Ethel Merman

Ethel Merman

Deceased · Born: Jan 16, 1908 · Died: Feb 15, 1984

Personal Details

Born Jan 16, 1908 Astoria, New York, USA
Spouse
  • Ernest Borgnine

    ( Jun 27, 1964 to Nov 18, 1964 )
  • Robert Logan Forman Six

    ( Mar 9, 1953 to Dec 20, 1960 )
  • Robert Daniels Levitt

    ( Dec 18, 1941 to Jun 10, 1952 )
  • William B. Smith

    ( Nov 15, 1940 to Oct 1, 1941 )

Biography

Ethel Merman (January 16, 1908 – February 15, 1984) was an American actress and singer. Known primarily for her powerful voice and roles in musical theatre, she has been called "the undisputed First Lady of the musical comedy stage." Among the many standards introduced by Merman in Broadway musicals are "I Got Rhythm", "Everything's Coming Up Roses", "I Get a Kick Out of You", "It's De-Lovely", "Friendship", "You're the Top", "Anything Goes", and "There's No Business Like Show Business", which later became her theme song. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ethel Merman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Career

2023
It's a Zabriskie, Zabriskie, Zabriskie, Zabriskie Point
1979
Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July
Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July as Lilly Loraine (voice)
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Musical Comedy Tonight
1978
The Love Boat
The Love Boat as Roz Smith
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1976
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood as Hedda Parsons
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1974
Journey Back to Oz
Journey Back to Oz as Mombi (voice)
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1967
Batman
Batman as Lola Lasagne
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Tarzan
Tarzan as Rosanna McCloud
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1965
The Art of Love
The Art of Love as Madame Coco La Fontaine
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1963
It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World
It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World as Mrs. Marcus
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The Red Skelton Show
The Red Skelton Show as Mother Hughes
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1954
The Colgate Comedy Hour
The Colgate Comedy Hour as Reno Sweeney
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There's No Business Like Show Business
There's No Business Like Show Business as Molly Donahue
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1953
Call Me Madam
Call Me Madam as Sally Adams
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1938
Happy Landing
Happy Landing as Flo Kelly
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Straight Place and Show
Straight Place and Show as Linda Tyler
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Alexander's Ragtime Band
Alexander's Ragtime Band as Jerry Allen
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1936
Anything Goes
Anything Goes as Reno Sweeney
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Strike Me Pink
Strike Me Pink as Joyce Lennox
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1934
Kid Millions
Kid Millions as Dot Clark
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We're Not Dressing
We're Not Dressing as Edith
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1930
Follow the Leader
Follow the Leader as Helen King
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1985
Great Performances
1978
A Special Sesame Street Christmas
1968
Around the World of Mike Todd
The Dean Martin Show
1967
That Girl
That Girl
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1953
The Ford 50th Anniversary Show