Ethel Merman

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It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World Mrs. Marcus

(1963)

Call Me Madam Sally Adams

(1953)

Airplane! Lieutenant Hurwitz

(1980)

There's No Business Like Show Business Molly Donahue

(1954)

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Actress (42 credits)

1979-1982 The Love Boat (TV Series)
Roz Smith

- The Musical/My Ex-Mom/The Show Must Go On/The Pest/My Aunt, the Worrier: Part 2 (1982) ... Roz Smith

- The Musical/My Ex-Mom/The Show Must Go On/The Pest/My Aunt, the Worrier: Part 1 (1982) ... Roz Smith

- Farnsworth's Fling/Three in a Bed/I Remember Helen/Merrill, Melanie & Melanesia/Gopher Farnsworth Smith: Part 2 (1981) ... Roz Smith

- Farnsworth's Fling/Three in a Bed/I Remember Helen/Merrill, Melanie & Melanesia/Gopher Farnsworth Smith: Part 1 (1981) ... Roz Smith

- Not So Fast, Gopher/Haven't We Met Before?/Seoul Mates (1980) ... Roz Smith

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1980 Airplane!
Lieutenant Hurwitz

1979 Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July (TV Movie)
Lilly Loraine (voice)

1977 You're Gonna Love It Here (TV Movie)
Lolly Rogers (as Miss Ethel Merman)

1976 Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
Hedda Parsons

1972 Journey Back to Oz
Mombi, The Bad Witch (voice)

1968 That's Life (TV Series)

- Moving In (1968)

1967-1968 That Girl (TV Series)
Ethel Merman

- The Other Woman (1968) ... Ethel Merman

- Pass the Potatoes, Ethel Merman (1967) ... Ethel Merman

1967 Tarzan (TV Series)
Rosanna McCloud

- Mountains of the Moon: Part 2 (1967) ... Rosanna McCloud (as Miss Ethel Merman)

- Mountains of the Moon: Part 1 (1967) ... Rosanna McCloud (as Miss Ethel Merman)

1967 Batman (TV Series)
Lola Lasagne

- A Horse of Another Color (1967) ... Lola Lasagne

- The Sport of Penguins (1967) ... Lola Lasagne

- The Wail of the Siren (1967) ... Lola Lasagne (uncredited)

