It was during the final days of I Love Lucy that both Ball and Vance found themselves in the unhappy process of divorcing their spouses. Ball was divorcing Desi Arnaz after twenty years of ...

Vivian Vance ... of Ethel Mertz — Vance had an extensive and successful theater career as a leading lady. Vance was attractive, confident and at 42, she was only two years older than Ball.

where she's worked for over 30 years. On a summer day in August 1979, Lucille Ball came to Belvedere, California, to bid farewell to her friend and beloved costar Vivian Vance. The two women had ...

Well, those 13 one-hour episodes, serving as a continuation of sorts to I Love Lucy and bringing along series stars Ball, ...

with 13 additional one hour specials for the next three years. Alongside the Ricardos, were their neighbors Fred and Ethel Mertz ( William Frawley and Vivian Vance) who joined in on Lucy’s ...

sometimes going years without talking. And that relationship, not surprisingly, is one of the centerpieces of “The Other Side of Ethel Mertz: The Life Story of Vivian Vance,” the first ...

‘I Love Lucy,” the 1950s sitcom, was a true American television icon that made stars, if not legends of its four main characters — Lucille Ball as Lucy Ricardo; Desi Arnaz as Lucy’s husband Ricky; ...

On a summer day in August 1979, Lucille Ball came to Belvedere, California to bid farewell to her friend and beloved costar Vivian ... Vance died a few days later, on Aug. 17, at 70 years old.