Ethel Merman
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.
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| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 4.093 |
| Birthday | 1908-01-16 |
| Place of Birth | Astoria, New York, USA |
| Also Known As | Ethel Agnes Zimmermann, |
1980
Airplane!
7.301/4337
An ex-fighter pilot forced to take over the controls of an airliner when the flight crew succumbs to food poisoning.
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Airplane!
1954
There's No Business Like Show Business
6/93
Molly and Terry Donahue, plus their three children, are The Five Donahues. Youngest son Tim meets hat-check girl Vicky and the family act begins to fa...
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There's No Business Like Show Business
1963
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
6.965/567
A group of strangers come across a man dying after a car crash who proceeds to tell them about the $350,000 he buried in California. What follows is t...
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It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1934
We're Not Dressing
6.6/8
Beautiful high society type Doris Worthington is entertaining guests on her yacht in the Pacific when it hits a reef and sinks. She makes her way to a...
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We're Not Dressing
1979
Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July
6.648/64
Winterbolt is trying to make the North Pole his evil wonderland, and it is up to Frosty the Snowman, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and others to stop...
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Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July
1976
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
4.1/15
A would-be filmmaker and actress shake up the industry with a trick dog who gets discovered by a studio bus driver in the 1920s.
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Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
1938
Alexander's Ragtime Band
6.604/24
Classical violinist, Roger Grant disappoints his family and teacher when he organizes a jazz band, but he and the band become successful. Roger falls...
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Alexander's Ragtime Band
1938
Happy Landing
5.5/2
Bandleader and manager discover skater in Norway. They become rivals as she returns with them to America.
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Happy Landing
1953
Call Me Madam
6.3/23
Washington hostess Sally Adams becomes a Truman-era US ambassador to a European grand duchy.
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Call Me Madam
1965
The Art of Love
5.3/12
Struggling artist fakes his own death so his works will increase in value.
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The Art of Love
1936
Strike Me Pink
6.6/7
Meek Eddie Pink becomes manager of an amusement park beset by mobsters.
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Strike Me Pink
1936
Anything Goes
5.4/8
A young man falls in love with a beautiful blonde. When he sees her being forced onto a luxury liner, he decides to follow and rescue her. However, he...
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Anything Goes
1930
Her Future
6/1
A defendant pleads her case in court and promises to stay out of trouble from now on through singing.
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Her Future
1935
The Big Broadcast of 1936
5.4/7
Two-bit radio station owner Spud Miller doubles as the station's sole announcer. On the verge of bankruptcy, Spud is receptive to the wacky notions of...
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The Big Broadcast of 1936
1938
Straight, Place and Show
6/1
The Ritz Brothers go to the race track. They raise training end entrance money in a wrestling match and help a young man train the horse of his fiancé...
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Straight, Place and Show
1930
Follow the Leader
5.2/3
Ed Wynn, a waiter, tries to get hit employers daughter a start on the stage; Ginger Rogers replaces Ethel Merman when Merman is kidnapped.
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Follow the Leader
1934
Kid Millions
6.5/6
A musical comedy about a Brooklyn boy who inherits a fortune from his archaeologist father, but has to go to Egypt to claim it.
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Kid Millions
1943
Stage Door Canteen
6.1/14
A young soldier on a pass in New York City visits the famed Stage Door Canteen, where famous stars of the theater and films appear and host a recreati...
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Stage Door Canteen
1931
Devil Sea
6/1
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Devil Sea
1931
Be Like Me
7/2
Ethel runs a run down saloon in Nicaragua. Word arrives that the soldiers are pulling out, and most of the American miners and all of the women must s...
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Be Like Me
1931
Old Man Blues
5/2
A woman sundered from her sweetheart sings the title song as a duet with a personified Old Man Blues, in fog-shrouded woodland.
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Old Man Blues
1931
Roaming
5/1
A medicine show singer finds her love.
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Roaming
1932
Ireno
6/1
Singer Irene is in Reno for a divorce, though her friend Bob tries to convince her it's all a mistake. Then husband Cliff shows up.
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Ireno
1933
Song Shopping
3.5/2
Fleischer Studios 'Screen Song' with Ethel Merman singing the songs.
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Song Shopping
1978
A Special Sesame Street Christmas
8/2
Leslie Uggams hosts this take on A Christmas Carol, where she and fellow guest stars, Anne Murray, Imogene Coca, and Dickie Smothers try to get Oscar...
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A Special Sesame Street Christmas
1968
The Dean Martin Christmas Show
7.6/4
A Classic Holiday Celebration with Dean and Friends.
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The Dean Martin Christmas Show
2005
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
7.2/4
Broadway royalty and Tony-winners Tommy Tune, Carol Channing, Robert Goulet, and Harvey Fierstein are your hosts for this third compilation of great m...
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Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
2013
Six by Sondheim
7.313/24
This intimate documentary explores the life and career of the stage legend Stephen Sondheim through six of his best-known songs.
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Six by Sondheim
1975
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
5.7/7
Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American entertainment industry during the Great Depression.
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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1991
Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'
0/0
A star-studded documentary and tribute to the classic comedy, It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World.
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Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'
2017
This Is Bob Hope...
8/1
During his career, Bob Hope was the only performer to achieve top-rated success in every form of mass entertainment. American Masters explores the ent...
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This Is Bob Hope...
2003
Great Broadway Musical Moments from the Ed Sullivan Show
0/0
Relive the dazzling show stopping songs, dances and production numbers from some of your favorite Broadway musicals. Great Broadway Musical Moments fr...
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Great Broadway Musical Moments from the Ed Sullivan Show
1953
The Ford 50th Anniversary Show
8/2
The program was the first so-called "Television Spectacular". Ford presented the show without commercial interruption. It is believed to be the first...
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The Ford 50th Anniversary Show
1985
The Best of Broadway
0/0
Tom Bosley hosts a tribute to the American musical theater taped before a live audience featuring dozens of stars recreating their original performanc...
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The Best of Broadway
1963
Marilyn
6/1
This 1963 documentary, released less than a year after Marilyn Monroe's death, showcases the star in memorable scenes from her 20th Century Fox films,...
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Marilyn
1954
Anything Goes
6/4
On an ocean liner, a nightclub singer tries to help a fellow American romance an English heiress who is being forced to return home to marry a man she...
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Anything Goes
1968
Around the World of Mike Todd
6/2
"Around the World with Mike Todd" serves as a summarization of the Todd's career, and his role in producing 'Around the World in 80 Days'. Numerous be...
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Around the World of Mike Todd
1972
Journey Back to Oz
5.237/19
Dorothy and Toto return to the Land of Oz to find the Scarecrow as ruler of the Emerald City. Unfortunately for the new mayor, the wicked Mombi is con...
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Journey Back to Oz
2017
JFK: The Lost Inaugural Gala
0/0
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JFK: The Lost Inaugural Gala
1979
The Muppets Go Hollywood
6.2/18
Kermit the Frog throws a glamorous party at the Cocoanut Grove nightclub to celebrate the premiere of the Muppets' first feature film, The Muppet Movi...
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The Muppets Go Hollywood
1979
Musical Comedy Tonight
0/0
First of three programs about musical theatre hosted by writer-composer-lyricist Sylvia Fine.
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Musical Comedy Tonight
1972
S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin
0/0
A musical tribute to brothers George and Ira Gershwin
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S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin
2003
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
7/6
Broadway: The Golden Age is the most important, ambitious and comprehensive film ever made about America's most celebrated indigenous art form. Award...
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Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
1982
Night of 100 Stars
6/1
The most glittering, expensive, and exhausting videotaping session in television history took place Friday February 19, 1982 at New York's Radio City...
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Night of 100 Stars
1932
Time on My Hands
2/1
In this surrealist entry, a fisherman deals with rebellious worms; a diver flirts with a Betty Boop-like mermaid who becomes Ethel Merman, singing the...
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Time on My Hands
1932
Let Me Call You Sweetheart
4/3
Betty Boop, a nursemaid, meets a masher in the park; with the Bouncing Ball, Ethel Merman sings the title song.
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Let Me Call You Sweetheart
1932
You Try Somebody Else
2.8/4
Ethel Merman sings the title song with a Bouncing Ball. Animated sequence: a cat burglar, just out of jail, raids Betty Boop's icebox.
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You Try Somebody Else
1995
Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons
7.3/3
From the A&E "Biography" series, a review of the birth, development and cinematic history of Betty Boop, the flapper cartoon character who has been a...
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Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons
1990
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
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Biographical portrait of one of Broadway's most brilliant songwriters. Told through the use of archival material and interviews with the rich and famo...
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You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
1967
Annie Get Your Gun
0/0
TV Movie musical of wild west sharpshooter Annie Oakley.
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Annie Get Your Gun
1930
The Cave Club
0/0
Begins with night club life in the Stone Age and evolves to the modern world of 1930.
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The Cave Club
1985
Muppet Treasures
0/0
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Muppet Treasures
1967
The Mountains of the Moon
0/0
A religious sect, cheated by an adventurer, wants to occupy an African territory not knowing that it is inhabited by a bloodthirsty tribe. Luckily Tar...
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The Mountains of the Moon
2023
It's a Zabriskie, Zabriskie, Zabriskie, Zabriskie Point
0/0
Worlds collide in this unconventional essay film, when filmmaker, film historian, and archivist Daniel Kremer seamlessly edits Michelangelo Antonioni'...
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It's a Zabriskie, Zabriskie, Zabriskie, Zabriskie Point
1986
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
5/1
For the first time in their careers, all the Muppets (except the ones that couldn't make it, like the Doozers, Gorgs and most of the Fraggles) have ga...
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The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
1999
Television: The First Fifty Years
0/0
Trace the history of television and its impact on American culture with clips, newsreels, and exclusive interviews from television greats like Walter...
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