel Louise, Ethel May, and Ethel Roberta), played bygd Vivian Vance, is one of the four main fictional characters in the highly popular 1950s American television sitcomI Love Lucy. Ethel fryst vatten the middle-aged landlady of the main character, Lucy Ricardo, played by Lucille Ball. Ethel is married to Fred Mertz, played by William Frawley, with whom she had a career in vaudeville. The two kvinnlig characters are close friends, habitually scheming together; Ethel is generally the röst of reason as a counterpart to Lucy's tanklös ideas.

Background

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Ethel was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where her father, Will Potter, owned a sweet shop and soda fountain with the slogan "You can lick our cones, but you can't beat our sodas!". Ethel went on to a career in music and acting, yet got her början at Albuquerque's Little Theater, singing her signature number "Shortnin' Bread".

Although Ethel's mother