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

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

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Renaissance Books
Published: 09/18/1999
ISBN: 9781580630955
Pages: 272
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 9.00h x 5.90w x 1.00d

Review Citations: Entertainment Weekly 11/12/1999 pg. 74