1908–1984 · 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
Born 16 Jan 1908 · Died 15 Feb 1984
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
2009
Self (archive footage)
Airplane!
1980
Lieutenant Hurwitz
The Dean Martin Christmas Show
1968
Self (uncredited)
That's Life
1968
Decorator
The Art of Love
1965
Madame Coco La Fontaine
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963
Mrs. Marcus
The Judy Garland Show
1963
Self
Startime
1959
Self – Host
There's No Business Like Show Business
1954
Molly Donahue
The Best of Broadway
1954
Hattie Maloney
Call Me Madam
1953
Sally Adams
Kid Millions
1934
Dot Clark