Ethel Merman
Ethel Merman in a trailer for Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938)
Born	Ethel Agnes Zimmermann January 16, 1908(1908-01-16) Astoria, Queens, New York, United States
Died	February 15, 1984 (aged 76) New York City, New York, United States
Occupation	actress singer
Years active	1930-1982
Spouse(s)	William Smith (1940—1941) Robert Levitt (1941—1952) (2 children) Robert Six (1953—1960) Ernest Borgnine (1964) (32 days)

Ethel Merman (January 16, 1908 – February 15, 1984) was a American star of stage and film musicals, well known for her powerful voice, often hailed by critics as "The Grande Dame of the Broadway stage". Alexander's Ragtime Band ( 1938) is a film released by Twentieth Century Fox, that takes off from the 1911 Irving Berlin song " Events 27 BC - The title Augustus is bestowed upon Gaius Julius Caesar Octavian by the Roman Senate. Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Astoria is a Neighborhood in the northwestern corner of the borough of Queens in New York City. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Events 590 - Khosrau II is crowned as king of Persia 1637 - Ferdinand III becomes Holy Roman Emperor Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) The City of New York The United States of America —commonly referred to as the An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works Ermes Effron Borgnino (born January 24 1917 better known by his stage name Ernest Borgnine, is an American Golden Globe, BAFTA and Academy Events 27 BC - The title Augustus is bestowed upon Gaius Julius Caesar Octavian by the Roman Senate. Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 590 - Khosrau II is crowned as king of Persia 1637 - Ferdinand III becomes Holy Roman Emperor Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) In Theatre, the stage (sometimes referred to as the deck in Stagecraft) is a designated space for the Performance of theatrical productions

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Early life 1.2 Performance style 1.3 Career 1.4 Personal life 1.5 Death 1.6 Merman in popular culture 2 Audible samples of Ethel Merman 3 Theatre performances 4 Filmography 5 Television performances 6 References 7 External links

Biography

Early life

Merman was born Ethel Agnes Zimmermann in her maternal grandmother's house at 359 4th Avenue, Astoria, Queens, New York. "Mom" "Mum" and "Mommy" redirect here Astoria is a Neighborhood in the northwestern corner of the borough of Queens in New York City. Her father, Edward Zimmermann, was an accountant, and her mother, Agnes (née Gardner), was a school teacher. An accountant is a practitioner of Accountancy, which is the measurement disclosure or provision of assurance about financial information that helps managers investors Merman's father was German American and Lutheran, and her mother was Scottish American and Presbyterian; she was baptized Episcopalian. German Americans ( German: Deutschamerikaner) are citizens of the United States of Ethnic German ancestry Lutheranism is a major branch of Western Christianity that identifies with the teachings of the sixteenth-century German reformer Martin Luther Scottish Americans or Scots Americans are Citizens of the United States whose ancestry originates in Scotland. Presbyterianism is a family of Christian denominations within the Reformed branch of Protestant Western Christianity The Episcopal Church is the official name of the Province of the Anglican Communion in the United States. ^[1] She attended PS 6 on Steinway Street in Astoria. She used to stand outside the Famous Players-Lasky Studios and wait to see her favorite Broadway star, Alice Brady. Famous Players-Lasky Corporation was an American Motion picture company formed in 1916 from the merger of Famous Players Film Company and the Jesse Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located Alice Brady ( November 2, 1892 - October 28,) was an Academy Award -winning American actress who began her career in the Silent Ethel loved to sing songs like "By the Light of the Silvery Moon" and "Alexander's Ragtime Band" while her adoring father accompanied her on the piano. " Alexander's Ragtime Band " is the name of a song by Irving Berlin. William Cullen Bryant High School in Astoria named its auditorium Ethel Merman Theater. William Cullen Bryant High School, or Bryant High School for short is a Secondary school located in Queens, New York City, New York

