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Ethel Merman (born Ethel Agnes Zimmermann; January 16, 1908 – February 15, 1984) was an American actress and singer. Known for her distinctive, powerful voice, and her leading roles in musical theater , [ 1 ] she has been called "the undisputed First Lady of the musical comedy stage."
Girl Crazy is a 1930 musical by George Gershwin with lyrics by Ira Gershwin and book by Guy Bolton and John McGowan. Ethel Merman made her stage debut in the first production and co-lead Ginger Rogers became an overnight star.
Borgnine's rancorous marriage to actress and singer Ethel Merman in 1964 lasted only 42 days. Merman's description of the marriage in her autobiography was a solitary blank page. Borgnine's friend Tim Conway later said: "Ernie is volatile. I mean, there's no question about that, and Ethel was a very strong lady.
In 1954, Ethel Merman, at the age of forty-six, reprised her role as Reno in a specially adapted live television version of the musical, co-starring Frank Sinatra as the hero, now renamed Harry Dane; Merman's good friend Bert Lahr (who had co-starred with her on Broadway in DuBarry Was a Lady) as Moonface Martin; and Sheree North. [59]
Gaynor had prominent roles in "There's No Business Like Show Business" in 1954 with Ethel Merman and Marilyn Monroe and in the 1957 films "Les Girls" with Gene Kelly and the "The Joker Is Mitzi ...
He supported Ethel Merman in Call Me Madam (1953) at 20th Century Fox, later saying the film contained his best dancing. [21] He co-starred in another Fox musical, There's No Business Like Show Business (1954), which featured Irving Berlin 's music and also starred with Ethel Merman , Marilyn Monroe (O'Connor's on screen love interest), Dan ...
Ethel Kennedy, a mother of 11, champion of human rights and widow of Robert F. Kennedy, died on Oct. 10, according to her grandson. The matriarch of the Kennedy family was 96. She lost her husband ...
Ethel Skakel Kennedy was the matriarch of the Kennedy clan when she died. She was the sister-in-law of JFK and widow of RFK — former senator from New York and 1968 Democratic presidential front ...