Ethel Merman

Personal Info

Birthday

January 16, 1908

Day of Death

1984-02-15

(76 years old)

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 Wikipedia

Known For

The Love Boat

Batman

The Red Skelton Show

The Lucy Show

Tarzan

Kraft Suspense Theatre

Airplane!

The United States Steel Hour

Filmography

2023
It's a Zabriskie, Zabriskie, Zabriskie, Zabriskie Point
as Mrs. Marcus (archive footage)
2017
This Is Bob Hope...
as Self (archive footage)
JFK: The Lost Inaugural Gala
as Self
2013
Six by Sondheim
as Self (archive footage)
2009
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
as Self (archive)
2005
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
as Self (segment "Ethel Merman Medley") (archive footage)
Judy Garland Duets
as Self (archive footage)
2003
Great Broadway Musical Moments from the Ed Sullivan Show
as Self - Interviewee (archive footage)
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
as Self (archive footage)
1999
Television: The First Fifty Years
as Self (archive footage)
1995
Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons
as Self (archive footage)
1991
Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'
as Self (archive footage)
1990
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
as Self (archive footage)
1986
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
as Self (archive footage)
1985
Muppet Treasures
as Self
1982
Night of 100 Stars
as Self
1980
Airplane!
as Lieutenant Hurwitz
1979
Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July
as Lilly Loraine (voice)
The Muppets Go Hollywood
as Self
1978
A Special Sesame Street Christmas
as Self
1976
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
as Hedda Parsons
1975
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
1972
Journey Back to Oz
as Mombi (voice)
S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin
as Self
1968
The Dean Martin Christmas Show
as Self (uncredited)
Around the World of Mike Todd
as Self
1967
The Mountains of the Moon
as Rosanna McCloud
Annie Get Your Gun
as Annie Oakley
1965
The Art of Love
as Madame Coco La Fontaine
1963
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
as Mrs. Marcus
Marilyn
as Self ("There's No Business...") (archive footage) (uncredited)
1954
There's No Business Like Show Business
as Molly Donahue
1953
The Ford 50th Anniversary Show
as Herself
Call Me Madam
as Sally Adams
1943
Stage Door Canteen
as Ethel Merman
1938
Straight, Place and Show
as Linda Tyler
Alexander's Ragtime Band
as Jerry Allen
Happy Landing
as Flo Kelly
1936
Strike Me Pink
as Joyce Lennox
Anything Goes
as Reno Sweeney
1935
The Big Broadcast of 1936
as Ethel Merman
1934
Kid Millions
as Dot Clark
We're Not Dressing
as Edith
1933
Song Shopping
as Ethel Merman
1932
Time on My Hands
as Self
You Try Somebody Else
as Self
Ireno
as Irene
Let Me Call You Sweetheart
as Herself
1931
Roaming
as Mary
Be Like Me
as Eve
Old Man Blues
as Helen
Devil Sea
as Arlene
1930
Follow the Leader
as Helen King