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Sep 13, 2012 · Page 4: “The belief that Ethel was Jewish was a subject on which she could become downright snappish. There is no persuasive evidence that she harbored any significant degree of anti-Semitism,...
Ethel Merman. Goyim gets mistaken for Jews. It happens. Everyone has a good laugh about it, eats some ham, and moves on. Well, apparently, not everyone. Ethel Merman didn't exactly like being called Jewish. Supposedly, she got really pissy about it.
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Merman was known for her powerful, belting alto voice, precise enunciation, and accurate pitch. Because stage singers performed without microphones when she began singing professionally, she had a great advantage in show business, despite the fact that she never received any singing lessons. In fact, Broadway lore holds that George Gershwin warned ...
Merman retired from Broadway in 1970 when she appeared as the last Dolly Levi in Hello Dolly, a show initially written for her. No longer willing to "take the veil" as she described being in a Broadway role, Merman preferred to act in televisionspecials and movies. Ethel Merman's film career was not as distinguished as her stage roles. Though she r...
Known for her distinctive, powerful voice, and for leading roles in musical theatre, Merman has been called "the undisputed First Lady of the musical comedy stage." Over her distinguished career in theater she became known for her iconic performances in shows such as Anything Goes, Annie Get Your Gun, Gypsy, and Hello, Dolly!. The Irving Berlin son...
Bryan, George B. Ethel Merman: A Bio-bibliography. New York, NY: Greenwood Press, 1992. ISBN 0313279756Kellow, Brian. Ethel Merman: A Life. New York, NY: Penguin 2008. ISBN 978-0143114208Mark, Geoffrey. Ethel Merman: The Biggest Star on Broadway. Fort Lee, NJ: Barricade Legend, 2006. ISBN 1569802939Merman, Ethel and George Eells. Merman New York, NY: Simon and Schuster, 1978. ISBN 0671227122All links retrieved August 14, 2022. 1. Ethel Merman IMDb 2. Ethel Merman Find a Grave 3. Novelty Reigns on Ethel Merman Revival CD NPR 4. Ethel Merman All Music 5. Ethel Merman: A Brief Biography by John Kenrick Musicals 101.
May 2, 2024 · 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.
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Mar 23, 2006 · Posted Mar 23, 2006 at 12: 00 AM. In her column “The Academy Awards, celebrity and the ‘J’ word” (CJN, March 10), Cynthia Dettelbach lists several Jewish actors and their original names. Included...
Ethel Merman had been the subject of at least three biographies and two “as told to” autobiographies before 2007, and the im-petus for the new books seems to have been the forthcoming centennial of Merman’s 1908 birth.
Ethel Merman was born Ethel Agnes Zimmerman on January 16, 1908, in Astoria, Queens, New York City to immigrant parents Edward Zimmerman and Agnes Zimmerman. Her father was an accountant with the James H. Dunham & Company, a Manhattan wholesale dry goods company, and her mother was a schoolteacher.