Performance style

Merman was known for her powerful, belting mezzo-soprano – alto voice, precise enunciation, and pitch. Tyrone Edmund Power Jr (May 5 1914 – November 15 1958 usually credited simply as Tyrone Power and known sometimes as " Ty Power " was an Alexander's Ragtime Band ( 1938) is a film released by Twentieth Century Fox, that takes off from the 1911 Irving Berlin song " Belting (or vocal belting) refers to a specific technique of Singing by which a singer uses a high-intensity sound to convey heightened emotional states This article is related to a series of articles under the main article Voice type. Alto is a musical term derived from the Latin word altus, meaning "high" that has several possible interpretations In Phonetics, enunciation is the act of speaking Good enunciation is the act of speaking clearly and concisely Because stage singers performed without microphones when she began singing professionally, she had great advantages in show business, despite the fact that she never received any singing lessons. In fact, Broadway lore holds that George Gershwin warned her never to take a singing lesson after seeing her opening reviews for Girl Crazy. George Gershwin (September 26 1898 &ndash July 11 1937 was an American Composer. This article is about the stage musical For other uses see Girl Crazy (disambiguation. Stephen Sondheim, who wrote the lyrics for Merman's Gypsy, remembered that she could become "mechanical" after a while. Stephen Joshua Sondheim (born March 22 1930 is an American musical and film composer and lyricist winner of an Academy Award, multiple Tony Awards (seven Gypsy is a 1959 musical with music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and a book by Arthur Laurents. "She performed the dickens out of the show when the critics were there," he said. He added, "or if she thought there was a celebrity in the audience. So we used to spread a rumor that Frank Sinatra was out front. Francis Albert "Frank" Sinatra (December 12 1915 &ndash May 14 1998 was an American singer and actor That whoever, Judy Garland was out front. Judy Garland (born Frances Ethel Gumm; June 10 1922 – June 22 1969 was an American actress and singer I'll tell you one thing [Merman] did do, she steadily upstaged everybody. Every night, she would be about one more foot upstage, so finally they were all playing with their backs to the audience. I don't think it was conscious. Ethel was not big on brains. But she sure knew her way around a stage, and it was all instinctive. "^[2]

Career

Merman began singing while working as a secretary for the B-K Booster (automobile) Vacuum Brake Company in Queens. Tyrone Edmund Power Jr (May 5 1914 – November 15 1958 usually credited simply as Tyrone Power and known sometimes as " Ty Power " was an Alexander's Ragtime Band ( 1938) is a film released by Twentieth Century Fox, that takes off from the 1911 Irving Berlin song " A secretary is either an administrative assistant in business office administration, or a certain type of mid- or high-level governmental position such as a She eventually became a full time vaudeville performer and played the pinnacle of vaudeville, the Palace Theatre in New York City. Vaudeville was a Genre of variety entertainment prevalent on the stage in the United States and Canada, from the early 1880s The Palace Theatre is a legitimate Broadway theatre located at 1564 Broadway in midtown- Manhattan. She had already been engaged for Girl Crazy, a musical with songs by George and Ira Gershwin, which also starred a very young Ginger Rogers (19 years old) in 1930. This article is about the stage musical For other uses see Girl Crazy (disambiguation. George Gershwin (September 26 1898 &ndash July 11 1937 was an American Composer. Ira Gershwin ( 6 December 1896 &ndash 17 August 1983) was an American Lyricist who collaborated with his younger Ginger Rogers ( July 16, 1911 &ndash April 25, 1995) was an Academy Award -winning American film and stage actress Although third billed, her rendition of "I Got Rhythm" in the show was popular, and by the late 1930s, she had become the first lady of the Broadway musical stage. " I Got Rhythm " is a song composed by George Gershwin with lyrics by Ira Gershwin, published in 1930 which became a widely-known Jazz standard Many consider her the leading Broadway musical performer of the Twentieth century, with her signature song being "There's No Business Like Show Business" (from Annie Get Your Gun). " There's No Business Like Show Business " is an Irving Berlin song written for Annie Get Your Gun. Annie Get Your Gun is a musical with lyrics and music written by Irving Berlin and a book by Herbert Fields and his sister Dorothy

