Badass Birthday
On this date, in 1909 in Kansas, Vivian Vance was born.
The greatest second banana in TV history, if not ever, Ethel Mertz was played by Vivian Vance.
Her career in film started in 1926. Her TV career started with I Love Lucy in 1951. She also had a part in subsequent series with Lucille Ball: The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour (1957-1960); The Lucy Show (1962-1968); and Here's Lucy (1968-1972). She had numerous other tv show appearances, but she was typecast as Ethel/Lucy's friend. She also had an extensive career in the theater, starting in 1932 and continuing until just a few years before her death in 1979.
She was nominated for four Emmys, winning one. She posthumously won 2 TVLand awards and got a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame. As mentioned, she died in 1979 at the age of 70.
When one has a starring and influential role on the first and greatest TV sitcom that set the trends for future sitcoms, you know you're a badass!
POLT
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