Ethel Merman
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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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Complete Filmography & Verdicts
| Year | Movie | Character | Rating | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | It's a Zabriskie, Zabriskie, Zabriskie, Zabriskie Point | Mrs. Marcus (archive footage) | FLOP | |
| 2017 | This Is Bob Hope... | Self (archive footage) | HIT | |
| 2013 | Six by Sondheim | Self (archive footage) | HIT | |
| 2005 | Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards | Self (segment "Ethel Merman Medley") (archive footage) | HIT | |
| 2003 | Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There | Self (archive footage) | HIT | |
| 1995 | Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons | Self (archive footage) | HIT | |
| 1990 | You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story | Self (archive footage) | FLOP | |
| 1986 | The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years | Self (archive footage) | HIT | |
| 1985 | Muppet Treasures | Self | FLOP | |
| 1982 | Night of 100 Stars | Self | HIT | |
| 1980 | Airplane! | Lieutenant Hurwitz | HIT | |
| 1979 | Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July | Lilly Loraine (voice) | FLOP | |
| 1979 | The Muppets Go Hollywood | Self | FLOP | |
| 1978 | A Special Sesame Street Christmas | Self | FLOP | |
| 1976 | Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood | Hedda Parsons | FLOP | |
| 1975 | Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? | Self (archive footage) | FLOP | |
| 1972 | Journey Back to Oz | Mombi (voice) | FLOP | |
| 1972 | S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin | Self | FLOP | |
| 1968 | The Dean Martin Christmas Show | Self (uncredited) | HIT | |
| 1968 | Around the World of Mike Todd | Self | FLOP | |
| 1967 | The Mountains of the Moon | Rosanna McCloud | FLOP | |
| 1967 | Annie Get Your Gun | Annie Oakley | FLOP | |
| 1965 | The Art of Love | Madame Coco La Fontaine | FLOP | |
| 1963 | It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World | Mrs. Marcus | HIT | |
| 1963 | Marilyn | Self ("There's No Business...") (archive footage) (uncredited) | FLOP | |
| 1954 | There's No Business Like Show Business | Molly Donahue | FLOP | |
| 1954 | Anything Goes | Reno Sweeney | FLOP | |
| 1953 | The Ford 50th Anniversary Show | Herself | HIT | |
| 1953 | Call Me Madam | Sally Adams | FLOP | |
| 1943 | Stage Door Canteen | Ethel Merman | FLOP | |
| 1938 | Straight, Place and Show | Linda Tyler | FLOP | |
| 1938 | Alexander's Ragtime Band | Jerry Allen | HIT | |
| 1938 | Happy Landing | Flo Kelly | FLOP | |
| 1936 | Strike Me Pink | Joyce Lennox | HIT | |
| 1936 | Anything Goes | Reno Sweeney | FLOP | |
| 1935 | The Big Broadcast of 1936 | Ethel Merman | FLOP | |
| 1934 | Kid Millions | Dot Clark | HIT | |
| 1934 | We're Not Dressing | Edith | HIT | |
| 1933 | Song Shopping | Ethel Merman | FLOP | |
| 1932 | Time on My Hands | Self | FLOP | |
| 1932 | You Try Somebody Else | Self | FLOP | |
| 1932 | Ireno | Irene | FLOP | |
| 1932 | Let Me Call You Sweetheart | Herself | FLOP | |
| 1931 | Roaming | Mary | FLOP | |
| 1931 | Be Like Me | Eve | HIT | |
| 1931 | Old Man Blues | Helen | FLOP | |
| 1931 | Devil Sea | Arlene | FLOP | |
| 1930 | Follow the Leader | Helen King | FLOP | |
| 1930 | The Cave Club | - | FLOP | |
| 1930 | Her Future | - | FLOP |