1967 Annie Get Your Gun (TV Movie)
Annie Oakley

1965 The Art of Love
Madame Coco La Fontaine

1965 Kraft Suspense Theatre (TV Series)
Clara Lovelace

- Twixt the Cup and the Lip (1965) ... Clara Lovelace

1964 The Lucy Show (TV Series)
Ethel Merman

- Ethel Merman and the Boy Scout Show (1964) ... Ethel Merman

- Lucy Teaches Ethel Merman to Sing (1964) ... Ethel Merman

1963 It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World
Mrs. Marcus

1963 The Red Skelton Hour (TV Series)
Mother Hughes

- Get Thee to the Cannery (1963) ... Mother Hughes

1963 Maggie Brown (TV Movie)
Maggie Brown

1963 Vacation Playhouse (TV Series)
Maggie Brown

- Maggie Brown (1963) ... Maggie Brown

1956 The United States Steel Hour (TV Series)
Libby Marks

- Honest in the Rain (1956) ... Libby Marks

1956 General Electric Theater (TV Series)
Muriel Flood

- Reflected Glory (1956) ... Muriel Flood

1954 There's No Business Like Show Business
Molly Donahue

1954 Panama Hattie (TV Movie)
Hattie Maloney

1954 The Best of Broadway (TV Series)
Hattie Maloney

- Panama Hattie (1954) ... Hattie Maloney

1954 The Colgate Comedy Hour (TV Series)
Reno Sweeney

- Anything Goes (1954) ... Reno Sweeney

1953 Call Me Madam
Sally Adams

1943 Stage Door Canteen
Ethel Merman

1938 Straight Place and Show
Linda Tyler

1938 Alexander's Ragtime Band
Jerry Allen

1938 Happy Landing
Flo Kelly

1936 Anything Goes
Reno Sweeney

1936 Strike Me Pink
Joyce Lennox

1935 The Big Broadcast of 1936
Ethel Merman

1934 Kid Millions
Dot Clark

1934 We're Not Dressing
Edith

1932 Ireno (Short)
Irene

1931 Roaming (Short)
Mary, Show Owner's Daughter

1931 Be Like Me (Short)
Eve

1931 Old Man Blues (Short)
Helen

1931 Devil Sea (Short)

1930 Follow the Leader
Helen King

1930 The Cave Club (Short)
Vocalist: The Sockety-Sock

1930 Her Future (Short)
Defendant

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Soundtrack (71 credits)

2020 Hollywood (TV Mini Series) (performer - 1 episode)

- Jump (2020) ... (performer: "There's No Business Like Show Business" - uncredited)

2019 Good Morning Britain (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)

- Episode dated 11 October 2019 (2019) ... (performer: "There's No Business Like Showbusiness" - uncredited)

2018 Zeit.geschichte (TV Series documentary) (performer - 1 episode)

- Die AUA - 60 Jahre österreichische Fluggeschichte (2018) ... (performer: "There's No Business Like Show Business" - uncredited)

2017 I'm Dying Up Here (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)

- Sugar and Spice (2017) ... (performer: "Anything You Can Do")

2014 The Sugarcube Critic (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)

- Boast Busters (2014) ... (performer: "Anything You Can Do (I Can Do Better)")

2013 Six by Sondheim (TV Movie documentary) (performer: "Rose's Turn")

2012 RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)

- RuPaul's Gaff-In (2012) ... (performer: "There's No Business Like Show Business")

2012 The Secret Disco Revolution (Documentary) (performer: "No Business Like Show Business")

2012 The Joy of Disco (TV Movie documentary) (performer: "Alexander's Ragtime Band")

2010 Michael Feinstein's American Songbook (TV Series documentary) (performer - 1 episode)

- Best Band in the Land (2010) ... (performer: "Why Do They Call a Private a Private?")

2009 Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me (TV Movie documentary) (performer: "There's No Business Like Show Business")

2009 Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression (Video documentary) (performer: "Mandy" - uncredited)

2006 Bones (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)

- The Girl with the Curl (2006) ... (performer: "I Got Rhythm")

2004 Joey (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)

- Pilot (2004) ... (performer: "Hooray for Hollywood")

2004 AMV Hell (Short) (performer: "Anything You Can Do")

2002 Sinatra: The Classic Duets (TV Movie documentary) (performer: "Moonlight in Vermont" - uncredited)

2000 The Next Best Thing (performer: "They Say It's Wonderful")

1999 Drop Dead Gorgeous (performer: "Everything's Coming Up Roses")

1998 Little Voice (performer: "There's No Business Like Show Business")

1997 Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults (TV Movie documentary) (performer: "Marching Along with Time", "When the Midnight Choo-Choo Leaves for Alabam'" (uncredited), "Anything You Can Do")

1997 In & Out (performer: "Everything's Coming Up Roses")

1996 The Late Shift (TV Movie) (performer: "There's No Business Like Show Business")

1995 Discovery (Video) (performer: "Together Wherever We Go")

1995 Stuart Saves His Family (performer: "Everything's Coming Up Roses")

1992 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)

- The last Tonight Show (1992) ... (performer: "Everything's Coming Up Roses" (1959) - uncredited)

1991 Designing Women (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)

- A Toe in the Water (1991) ... (performer: "Doin' What Comes Natur'lly")

1989 The Wonder Years (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)

- On the Spot (1989) ... (performer: "There's No Business Like Show Business" - uncredited)

1987 Saturday Night Live (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)

- Valerie Bertinelli/Robert Cray Band (1987) ... (performer: "There's No Business Like Show Business" - uncredited)

1986 The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years (TV Movie) (performer: "There's No Business Like Show Business")

1985 Great Performances (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)

- The Best of Broadway (1985) ... (performer: "Everything's Coming Up Roses", "They Say It's Wonderful")

1984 Un, dos, tres... responda otra vez (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)

- El circo romano (1984) ... (performer: "There's No Business Like Show Business")

1983 Terms of Endearment (performer: "Anything Goes")

1980-1982 The Love Boat (TV Series) (performer - 3 episodes)

- The Musical/My Ex-Mom/The Show Must Go On/The Pest/My Aunt, the Worrier: Part 1 (1982) ... (performer: "What I Give For Love")

- Farnsworth's Fling/Three in a Bed/I Remember Helen/Merrill, Melanie & Melanesia/Gopher Farnsworth Smith: Part 2 (1981) ... (performer: "There's No Business Like Show Business")

- Not So Fast, Gopher/Haven't We Met Before?/Seoul Mates (1980) ... (performer: "You're the Top")

1980 Airplane! (performer: "Everything's Coming Up Roses")

1979 All That Jazz (performer: "There's No Business Like Show Business" (1946))

1979 Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July (TV Movie) (performer: "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer", "Don't Let the Parade Pass You By")

1978 A Special Sesame Street Christmas (TV Movie) (performer: "Tomorrow", "Christmas Medley: Jingle Bells / Sleigh Ride / Winter Wonderland / I Saw Three Ships" - uncredited)

1977 You're Gonna Love It Here (TV Movie) (performer: "You're Gonna Love It Here")

1977 The Muppet Show (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)

- Ethel Merman (1977) ... (performer: "You're the Top", "Friendship", "De Lovely", "Together Wherever We Go", "You're Just In Love", "Anything You Can Do", "Mutual Admiration Society", "There's No Business like Show Business")

1976 Evening at Pops (TV Series documentary) (performer - 1 episode)

- Special Guest: Ethel Merman (1976) ... (performer: "I Got Rhythm", "They Say It's Wonderful")

1975 Brother Can You Spare a Dime (Documentary) (performer: "You're the Top" (1934))

1974 Fred Astaire Salutes the Fox Musicals (TV Movie documentary) (performer: "(I Wonder Why) You're Just in Love")

1972 Journey Back to Oz (performer: "An Elephant Never Forgets", "If You're Gonna Be A Witch - Be A Witch")

1970 The Mike Douglas Show (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)

- Episode #9.104 (1970) ... (performer: "For Once In My Life", "September Song")

1967 That Girl (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)

- Pass the Potatoes, Ethel Merman (1967) ... (performer: "Small World", "After You've Gone", "There's No Business Like Show Business", "Everything's Coming Up Roses" - uncredited)

1965 The Art of Love (performer: "M'sieur")

1958 The Frank Sinatra Show (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)

- Ethel Merman (1958) ... (performer: "Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart", "You're the Top", "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows" - uncredited)

1957 Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)

- Garry Moore, Ethel Merman, Kukla & Ollie (1957) ... (performer: "You're Just in Love", "There's No Business Like Show Business" - uncredited)

1954 There's No Business Like Show Business (performer: "When the Midnight Choo-Choo Leaves for Alabam'", "Play a Simple Melody", "A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody", "Let's Have Another Cup o' Coffee", "Alexander's Ragtime Band", "A Sailor's Not a Sailor ('Til a Sailor's Been Tattooed)", "There's No Business Like Show Business" - uncredited)

1954 The Colgate Comedy Hour (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)

- Anything Goes (1954) ... (performer: "Anything Goes", "You Do Something To Me", "I Get A Kick Out Of You", "You're the Top", "It Was Just One of Those Things", "Blow Gabriel Blow", "Friendship" - uncredited)

1953 Call Me Madam (performer: "The Hostess with the Mostes", "Can You Use Any Money Today", "That International Rag", "You're Just In Love", "The Best Thing For You Would be Me", "You're Just in Love" (reprise), "Finale: You're Just In Love/Something to Dance About")