Merman starred in five Cole Porter musicals, among them Anything Goes in 1934, where she introduced "I Get a Kick Out of You", "Blow Gabriel Blow", and the title song. Cole Albert Porter (June 9 1891 &ndash October 15 1964 was an American Composer and songwriter from Peru, Indiana. Anything Goes is a musical with music and lyrics by Cole Porter. " I Get a Kick Out of You " is a song by Cole Porter, originally featured in Anything Goes ( 1934) Her next musical with Porter was Red, Hot and Blue, in which she co-starred with Bob Hope and Jimmy Durante and introduced "It's Delovely" and "Down in the Depths (on the 90th floor)". Bob Hope, KBE KCSG ( May 29, 1903 &ndash July 27, 2003) was an American comedian and actor who appeared in " Down in the Depths (on the Ninetieth Floor " is a song written by Cole Porter, for his 1936 musical Red Hot and Blue, in which it was introduced In 1939s DuBarry Was a Lady, Porter provided Merman with a "can you top this" duet with Bert Lahr, "Friendship". DuBarry Was a Lady (1939 is a Broadway musical, starring Bert Lahr, Ethel Merman and Betty Grable with music and lyrics Bert Lahr ( August 13, 1895 – December 4, 1967) was a German-Jewish American Tony Award -winning comic actor and vaudeville comedian " Friendship " is a song by Sloan, released as a single in 1999 Like "You're the Top" in Anything Goes, this kind of duet became one of her signatures. Anything Goes is a musical with music and lyrics by Cole Porter. Porter's lyrics also helped showcase her comic talents in duets in Panama Hattie ("Let's Be Buddies", "I've Still Got My Health"), and Something for the Boys ("By the Mississinewah", "Hey Good Lookin'"). Panama Hattie is a theater musical with music and lyrics by Cole Porter and book by Herbert Fields and B Something For The Boys is a 1943 musical with music and lyrics by Cole Porter and a book by Herbert Fields and Dorothy Fields.

Irving Berlin supplied Merman with equally memorable duets, including counterpoint songs "An Old-Fashioned Wedding" with Bruce Yarnell, written for the 1966 revival of Annie Get Your Gun, and "You're Just in Love" with Russell Nype in Call Me Madam. Irving Berlin (11 May 1888 &ndash 22 September 1989 was a Russian-born American Composer and Lyricist, and one of the most prolific American songwriters Annie Get Your Gun is a musical with lyrics and music written by Irving Berlin and a book by Herbert Fields and his sister Dorothy " You're Just in Love " is a popular Song by Irving Berlin. Russell Nype (born April 26, 1924) is an American Actor and singer Call Me Madam is a musical with a book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse and music and lyrics by Irving Berlin. Merman won the 1951 Tony Award for Best Actress for her performance as Sally Adams in Call Me Madam. The Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Awards, recognize achievement in live American Theatre and are presented Call Me Madam is a musical with a book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse and music and lyrics by Irving Berlin. She reprised her role in the lively Walter Lang film version. Walter Lang ( August 10, 1896 — February 7, 1972) was an American Film director.

Perhaps Merman's most revered performance was in Gypsy as Gypsy Rose Lee's mother Rose. Gypsy is a 1959 musical with music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and a book by Arthur Laurents. Gypsy Rose Lee (also known as Rose Louise Hovick and Louise Hovick) (born January 8 1911 &ndash April 26 1970) was Merman introduced "Everything's Coming Up Roses" and "Some People" and ended the show with the wrenching "Rose's Turn". ' Everything’s Coming Up Roses' is a song from the 1959 Broadway musical Gypsy A Musical Fable, with lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and music by Jule Styne Critics and audiences saw her creation of Madame Rose as the performance of her career. She did not get the role in the movie version, however, which went to movie actress Rosalind Russell, and an infuriated Merman was quoted as saying: "There's a name for women like her but it's seldom used in society outside [of] a kennel. Rosalind Russell ( June 4, 1907 – November 28, 1976) was an award-winning American Actress of stage and " (Since this is a line from the film The Women, in which Russell appeared, the story may be apocryphal. For the 1939 George Cukor film based on the play see The Women (1939 film. ) She also insulted Russell's husband, Freddie Brisson, by calling him the "Lizard of Roz". ^{[citation needed]} Merman decided to take Gypsy on the road and trumped the motion picture as a result.

Merman lost the Tony Award to Mary Martin, who was playing Maria in The Sound of Music. There's No Business Like Show Business is a 20th Century Fox film that was released on December 16, 1954. The Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Awards, recognize achievement in live American Theatre and are presented Mary Virginia Martin ( December 1, 1913 – November 3, 1990) was an American Tony Award -winning star of stage film The Sound of Music is a musical with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, and a book by Howard Lindsay "How can you buck a nun?" mused Merman. The competitiveness notwithstanding, Merman and Martin were friends off stage and starred in a legendary musical special on television. Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic

Merman retired from Broadway in 1970, when she appeared as the last Dolly Levi in Hello, Dolly!, a show initially written for her. Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located Hello Dolly! is a musical with lyrics and music by Jerry Herman and a book by Michael Stewart, based on Thornton Wilder 's 1938 No longer willing to "take the veil," as she described being in a Broadway role, Merman preferred to act in television specials and movies. Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located A television special is a Television program, typically a Short film or Television movie, which interrupts or temporarily replaces programming normally

Though she reprised her roles in Anything Goes and Call Me Madam, film executives would not select her for Annie Get Your Gun or Gypsy. Some critics state the reason for losing the roles was that her outsized stage persona did not fit well on the screen. A persona, in the word's everyday usage is a social Role or a character played by an Actor. Others have said that after her behavior on the set of Twentieth-Century Fox's There's No Business Like Show Business, Jack Warner refused to have her in any of his motion pictures, thereby causing her to lose the role of Rose in Gypsy, though some believe Rosalind Russell's husband and agent, Freddie Brisson, negotiated the rights away from Merman for his wife. There's No Business Like Show Business is a 20th Century Fox film that was released on December 16, 1954. This article is about Jack Warner the head of Warner Brothers Rosalind Russell ( June 4, 1907 – November 28, 1976) was an award-winning American Actress of stage and Nonetheless, Stanley Kramer decided to cast her as the battle-axe Mrs. Stanley Kramer ( September 29, 1913 &ndash February 19, 2001) was an Academy Award -nominated American Film director Marcus, mother-in-law of Milton Berle, in the madcap It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World. Mendel "Milton Berle" Berlinger ( July 12, 1908 &ndash March 27, 2002) was an Emmy -winning American Comedian It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World is a 1963 American Comedy film directed by Stanley Kramer about the madcap pursuit of $350000

Merman's last movie role was a self-parody in the comedy movie Airplane!, appearing as a soldier, Lieutenant Hurwitz. A parody (ˈpɛɹədiː US, [ˈpaɹədiː] UK) in contemporary usage is a work created to mock comment on or poke fun at an original work its subject Airplane! is a 1980 American Comedy film directed and written by David Zucker Jim Abrahams and Jerry Zucker. A soldier is a general English term that refers to a member of a land component of National Armed forces. Hurwitz is suffering from shell shock and thinks he is Ethel Merman. Merman sings "Everything's Coming Up Roses", while the nurses drag her back to bed and give her a sedative. A sedative, or more specifically a sedative-hypnotic, is a substance that depresses the Central nervous system (CNS resulting in calmness relaxation sleepiness In 1979, she recorded the infamous The Ethel Merman Disco Album, with many of her signature show-stoppers set to a disco beat. The Ethel Merman Disco Album is a 1979 album by American Broadway legend Ethel Merman. Disco is a Genre of dance-oriented music whose origins are hard to define

Personal life

Merman was married and divorced four times:

1. Bill Smith, theatrical agent
2. Robert Levitt, a newspaper executive
3. Robert Six, an airline executive (1953 – 1960)
4. Ernest Borgnine, the actor, in 1964. The New York World-Telegram, later known as the New York World-Telegram and Sun, was a New York City newspaper from 1931 to 1966 Ermes Effron Borgnino (born January 24 1917 better known by his stage name Ernest Borgnine, is an American Golden Globe, BAFTA and Academy They announced the impending nuptials at P. J. Clarke's, a legendary night spot in New York, but Merman filed for divorce after just 32 days. Divorce or dissolution of marriage is the termination of a Marriage. Johnny Carson soon quipped on his Tonight Show, "And they said it wouldn't last!"

With Levitt, Merman had two children: Ethel and Robert; they divorced in 1952. John William “Johnny” Carson ( October 23, 1925 &ndash January 23, 2005) was an American Television host and The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson was a late-night talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under the ''Tonight Show'' franchise from 1962 Ethel Levitt committed suicide in 1967.

Merman co-wrote two volumes of memoirs, Who Could Ask for Anything More in 1955 and Merman in 1978. In a radio interview, Merman commented on her many marriages, saying that "We all make mistakes, that's why they put rubbers on pencils, and that's what I did. Radio is the transmission of signals by Modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible Light. I made a few loo-loos!"^[3] In the latter book, the chapter entitled "My Marriage to Ernest Borgnine" consists of one blank page.

Death

Merman was diagnosed with glioblastoma^[4] and underwent surgery in April 1983 to have the malignant tumor removed from her brain. Glioblastoma multiforme ( GBM) is the most common and most aggressive type of primary Brain Tumor, accounting for 52% of all primary brain tumor Neurosurgery is the surgical discipline focused on treating those central, Peripheral nervous system and spinal column diseases amenable to surgical A brain tumor is any intracranial Tumor created by abnormal and uncontrolled cell division, normally either in the Brain itself ( Neurons The brain is the center of the Nervous system in animals All Vertebrates and the majority of Invertebrates have a brain Less than ten months later, in February 1984, the cancer had metastasized and she died. Metastasis ( Greek: displacement μετά=next + στάσις=placement, plural metastases) sometimes abbreviated mets, ^[5]

Merman in popular culture

Merman had a cameo appearance in the movie Airplane! when a combat veteran suffering from "severe shell-shock" believed he was Ethel Merman. Airplane! is a 1980 American Comedy film directed and written by David Zucker Jim Abrahams and Jerry Zucker. During the course of the joke she sat up in bed and sang a few bars of "Everything's Coming Up Roses". ' Everything’s Coming Up Roses' is a song from the 1959 Broadway musical Gypsy A Musical Fable, with lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and music by Jule Styne

The British Psychobillyband The Meteors recorded an instrumental called "Return Of The Ethel Merman" for their 1986 album Sewertime Blues. Psychobilly is a genre of Rock music that mixes elements of Punk rock, Rockabilly, and other genres The Meteors are a Psychobilly band Originally from the United Kingdom, they are often credited with giving the genre its distinctive sound

Merman is mentioned a lot in the musical series Forbidden Broadway making fun of the wireless microphones and soft singing used in The Phantom of the Opera (1986 musical). Forbidden Broadway is an Off-Broadway satirical revue created and written by Gerard Alessandrini and directed by Alessandrini and long-time collaborator The Phantom of the Opera is a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber, based on the book written by the French novelist Gaston Leroux

In the Musical 'Taboo' [1]by Boy George, during the song Ich Bin Kunst, he states "I dressed up in the wardrobe of my mother (Ethel Merman)'

In the 1987 film Good Morning, Vietnam, Army radio disc jockey Adrian Cronauer (played by Robin Williams) alluded to Merman's distinctive, brassy style and powerful voice during one of his improvised comic news bulletins. Boy George (born George Alan O'Dowd 14 June 1961 in Eltham London) is an English Singer-songwriter, who was part of the English New Good Morning Vietnam is a 1987 Comedy-drama film set in Saigon during the Vietnam War, based on the career of Adrian Cronauer Adrian Cronauer (born September 8, 1938) is a lawyer and former radio Disc jockey from the United States. Robin McLaurim Williams (born July 21 1951 or 1952 is an American television stage and film actor and Comedian who has won an Academy Award for his performance "Ethel Merman has been used to jam Russian radar systems. {belting in imitation of Merman} 'I've got a feeling that love is here to stay!' When asked for a reply, the Russians said 'Vat de hell vas dat?'"

