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Sometimes weight is imposed by a role. When the late Vivian Vance played Ethel Mertz in I Love Lucy, according to Bart Andrews' The Story of I Love Lucy, she was obliged by contract to stay 20 Ibs. overweight so that she would look older and frumpier than Star Lucille Ball...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: As a Matter of Fat . . . | 8/3/1981 | See Source »

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