Ethel Merman

She was born Ethel Agnes Zimmermann, in Astoria, Queens, New York, of a German Lutheran father and Scottish Presbyterian mother, although many people assumed she was Jewish.

• married Robert Levitt (divorced)
• married Robert Six in 1953 (divorced)
• married Ernest Borgnine 1964 (divorced): married for 32 days

Theater performances

• 1930 Girl Crazy[?]
• 1931 George White's Scandals[?]
• 1932 Take a Chance[?]
• 1934 Anything Goes[?]
• 1936 Red, Hot and Blue[?]
• 1939 Stars In Your Eyes[?]
• 1939 Du Barry Was a Lady[?]
• 1940 Panama Hattie[?]
• 1943 Something for the Boys[?]
• 1944 Sadie Thompson (replaced in previews)
• 1946 Annie Get Your Gun[?]
• 1950 Call Me Madam[?]
• 1956 Happy Hunting[?]
• 1959 Gypsy
• 1966 Hello, Dolly! (replacement)
• 1966 Annie Get Your Gun[?]
• 1975 A Gala Tribute to Joshua Logan[?]
• 1977 Together on Broadway[?] (Mary Martin & Ethel Merman)

Film performances

• 1930 Follow the Leader
• 1930 The Cave Club[?]
• 1931 The Devil Sea[?]
• 1931 Roaming
• 1932 Let Me Call You Sweetheart[?]
• 1932 You Try Somebody Else[?]
• 1932 Time on My Hands[?]
• 1932 Old Man Blues[?]
• 1932 Ireno[?]
• 1933 Song Shopping[?]
• 1933 Be Like Me[?]
• 1934 We're Not Dressing[?]
• 1934. Kid Millions[?]
• 1936 The Big Broadcast of 1936[?]
• 1936 Strike Me Pink[?]
• 1936 Anything Goes[?]
• 1938 Happy Landing[?]
• 1938 Alexander's Ragtime Band
• 1938 Straight, Place and Show[?]
• 1943 Stage Door Canteen[?]
• 1953 Call Me Madam[?]
• 1963 It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World[?]
• 1965 The Art of Love[?]
• 1967 Tarzan and the Mountains of the Moon[?]
• 1968 Around the World of Mike Todd[?]
• 1971 Journey Back to Oz[?] (voice)
• 1976 Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood[?]
• 1978 A Salute to American Imagination[?]
• 1978 A Special Sesame Street Christmas[?]
• 1979 Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July[?]
• 1980 Airplane!
• 1981 Something a Little Less Serious[?]
• 1985 Judy Garland: The Concert Years[?]

Television performances

• 1953 The Ford 50th Anniversary Show[?]
• 1954 There's No Business Like Show Business[?]
• 1954 Anything Goes[?]
• 1958 Panama Hattie[?]
• 1961 Merman on Broadway[?]
• 1962 The Lucille Ball Show[?] (2 appearances)
• 1963 The Judy Garland Show[?] (2 appearances)
• 1965 An Evening with Ethel Merman[?]
• 1966 Batman (as recurring character "Lola Lasagne")
• 1967 Annie Get Your Gun[?]
• 1967 That Girl[?]
• 1967 The Carol Burnett Show[?]
• 1970 Evening at Pops[?]
• 1972 'S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin[?]
• 1975 Match Game PM[?]
• 1976 The Muppet Show
• 1977 The Love Boat[?] (5 episodes)

External links

• http://www.musicals101.com/mermbio.htm