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
Awards & recognition
- Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year · 1966
- Tony Award — Best Actress in a Musical · 1951
- Drama Desk Award — Outstanding Actress in a Musical
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
- Tony Award — Best Actress in a Musical · 1960 · nominated
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- Tony Award — Best Actress in a Musical · 1957 · nominated
Filmography25 titles
This Is Bob Hope...
The Muppet Show
The Carol Burnett Show
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Red Skelton Show
Airplane!
Batman
Six by Sondheim
The Lucy Show
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
What's My Line?
The Colgate Comedy Hour
The Dick Cavett Show
The Ed Sullivan Show
Alexander's Ragtime Band
Kid Millions
The Love Boat
Stage Door Canteen
That Girl
Great Performances
There's No Business Like Show Business
The Art of Love
Wrangler: Anatomy of an Icon
The Fabulous Allan Carr
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood