Date of birth: 1908-01-16
Place of birth: Astoria, New York, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Ethel Agnes Zimmermann
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
1980-06-27
An ex-fighter pilot forced to take over the controls of an airliner when the flight crew succumbs to
1930-05-07
Begins with night club life in the Stone Age and evolves to the modern world of 1930.
1954-12-16
Molly and Terry Donahue, plus their three children, are The Five Donahues. Youngest son Tim meets ha
1963-11-07
A group of strangers come across a man dying after a car crash who proceeds to tell them about the $
1934-04-27
Beautiful high society type Doris Worthington is entertaining guests on her yacht in the Pacific whe
1979-07-01
Winterbolt is trying to make the North Pole his evil wonderland, and it is up to Frosty the Snowman,
1976-07-26
A would-be filmmaker and actress shake up the industry with a trick dog who gets discovered by a stu
1938-05-24
Classical violinist Roger Grant disappoints his family and teacher when he organizes a jazz band, bu
1938-01-23
Bandleader and manager discover skater in Norway. They become rivals as she returns with them to Ame
1953-03-25
Washington hostess Sally Adams becomes a Truman-era US ambassador to a European grand duchy.
1985-07-09
Fozzie and Kermit have come across a priceless collection of great moments in the career of the Mupp
2005-08-07
Broadway royalty and Tony-winners Tommy Tune, Carol Channing, Robert Goulet, and Harvey Fierstein ar
1967-11-24
A religious sect, cheated by an adventurer, wants to occupy an African territory not knowing that it
1965-06-30
Struggling artist fakes his own death so his works will increase in value.
1932-12-22
In this surrealist entry, a fisherman deals with rebellious worms; a diver flirts with a Betty Boop-
1936-01-24
Meek Eddie Pink becomes manager of an amusement park beset by mobsters.
1932-05-19
Betty Boop, a nursemaid, meets a masher in the park; with the Bouncing Ball, Ethel Merman sings the
1932-07-28
Ethel Merman sings the title song with a Bouncing Ball. Animated sequence: a cat burglar, just out o
1936-01-24
A young man falls in love with a beautiful blonde. When he sees her being forced onto a luxury liner
1930-04-22
A defendant pleads her case in court and promises to stay out of trouble from now on through singing
1935-09-20
Two-bit radio station owner Spud Miller doubles as the station's sole announcer. On the verge of ban
1995-01-01
From the A&E "Biography" series, a review of the birth, development and cinematic history of Betty B
1938-09-30
The Ritz Brothers go to the race track. They raise training end entrance money in a wrestling match
1930-12-06
A kooky waiter and sometimes vaudevillian promises to get his employer's daughter into a Broadway sh
1934-11-10
A musical comedy about a Brooklyn boy who inherits a fortune from his archaeologist father, but has
2023-10-08
Worlds collide in this unconventional essay film, when filmmaker, film historian, and archivist Dani
1990-07-23
Biographical portrait of one of Broadway's most brilliant songwriters. Told through the use of archi
1986-01-21
For the first time in their careers, all the Muppets (except the ones that couldn't make it, like th
1967-03-19
TV Movie musical of wild west sharpshooter Annie Oakley.
1999-01-01
Trace the history of television and its impact on American culture with clips, newsreels, and exclus
1943-06-24
A young soldier on a pass in New York City visits the famed Stage Door Canteen, where famous stars o
1931-02-28
1931-10-24
Ethel runs a run down saloon in Nicaragua. Word arrives that the soldiers are pulling out, and most
1931-03-19
A woman sundered from her sweetheart sings the title song as a duet with a personified Old Man Blues
1931-11-28
A medicine show singer finds her love.
1932-06-30
Singer Irene is in Reno for a divorce, though her friend Bob tries to convince her it's all a mistak
1933-05-18
Fleischer Studios 'Screen Song' with Ethel Merman singing the songs.
1978-12-08
Leslie Uggams hosts this take on A Christmas Carol, where she and fellow guest stars, Anne Murray, I
2005-06-04
Judy performs beloved musical numbers with Barbra Streisand, Liza Minnelli, and more in this series
1968-12-19
A Classic Holiday Celebration with Dean and Friends.
2013-12-09
This intimate documentary explores the life and career of the stage legend Stephen Sondheim through
1975-08-06
Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American ent
1991-01-01
A star-studded documentary and tribute to the classic comedy, It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World.
2017-12-29
During his career, Bob Hope was the only performer to achieve top-rated success in every form of mas
2003-07-22
Relive the dazzling show stopping songs, dances and production numbers from some of your favorite Br
1953-06-15
The program was the first so-called "Television Spectacular". Ford presented the show without commer
1985-05-24
Tom Bosley hosts a tribute to the American musical theater taped before a live audience featuring do
1963-04-18
This 1963 documentary, released less than a year after Marilyn Monroe's death, showcases the star in
1954-02-28
On an ocean liner, a nightclub singer tries to help a fellow American romance an English heiress who
1968-09-08
"Around the World with Mike Todd" serves as a summarization of the Todd's career, and his role in pr
1972-12-14
Dorothy and Toto return to the Land of Oz to find the Scarecrow as ruler of the Emerald City. Unfort
2017-05-23
Documentary about the star-studded pre-inaugural gala that took place on January 19, 1961 to celebra
1979-05-16
Kermit the Frog throws a glamorous party at the Cocoanut Grove nightclub to celebrate the premiere o
1979-10-01
First of three programs about musical theatre hosted by writer-composer-lyricist Sylvia Fine.
1972-01-17
A musical tribute to brothers George and Ira Gershwin
2003-04-03
Broadway: The Golden Age is the most important, ambitious and comprehensive film ever made about Ame
1982-03-08
The most glittering, expensive, and exhausting videotaping session in television history took place
2009-01-01
A two-hour in-depth exploration into the Hollywood musicals of the 1930s.