1980Nominee
Best Performance
Airplane!
Ethel Merman
Actor
Astoria, New York, USA
January 16, 1908
Biography
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
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1963Nominee
Best Performance
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
2009Nominee
Best Performance
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
Career Highlights
2003Highlight
Best Performance
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
1982Highlight
Best Performance
Night of 100 Stars
Video
Airplane!
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood