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Meet the Mertzes: The Life Stories of I Love Lucy's Other Couple

3.9/5 ( ratings)

Meet the Mertzes is an expansive dual biography chronicling the lives of two of America's most popular situation-comedy actors, William Frawley and Vivian Vance, who portrayed Fred and Ethel Mertz on I Love Lucy. This meticulously researched book contains interviews with Frawley's and Vance's colleagues, friends, and relatives, and explores their personal and professional lives before, during, and after I Love Lucy. With a complete filmography and videography of each, Meet the Mertzes finally sets the record straight on the lives and legacies of these compelling stars who detested one another.You'll learn about:Vance's successful Broadway career prior to I Love LucyFrawley's vaudevillian roots and his passion for baseballVance's nervous breakdown after the collapse of her first marriageFrawley's drinking and carousingLucille Ball's caustic relationship with both of her costarsVance's hatred of being known to the world as Ethel Mertz

Language: English

Pages: 272

Format: Kindle Edition

Publisher: Renaissance Books

Release: August 27, 2013

Meet the Mertzes: The Life Stories of I Love Lucy's Other Couple

3.9/5 ( ratings)

Meet the Mertzes is an expansive dual biography chronicling the lives of two of America's most popular situation-comedy actors, William Frawley and Vivian Vance, who portrayed Fred and Ethel Mertz on I Love Lucy. This meticulously researched book contains interviews with Frawley's and Vance's colleagues, friends, and relatives, and explores their personal and professional lives before, during, and after I Love Lucy. With a complete filmography and videography of each, Meet the Mertzes finally sets the record straight on the lives and legacies of these compelling stars who detested one another.You'll learn about:Vance's successful Broadway career prior to I Love LucyFrawley's vaudevillian roots and his passion for baseballVance's nervous breakdown after the collapse of her first marriageFrawley's drinking and carousingLucille Ball's caustic relationship with both of her costarsVance's hatred of being known to the world as Ethel Mertz

Language: English

Pages: 272

Format: Kindle Edition

Publisher: Renaissance Books

Release: August 27, 2013

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