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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

1979
Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July

as    Lilly Loraine (voice)

1976
1974
Journey Back to Oz

as    Mombi (voice)

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

1953
Call Me Madam

as    Sally Adams

1938
Happy Landing

as    Flo Kelly

1938
Alexander's Ragtime Band

as    Jerry Allen

1936
Anything Goes

as    Reno Sweeney

1935
The Big Broadcast of 1936

as    Ethel Merman

1934
Kid Millions

as    Dot Clark

1931
Old Man Blues

as    Helen

1930
Follow the Leader

as    Helen King