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

by Edelman, Rob
ISBN: 9781580630955
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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 Lucy
-Frawley's vaudevillian roots and his passion for baseball
-Vance's nervous breakdown after the collapse of her first marriage
-Frawley's drinking and carousing
-Lucille Ball's caustic relationship with both of her costars
-Vance's hatred of being known to the world as Ethel Mertz

  • Format: TradePaperback
  • Author: Edelman, Rob
  • ISBN: 9781580630955
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 9.00 x 1.00
  • Number Of Pages: 272
  • Publication Year: 1999