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Meet the Mertzes
The Life Stories of I Love Lucy's Other Couple
Author: Rob Edelman and Audrey Kupferberg
Meet the Mertzes
$11.99
About This Book
Book Details
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
Imprint Publisher
Renaissance Books
ISBN
9781466850460
In The News
“She's one of the finest gals to come out of Kansas, but I often wish she'd go back there.” —William Frawley on Vivian Vance
“I loathed William Frawley and the feeling was mutual. Whenever I received a new script, I raced through it, praying that there wouldn't be a scene where we had to be in bed together.” —Vivian Vance on William Frawley