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Ethel Merman was an American singer, actress, and lead performer in Broadway musicals who is remembered for her strong, clear voice. Ethel Zimmermann worked as a secretary and sang in nightclubs and vaudeville before opening in George and Ira Gershwin’s musical Girl Crazy in 1930, billed as Ethel
Merman was the most successful musical comedy performer of her generation. Known for her loud, clear voice and excellent enunciation, she was a favorite of such songwriters as George and Ira ...
Jan 15, 2008 · Merman had a sympathetic collaborator in Eells. In his transcriptions, she’s softer, wittier, more measured. Her devotion to her long-lived parents Edward and Agnes Zimmermann emerges, and there’s a warm sense of the comfort she drew from religion, a quality that Flinn ignores almost entirely, after her daughter’s overdose in August 1967.
Ethel Merman (born Ethel Agnes Zimmermann; January 16, 1908 – February 15, 1984) was an American actress and singer. [1] She was known for her powerful voice and roles in musical theatre.
The 23rd Annual Tony Awards - 1969 Opened April 20, 1969 as Presenter (Original) Annie Get Your Gun
Ethel Merman, b. Jan. 16, 1908 (Astoria, NY) - d. Feb. 15, 1984 (NYC) Ethel Agnes Zimmerman was born in the third floor bedroom of her grandmother's house at 359 4th Avenue in Astoria, Queens. Growing up near Famous Players-Lasky's Astoria Studios, young Ethel often watched the silent movie stars drive by in their massive cars, and she dreamed ...
Ethel Merman (January 16, 1908 – February 15, 1984) was a Tony Award winning star of stage and film musicals, well known for her powerful voice and vocal range.She is one of the most celebrated ladies of the Broadway musical stage working with Ira and George Gershwin, Cole Porter, and many other Broadway producers.
