There is no question that Vivian Vance is an icon of classic television, and that's largely because of her role of Ethel Mertz besides Lucille Ball's Lucy Ricardo on I Love Lucy. Yet as beloved as ...

And then there’s Vivian Vance, Ball’s real-life friend and co-star as Ethel Mertz, ... Mad About the Boy. “It’s a new day,” Zellweger tells Vanity Fair. By Savannah Walsh.