How old was Vivian Vance in the I Love Lucy show?

How old was Vivian Vance in the I Love Lucy show?

Vivian Vance

How much older was Vivian Vance than Lucy?

Vivian and Lucille did not get along right away. But when her husband at the time, Desi Arnaz, saw Vivian in the John Van Druten play The Voice of the Turtle, he thought that she would be perfect as Ethel, even though she was attractive and 42 years old — only two years older than Lucy.

Why did Vivian Vance leave The Lucy Show?

She left ‘The Lucy Show’ because of the commute. After three years of commuting from Connecticut, where Vance moved with her fourth husband, to Hollywood, where The Lucy Show was filmed, Vance grew tired of the long-distance commute and only made guest appearances until the show’s end in 1968.

How old was Lucille Ball in I Love Lucy?

Lucille Ball

How old were Fred and Ethel supposed to be?

Desi Arnaz (Ricky) was 34 at I Love Lucy’s inception, and, in one of the biggest age gaps of any married TV couple, William Frawley (Fred) was 64 and Vivian Vance (Ethel) was 42.

Were Lucy and Ethel the same age?

Born Ethel Louise Roberta Mae Potter 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.