1949 The Milton Berle Show (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)

- Episode #1.42 (1949) ... (performer: "I Get A Kick Out Of You", "I Got Rhythm", "Friendship" (uncredited), "The Varsity Drag")

1943 Stage Door Canteen (performer: "Marching Through Berlin" (1943) - uncredited)

1938 Straight Place and Show (performer: "With You on My Mind" (1938), "Why Not String Along With Me" (1938) - uncredited)

1938 Alexander's Ragtime Band (performer: "Say It with Music" (1921), "A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody" (1919), "Blue Skies" (1927), "Pack Up Your Sins and Go to the Devil" (1922), "My Walking Stick" (1938), "Everybody Step" (1921), "Heat Wave" (1933), "Marching Along with Time" (1938) - uncredited)

1938 Happy Landing (performer: "Hot and Happy", "You Are the Music to the Words in My Heart", "You Appeal To Me")

1936 Anything Goes (performer: "Anything Goes" (partial), "I Get a Kick Out of You", "You're the Top" (with new lyrics), "Shanghai-Dee-Ho")

1936 Strike Me Pink (performer: "First You Have Me High (Then You Have Me Low)" (1935), "Calabash Pipe" (1935), "Shake It Off with Rhythm" (1935) - uncredited)

1935 The Big Broadcast of 1936 (performer: "It's the Animal in Me")

1934 Kid Millions (performer: "An Earful of Music" (1934) (uncredited), "Mandy" (1918), "Ice Cream Fantasy" (1934) (uncredited), "Red Hot Rhythm" (uncredited))

1934 We're Not Dressing (performer: "It's Just a New Spanish Custom" (1934), "Let's Play House" (1934) - uncredited) / (producer: "It's the Animal in Me" (1934) - uncredited)

1933 Song Shopping (Short) (performer: "Sing, You Sinners", "I'm Yours" - uncredited)

1932 Time on My Hands (Short) (performer: "Time on My Hands")

1932 You Try Somebody Else (Short) (performer: "You Try Somebody Else")

1932 Ireno (Short) (performer: "Shadows on the Wall", "Wipe That Frown Right Off Your Face" - uncredited)

1932 Let Me Call You Sweetheart (Short) (performer: "Let Me Call You Sweetheart")

1931 Roaming (Short) (performer: "Hello, My Lover, Good Bye", "Shake Well Before Using" - uncredited)

1931 Be Like Me (Short) (performer: "Be Like Me", "After You've Gone" - uncredited)

1931 Old Man Blues (Short) (performer: "He Doesn't Love Me Anymore" (uncredited), "Old Man Blues")

1931 Devil Sea (Short) (performer: "Old Devil Sea", "Glory, Glory" - uncredited)

1930 Her Future (Short) (performer: "My Future Just Passed", "Sing, You Sinners")

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Self (86 credits)

1981-1985 Great Performances (TV Series)
Self

- The Best of Broadway (1985) ... Self

- A Lincoln Center Special: Beverly! Her Farewell Performance (1981) ... Self

1982 Broadway! A Special Salute (TV Special)
Self

1982 The Royal Variety Performance 1982 (TV Special)
Self

1982 Texaco Star Theater: Opening Night (TV Special)
Self

1967-1982 The Merv Griffin Show (TV Series)
Self / Self - Guest

- Episode dated 24 June 1982 (1982) ... Self - Guest

- A Salute to Legendary Women (1980) ... Self

- A Salute to Broadway (1980) ... Self - Guest

- Episode #16.51 (1978) ... Self

- A Night with Cole Porter (1972) ... Self

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1982 Night of 100 Stars (TV Special)
Self

1981 The First 100 Years of Recorded Music (TV Special)
Self

1981 All-Star Inaugural Gala (TV Special)
Self

1980 All-Star Family Feud Special (TV Series)
Self - Celebrity Contestant

- The Love Boat (1980) ... Self - Celebrity Contestant

1980 Hee Haw (TV Series)
Self

- Episode #12.1 (1980) ... Self

1979 Musical Comedy Tonight (TV Movie documentary)
Self

1979 Good Morning America (TV Series)
Self

- Episode dated 13 August 1979 (1979) ... Self

1965-1979 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV Series)
Self - Guest / Self / Self - Musical Guest

