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Ethel Merman

Highest Rated: 83% Anything Goes (1936)

Lowest Rated: 0% The Art of Love (1965)

Birthday: Jan 16, 1908

Birthplace: Astoria, New York, USA

This Broadway singing giant ("Girl Crazy," "Annie Get Your Gun," "Gypsy") had a brassy, larger-than-life star persona and a uniquely powerful, heart-felt voice and popularized songs by George Gershwin, Cole Porter and Irving Berlin, among others. Merman's belt-it-out rendition of Berlin's "There's No Business Like Show Business" has become the anthem of the entertainment industry. In occasional films from 1930, Merman undeniably brightened a number of features, several of which, like "Anything Goes" 1936, "Call Me Madam" 1953 and "There's No Business Like Show Business" 1954, were full-fledged star vehicles.

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Highest rated movies

83% 25% Anything Goes
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83% 46% Alexander's Ragtime Band
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80% 69% Call Me Madam
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69% 83% It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
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14% 50% Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood
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14% 40% Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July
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0% 54% The Art of Love
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17% Happy Landing
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50% The Big Broadcast of 1936
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Ethel Merman

Ethel Merman ANYTHING GOES, Ethel Merman, 1936 ANYTHING GOES, Ethel Merman, Bing Crosby, 1936 HAPPY LANDING, Ethel Merman, 1938, TM and Copyright (c)20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved. IT'S A MAD MAD MAD MAD WORLD, Ethel Merman, Milton Berle, Terry-Thomas, 1963 KID MILLIONS, Ethel Merman, 1934 IT'S A MAD MAD MAD MAD WORLD, Edie Adams, Sid Caesar, Jonathan Winters, Dorothy Provine, Ethel Merman, Milton Berle, Mickey Rooney, 1963 CALL ME MADAM, Donald O'Connor, Ethel Merman, George Sanders, Vera-Ellen, 1953. TM and Copyright © 20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved.. CALL ME MADAM, Ethel Merman, 1953, TM and copyright ©20th Century-Fox Film Corp. All Rights Reserved . CALL ME MADAM, Ethel Merman, Donald O'Connor, 1953 TM and Copyright (c) 20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved. View more photos

Filmography

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14% 40% Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July Lilly Loraine (Voice) - 1980
14% 50% Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood Hedda Parsons (Character) - 1975
No Score Yet 50% Journey Back to Oz Mombi, the Bad Witch (Voice) - 1974
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mountain of the Blue Moons Rosanna McCloud (Character) - 1967
0% 54% The Art of Love Madame Coco La Fontaine (Character) - 1965
69% 83% It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World Mrs. Marcus (Character) - 1963
73% 58% There's No Business Like Show Business Molly Donahue (Character) - 1954
80% 69% Call Me Madam Sally Adams (Character) - 1953
No Score Yet 17% Happy Landing Flo Kelly (Character) - 1938
83% 46% Alexander's Ragtime Band Jerry Allen (Character) - 1938
No Score Yet No Score Yet Straight, Place and Show Linda Tyler (Character) - 1938
83% 25% Anything Goes Reno Sweeney (Character) - 1936
No Score Yet 14% Strike Me Pink Joyce Lennox (Character) - 1936
No Score Yet 50% The Big Broadcast of 1936 Ethel Merman (Character) - 1935
No Score Yet 58% We're Not Dressing Edith (Character) - 1934
No Score Yet 56% Kid Millions Dot Clark (Character) - 1934
No Score Yet No Score Yet Follow the Leader Helen King (Character) - 1930

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No Score Yet No Score Yet Match Game Self 1977
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Carol Burnett Show Guest 1969
No Score Yet No Score Yet That Girl Unknown (Guest Star) 1967-1968
No Score Yet No Score Yet Tarzan Rosanna McCloud (Guest Star) 1967
72% 79% Batman Unknown (Guest Star) 1967
No Score Yet No Score Yet I've Got a Secret Guest 1965
No Score Yet No Score Yet What's My Line? Guest 1963 1965
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Lucy Show Unknown (Guest Star) 1964
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Judy Garland Show Unknown (Guest Star) 1963-1964
No Score Yet No Score Yet Vacation Playhouse Maggie Brown (Character) 1963
No Score Yet No Score Yet Startime Unknown (Character) 1959-1960
No Score Yet No Score Yet Shower of Stars Unknown (Character) 1955