Editing Vivian Vance (section)

==Early life==
Vance was born in [[Cherryvale, Kansas]], the second of six children of Robert Andrew Jones, Sr., and Euphemia Mae (Ragan) Jones.<ref name="CBS">{{cite web |first=Elisabeth |last=Edwards |title="I Love Lucy" Cast Biographies: Vivian Vance |website=CBS |year=2008 |url=http://www.cbs.com/specials/i_love_lucy/viv_bio.shtml |access-date=2008-04-04 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080223212818/http://www.cbs.com/specials/i_love_lucy/viv_bio.shtml |archive-date=February 23, 2008 }}</ref> When she was six, her family moved to [[Independence, Kansas]], where she eventually began her dramatic studies at [[Independence High School (Kansas)|Independence High School]] with instructor Anna Ingleman. Her love of acting clashed with her mother's strict religious beliefs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abqjournal.com/458139/sister-remembers-actor-vivian-vance.html|title=Vivian Vance's sister shares her memories of the 'I Love Lucy' star|date=September 7, 2014|accessdate=6 April 2023|author=Roberts, Kathleen|work=Albuquerque Journal}}</ref> "Viv" soon rebelled, often sneaking out of her bedroom and staying out after [[curfew]]. She changed her [[surname]] to Vance and moved to [[Albuquerque, New Mexico]], to find acting work, performing in the first show upon its opening at the [[Albuquerque Little Theatre]] in 1930.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://albuquerquelittletheatre.org/about-us/history/ |title=History |date=2016-08-01 |website=Albuquerque Little Theatre |language=en-US |access-date=2016-10-11}}</ref> She appeared there in many other plays, including ''This Thing Called Love'' and ''The Cradle Song''. The local theatre community helped pay her way to New York City to study under [[Eva Le Gallienne]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Keller |first=James M. |date=2015-01-02 |title=We love Ethel: Vivian Vance in Albuquerque |url=https://www.santafenewmexican.com/pasatiempo/art/museum_shows/we-love-ethel-vivian-vance-in-albuquerque/article_c77ccaf6-8020-5bc0-b839-f94500fa7779.html |access-date=2024-02-06 |website=Santa Fe New Mexican |language=en}}</ref>