Ethel Merman

Personal Info

Birth Date: January 16, 1908
Birth Location: Astoria, Queens County, New York, New York, USA
Death Date: February 15, 1984
Death Location: New York County (Manhattan), New York, USA
Cause of Death: complications from brain surgery

Stage & Film

Performance

Together On Broadway
Benefit Concert; 1977
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  • Performer
Hello, Dolly!
Original Broadway Production; 1964
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  • Mrs. Dolly Gallagher Levi (replacement: Mar 26, 1970 - Dec 27, 1970)
Call Me Madam
St. Louis MUNY Production; 1968
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  • Mrs. Sally Adams
Call Me Madam
Kenley Players Production; 1968
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  • Mrs. Sally Adams
Annie Get Your Gun
Television Production; 1967
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  • Annie Oakley
Annie Get Your Gun
Broadway Return Engagement; 1966
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  • Annie Oakley
Annie Get Your Gun
Lincoln Center Production Tour; 1966
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  • Annie Oakley
Annie Get Your Gun
Lincoln Center Revival; 1966
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  • Annie Oakley
1965 Tony Awards
New York Production; 1965
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  • Presenter
Gypsy
1st National Tour; 1961
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  • Rose
Gypsy
Original Broadway Production; 1959
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  • Rose
Happy Hunting
Original Broadway Production; 1956
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  • Liz Livingstone
Anything Goes
Television Production; 1954
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  • Reno Sweeney
Call Me Madam
Film Version; 1953
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  • Mrs. Sally Adams
Call Me Madam
National Tour; 1952
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  • Mrs. Sally Adams
Call Me Madam
Original Broadway Production; 1950
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  • Mrs. Sally Adams
Annie Get Your Gun
Original Broadway Production; 1946
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  • Annie Oakley
Something for the Boys
Original Broadway Production; 1943
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  • Blossom Hart
Panama Hattie
Original Broadway Production; 1940
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  • Hattie Maloney
Du Barry Was a Lady
Original Broadway Production; 1939
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  • May Daly
  • Mme. La Comtesse du Barry
Stars in Your Eyes
Original Broadway Production; 1939
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  • Jeanette Adair
Red, Hot and Blue!
Original Broadway Production; 1936
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  • Nails O'Reilly Duquesne
Anything Goes
Film Version; 1936
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  • Reno Sweeney
Anything Goes
Original Broadway Production; 1934
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  • Reno Sweeney
Take a Chance
Original Broadway Production; 1932
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  • Wanda Brill
  • Lora (Blackmail)
Humpty Dumpty
Closed prior to Broadway; 1932
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  • Wanda Brill
George White's Scandals of 1931
Original Broadway Production; 1931
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  • Cast
Girl Crazy
Original Broadway Production; 1930
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  • Kate Fothergill

Commercial Audio

Performance

Annie Get Your Gun
Studio Cast; 1973
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  • Annie Oakley
Annie Get Your Gun
Lincoln Center Cast; 1966
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  • Annie Oakley
Gypsy
Original Broadway Cast; 1959
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  • Rose
Happy Hunting
Original Broadway Cast; 1956
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  • Liz Livingstone
Panama Hattie
Television Soundtrack; 1954
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  • Cast
Anything Goes
Television Soundtrack; 1954
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  • Reno Sweeney
Call Me Madam
Soundtrack; 1953
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  • Mrs. Sally Adams
Call Me Madam
Studio Cast; 1950
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  • Mrs. Sally Adams
Annie Get Your Gun
Original Cast Members; 1946
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  • Annie Oakley
Something for the Boys
Original Cast Reconstruction; 1943
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  • Cast
Stars in Your Eyes
Reconstruction; 1939
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  • Cast
Anything Goes
Soundtrack; 1936
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  • Cast
Red, Hot and Blue!
Reconstruction; 1936
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  • Cast
Anything Goes
Broadway/London Casts/Composer; 1934
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  • Cast

Private Audio

Performance

Gypsy
Demo Recording #1; not listed yet
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  • Cast
Hello, Dolly!
Broadway Replacement Cast with u/s Vandergelder (Closing performance); 1970
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  • Dolly Gallagher Levi
Hello, Dolly!
Broadway Replacement Cast; 1970
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  • Dolly Gallagher Levi
Annie Get Your Gun
Television Broadcast; 1967
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  • Annie Oakley
Gypsy
Original Broadway Production, Closing Cast; 1961
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  • Rose

Commercial Video

Performance

Call Me Madam
Home Video; 1953
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  • Mrs. Sally Adams

Private Video

Performance

Gypsy
Original Cast; 1959
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  • Rose

Broadcast Video

Performance

1965 Tony Awards
TV Broadcast; 1965
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  • Presenter

Notes

No notes listed.

Photos & Headshots

Personal Info

Birth Date: January 16, 1908
Birth Location: Astoria, Queens County, New York, New York, USA
Death Date: February 15, 1984
Death Location: New York County (Manhattan), New York, USA
Cause of Death: complications from brain surgery

Other Names

  • Ethel Agnes Zimmermann (birth name)

Marriage & Family

Spouses/Partners

  • William Smith (Husband)
    11/15/1940 - 10/1/1941
    Relationship ended due to divorce
  • Robert Levitt (Husband)
    12/181941 - 6/10/1952; 2 children
    Relationship ended due to divorce
  • Robert Six (Husband)
    3/91953 - 1960
    Relationship ended due to divorce
  • Ernest Borgnine (Husband)
    6/26/1964 - 7/28/1964
    Relationship ended due to divorce

Family

  • No spouses or partners listed.