Ethel Merman
Ethel Merman (
January 16,
1908 -
February 15,
1984) was a star of stage musicals.
She was born Ethel Agnes Zimmermann, in Astoria, Queens, New York, of a German Lutheran father and Scottish Presbyterian mother, although many people assumed she was Jewish.
- married Robert Levitt (divorced)
- married Robert Six in 1953 (divorced)
- married Ernest Borgnine 1964 (divorced): married for 32 days
Theater performances
- 1930 Girl Crazy
- 1931 George White's Scandals
- 1932 Take a Chance
- 1934 Anything Goes
- 1936 Red, Hot and Blue
- 1939 Stars In Your Eyes
- 1939 Du Barry Was a Lady
- 1940 Panama Hattie
- 1943 Something for the Boys
- 1944 Sadie Thompson (replaced in previews)
- 1946 Annie Get Your Gun
- 1950 Call Me Madam
- 1956 Happy Hunting
- 1959 Gypsy
- 1966 Hello, Dolly (replacement)
- 1966 Annie Get Your Gun
- 1975 A Gala Tribute to Joshua Logan
- 1977 Together on Broadway (Mary Martin & Ethel Merman)
Film performances
- 1930 Follow the Leader
- 1930 The Cave Club
- 1931 The Devil Sea
- 1931 Roaming
- 1932 Let Me Call You Sweetheart
- 1932 You Try Somebody Else
- 1932 Time on My Hands
- 1932 Old Man Blues
- 1932 Ireno
- 1933 Song Shopping
- 1933 Be Like Me
- 1934 We're Not Dressing
- 1934. Kid Millions
- 1936 The Big Broadcast of 1936
- 1936 Strike Me Pink
- 1936 Anything Goes
- 1938 Happy Landing
- 1938 Alexander's Ragtime Band
- 1938 Straight, Place and Show
- 1943 Stage Door Canteen
- 1953 Call Me Madam
- 1963 It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World
- 1965 The Art of Love
- 1967 Tarzan and the Mountains of the Moon
- 1968 Around the World of Mike Todd
- 1971 Journey Back to Oz (voice)
- 1976 Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood
- 1978 A Salute to American Imagination
- 1978 A Special Sesame Street Christmas
- 1979 Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July
- 1980 Airplane
- 1981 Something a Little Less Serious
- 1985 Judy Garland: The Concert Years
Television performances
- 1953 The Ford 50th Anniversary Show
- 1954 There's No Business Like Show Business
- 1954 Anything Goes
- 1958 Panama Hattie
- 1961 Merman on Broadway
- 1962 The Lucille Ball Show (2 appearances)
- 1963 The Judy Garland Show (2 appearances)
- 1965 An Evening with Ethel Merman
- 1966 Batman (as recurring character "Lola Lasagne")
- 1967 Annie Get Your Gun
- 1967 That Girl
- 1967 The Carol Burnett Show
- 1970 Evening at Pops
- 1972 'S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin
- 1975 Match Game PM
- 1976 The Muppet Show
- 1977 The Love Boat (5 episodes)
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