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Vivian Vance

1909 - 1979

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Vivian Vance (born Vivian Roberta Jones; July 26, 1909 – August 17, 1979) was an American actress best known for playing Ethel Mertz on the sitcom I Love Lucy (1951–1957), for which she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress, among other accolades. She also starred alongside Lucille Ball in The Lucy Show from 1962 until she left the series at the end of its third season in 1965. In 1991, she received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vivian Vance has received more than 4,217,373 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Vivian Vance is the 5,716th most popular actor (up from 6,473rd in 2019), the 8,504th most popular biography from United States (up from 10,010th in 2019) and the 2,698th most popular American Actor.

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  • 4.2M

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  • 43.58

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.22

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.21

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Vivian Vance ranks 5,716 out of 9,996. Before her are Gina McKee, Rie Kugimiya, Fann Wong, Elizabeth Spriggs, Rutanya Alda, and Mark Lenard. After her are Mia Sara, Allison Mack, Yūki Kaji, Harold Lockwood, Dan Haggerty, and Ossi Oswalda.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Vivian Vance ranks 308. Before her are Martha Norelius, Edward Gardère, Ann Sothern, Godfrey Rampling, Robert Burks, and Moshe Castel. After her are Carla Laemmle, Milt Kahl, Philip G. Epstein, Georges Verriest, Stephen Spender, and Robert Défossé. Among people deceased in 1979, Vivian Vance ranks 212. Before her are Dick Esser, Sven Utterström, Amelia Piccinini, Aksel Berg, Bernt Evensen, and Arthur Hunnicutt. After her are Charlotte Mineau, Ľudmila Pajdušáková, Fred Akuffo, Ben Lyon, Blue Mitchell, and Alessandro Frigerio.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Vivian Vance ranks 8,504 out of 18,182. Before her are Cal Tjader (1925), Erna Schneider Hoover (1926), James M. Cox (1870), Peter Fleming (1955), Patti Austin (1950), and Mark Lenard (1924). After her are Ashrita Furman (1954), Mia Sara (1967), Tenley Albright (1935), Harold Lockwood (1887), Michael Hayden (1945), and Megan Rapinoe (1985).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Vivian Vance ranks 2,698. Before her are Alan Rachins (1942), Connie Sellecca (1955), Alan Oppenheimer (1930), Leslie David Baker (1958), Una Merkel (1903), and Mark Lenard (1924). After her are Mia Sara (1967), Harold Lockwood (1887), Dan Haggerty (1942), Carla Laemmle (1909), Megan Mullally (1958), and Logan Lerman (1992).

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