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Ethel Merman

Ethel Merman

Birthday: 1908-01-16 | Place of Birth: Astoria, New York, USA

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

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2023
It's a Zabriskie, Zabriskie, Zabriskie, Zabriskie Point

as    Mrs. Marcus (archive footage)

2003
Great Broadway Musical Moments from the Ed Sullivan Show

as    Self - Interviewee (archive footage)

1985
Muppet Treasures

as    Self

1979
Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July

as    Lilly Loraine (voice)

1978
1976
1974
Journey Back to Oz

as    Mombi (voice)

1968
The Dean Martin Christmas Show

as    Self (uncredited)

1967
Annie Get Your Gun

as    Annie Oakley

1967
The Mountains of the Moon

as    Rosanna McCloud

1965
The Art of Love

as    Madame Coco La Fontaine

1963
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

as    Mrs. Marcus

1954
There's No Business Like Show Business

as    Molly Donahue

1954
Anything Goes

as    Reno Sweeney

1953
Call Me Madam

as    Sally Adams

1938
Happy Landing

as    Flo Kelly

1938
Alexander's Ragtime Band

as    Jerry Allen

1936
Strike Me Pink

as    Joyce Lennox

1936
Anything Goes

as    Reno Sweeney

1935
The Big Broadcast of 1936

as    Ethel Merman

1934
Kid Millions

as    Dot Clark

1934
We're Not Dressing

as    Edith