- Episode dated 25 July 1979 (1979) ... Self

- Angie Dickinson/Ethel Merman/Henry Heimlich/Richie Barathy (1979) ... Self

- Episode dated 17 May 1978 (1978) ... Self

- Episode dated 16 June 1977 (1977) ... Self - Musical Guest

- Episode dated 1 April 1977 (1977) ... Self - Musical Guest

Show all 26 episodes

1979 The Muppets Go Hollywood (TV Special)
Self (uncredited)

1978 A Special Sesame Street Christmas (TV Movie)
Self

1978 A Salute to American Imagination (TV Movie documentary)
Self

1965-1978 The Mike Douglas Show (TV Series)
Self - Co-Host / Actress / Self - Vocalist / ...

- Episode #17.168 (1978) ... Self - Vocalist / Actress

- Episode #14.166 (1975) ... Self - Vocalist

- Episode #11.174 (1972) ... Self - Vocalist / Actress

- Episode #11.33 (1971) ... Self - Vocalist / Actress

- Episode #10.238 (1971) ... Self - Singer / Actress

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1976-1978 Match Game PM (TV Series)
Self - Panelist

- Episode #3.37 (1978) ... Self - Panelist

- Episode #2.2 (1976) ... Self - Panelist

1975-1978 Match Game (TV Series)
Self - Panelist

- Episode #6.62 (1978) ... Self - Panelist

- Episode #6.61 (1978) ... Self - Panelist

- Episode #6.60 (1978) ... Self - Panelist

- Episode #6.59 (1978) ... Self - Panelist

- Episode #6.58 (1978) ... Self - Panelist

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1978 The People's Command Performance (TV Special)
Self

1977 Sha Na Na (TV Series)
Self

- Episode #1.3 (1977) ... Self

1977 Super Night at Forest Hills (TV Special)
Self

1977 Paul Anka ... Music My Way (TV Special)
Self - Cameo

1977 Steve & Eydie: From This Moment On... Cole Porter (TV Movie)
Self

1977 The Muppet Show (TV Series)
Self - Special Guest Star

- Ethel Merman (1977) ... Self - Special Guest Star

1977 The David Steinberg Show (TV Series)
Self

- Episode #1.13 (1977) ... Self

1976 Evening at Pops (TV Series documentary)
Self

- Special Guest: Ethel Merman (1976) ... Self

1976 The Bobby Vinton Show (TV Series)
Self

- Ethel Merman/Monty Hall (1976) ... Self

1976 The 1976 Annual Entertainment Hall of Fame Awards (TV Special)
Self

1975-1976 The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (TV Series)
Self - Panelist

- Episode dated 7 June 1976 (1976) ... Self - Panelist

- Episode dated 14 April 1975 (1975) ... Self - Panelist

1975-1976 Dinah! (TV Series)
Self / Self - Guest

- Episode #2.173 (1976) ... Self

- Episode #2.85 (1976) ... Self

- Episode #2.46 (1975) ... Self - Guest

- Episode #1.92 (1975) ... Self

- Episode #1.90 (1975) ... Self

Show all 6 episodes

1975 At Long Last Cole (TV Special)
Self

1973 Broadway (TV Movie)
Self

1973 The Dick Cavett Show (TV Series)
Self

- Ethel Merman/Harlem Globetrotters/Agnes Moorehead/Robert Citron (1973) ... Self

1973 Cilla (TV Series)
Self

- Episode #6.2 (1973) ... Self

1972 The 26th Annual Tony Awards (TV Special)
Self - Special Award Recipient

1972 'S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin (TV Special)
Self

1971 This Is Your Life (TV Series)
Self - Honoree

- Ethel Merman (1971) ... Self - Honoree

1955-1971 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV Series)
Self / Self - Singer / Self - Guest Host

- Tony Bennett, Ethel Merman, