Ethel Merman
Born: 1908-01-16 in Astoria, New York, USA
Died: 1984-02-15
Known For: Acting
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
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 footage)
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
- Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There as Self (archive footage)
- Great Broadway Musical Moments from the Ed Sullivan Show as Self - Interviewee (archive footage)
1999
- Television: The First Fifty Years as Self (archive footage)
1998
- Creating Ragtime as Self (archival 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
- The Best of Broadway as Herself
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
- Musical Comedy Tonight
1978
1977
- The Love Boat as Roz Smith
1976
- The Muppet Show as Self - Special Guest Star
- 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
1971
- Great Performances as Self
1968
- The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest
- Cilla as Self
- The Dean Martin Christmas Show as Self (uncredited)
- That's Life as Decorator
- Around the World of Mike Todd as Self
1967
- The Carol Burnett Show as Self
- Annie Get Your Gun as Annie Oakley
- The Mountains of the Moon as Rosanna McCloud
1965
- The Art of Love as Madame Coco La Fontaine
1964
- The Hollywood Palace as Self - Singer
1963
- Kraft Suspense Theatre as Clara Lovelace
- Vacation Playhouse as Maggie Brown
- It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World as Mrs. Marcus
- Marilyn as Self ("There's No Business...") (archive footage) (uncredited)
- The Judy Garland Show as Self
1962
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- The Lucy Show as Ethel Merman
1961
- The Mike Douglas Show as Self
1959
- The Bell Telephone Hour as Self
- Startime
1957
- DuPont Show of the Month as Self
1956
- Tony Awards as Self - Recipient / Performer
- The Dinah Shore Chevy Show as Self
1955
- The Chevy Show as Self
1954
- Anything Goes as Reno Sweeney
- There's No Business Like Show Business as Molly Donahue
- The Best of Broadway as Hattie Maloney
1953
- The United States Steel Hour as Libby Marks
- Call Me Madam as Sally Adams
- General Electric Theater as Muriel Flood
- The Ford 50th Anniversary Show as Herself
1951
- The Red Skelton Show as Mother Hughes
1950
- What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest
- The Colgate Comedy Hour as Self
1948
- The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
1943
- Stage Door Canteen as Ethel Merman
1938
- Happy Landing as Flo Kelly
- Alexander's Ragtime Band as Jerry Allen
- Straight, Place and Show as Linda Tyler
1936
- Anything Goes as Reno Sweeney
- Strike Me Pink as Joyce Lennox
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
- Ireno as Irene
- Let Me Call You Sweetheart as Herself
- You Try Somebody Else as Self
- Time on My Hands as Self
1931
- Roaming as Mary
- Devil Sea as Arlene
- Be Like Me as Eve
- Old Man Blues as Helen
1930
- Her Future
- Follow the Leader as Helen King
- The Cave Club