Vivian Vance portrayed Ethel in almost every single ... In fact, she ended up becoming like a surrogate aunt to Ball’s children. Ball and Vance always seemed like sisters to a young Lucie ...

Titled This Is Your Life — Vivian Vance, the binder contained a collection ... Vivian, who had no children of her own, became “Aunt Viv” to Lucille’s real-life children, Lucie and Desi ...

When Ball decided to launch her second sitcom The Lucy Show in 1962, she tried to recruit Vance to join the cast ... a clause that says my name will be Vivian.’ … He had run up against ...

Vivian Vance and Lucille Ball were like sisters in almost every sense of the word. They supported and consoled each other, but they also could be fiercely competitive and petty, sometimes going ...