In the 2005 film The Producers, the actor playing the part of Adolf Hitler calls himself "the German Ethel Merman. The Producers is a 2005 comedy - Musical film starring Uma Thurman and The Lion King 's Nathan Lane and Hi and welcome to Wikipedia! Please understand that this article is frequently vandalized and vandalism is reverted immediately "

Audible samples of Ethel Merman

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• Ethel Merman with Jimmy Durante "You Say the Nicest Things"
• Ethel Merman Sings: "The World is Your Balloon"
• Ethel Merman Sings: "Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend"

Theatre performances

• Girl Crazy (1930)
• George White's Scandals of 1931 (1931)
• Take a Chance (1932)
• Anything Goes (1934)
• Red, Hot and Blue (1936)
• Stars In Your Eyes (1939)
• DuBarry Was a Lady (1939)
• Panama Hattie (1940)
• Something for the Boys (1943)
• Sadie Thompson (1944) (left during rehearsals; replaced by June Havoc)
• Annie Get Your Gun (1946)
• Call Me Madam (1950)
• Happy Hunting (1956)
• Gypsy (1959)
• Annie Get Your Gun (1966) (revival)
• Hello, Dolly! (1970) (replacement)
• Mary Martin & Ethel Merman: Together On Broadway (1977)

Awards
Preceded by Mary Martin for South Pacific	Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical 1951 for Call Me Madam	Succeeded by Gertrude Lawrence for The King and I

Filmography

• Follow the Leader (1930)
• We're Not Dressing (1934)
• Kid Millions (1934)
• The Big Broadcast of 1936 (1935)
• Strike Me Pink (1936)
• Anything Goes (1936)
• Happy Landing (1938)
• Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938)
• Straight, Place or Show (1938)
• Stage Door Canteen (1943)
• Call Me Madam (1953)
• There's No Business Like Show Business (1954)
• It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
• The Art of Love (1965)
• Journey Back to Oz (1974) (voice)
• Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
• Airplane! (1980)

Television performances

• The Ford 50th Anniversary Show (1953)
• Panama Hattie (1954)
• Merman On Broadway (1961)
• The Lucy Show, two-parter, as herself (1963)
• Maggie Brown (1963) (unsold pilot)
• An Evening with Ethel Merman (1965)
• Annie Get Your Gun (1967)
• Tarzan and the Mountains of the Moon (1967)
• Batman, "The Sport of Penguins", two-parter as Lola Lasagne (1967)
• That Girl, two episodes, as herself (1967-68)
• 'S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin (1972)
• Ed Sullivan's Broadway (1973)
• The Muppet Show (1976)
• Match Game PM (1976), (1978)
• You're Gonna Love It Here (1977) (unsold pilot)
• A Salute to American Imagination (1978)
• A Special Sesame Street Christmas (1978)
• Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July (1979) (voice)
• The Love Boat, five episodes, (1979-1982)
• Night of 100 Stars (1982)

References

External links

• Ethel Merman at the Internet Broadway Database
• Ethel Merman at the Internet Movie Database
• Ethel Merman at TV.com
• Ethel Merman at All Music Guide
• Ethel Merman: A Brief Biography
• Obituary, The New York Times, February 16, 1984, "Ethel Merman, Queen of Musicals, Dies at 76"
• Ethel Merman at Find A Grave
• NPR's Susan Stamberg's Report on the Memory of Ethel Merman

Persondata
NAME	Merman, Ethel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Zimmermann, Ethel Agnes
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Actress, singer
DATE OF BIRTH	January 16, 1908
PLACE OF BIRTH	Astoria, Queens, New York, United States
DATE OF DEATH	February 15, 1984
PLACE OF DEATH	New York City, New York, United States

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