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Vivian Vance begged The Lucy Show writers to keep her character feminine
“I wanted to get away from those tough, hard-bitten, masculine sounding jokes.” Vivian Vance, who played the characters of Ethel Mertz and Viv Bagley in Lucille Ball’s television shows, was a key member of the cast. Ethel Mertz was a more prominent character, but Vance preferred …