Ethel Merman
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1908-01-16 (76 years old)
Deathday
1984-02-15
Place of Birth
Astoria, New York, USA
Also known As
Ethel Agnes Zimmermann
Ethel Merman
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 Wikipedi...
Acting
1980
as Lieutenant Hurwitz
1930
1954
as Molly Donahue
1963
as Mrs. Marcus
1934
as Edith
1979
as Lilly Loraine (voice)
1976
as Hedda Parsons
1938
as Jerry Allen
1938
as Flo Kelly
1953
as Sally Adams
1985
as Self
2005
as Self (segment "Ethel Merman Medley") (archive footage)
1967
as Rosanna McCloud
1965
as Madame Coco La Fontaine
1932
as Self
1936
as Joyce Lennox
1932
as Herself
1932
as Self
1936
as Reno Sweeney
1930
1935
as Ethel Merman
1995
as Self (archive footage)
1938
as Linda Tyler
1930
as Helen King
1934
as Dot Clark
2023
as Mrs. Marcus (archive footage)
1990
as Self (archive footage)
1986
as Self (archive footage)
1967
as Annie Oakley
1999
as Self (archive footage)
1943
as Ethel Merman
1931
as Arlene
1931
as Eve
1931
as Helen
1931
as Mary
1932
as Irene
1933
as Ethel Merman
1978
2005
as Self (archive footage)
1968
as Self (uncredited)
2013
as Self (archive footage)
1975
as Self (archive footage)
1991
as Self (archive footage)
2017
as Self (archive footage)
2003
as Self - Interviewee (archive footage)
1953
as Herself
1985
as Herself
1963
as Self ("There's No Business...") (archive footage) (uncredited)
1954
as Reno Sweeney
1968
1972
as Mombi (voice)
2017
as Self
1979
as Self
1972
2003
as Self (archive footage)
1982
as Self
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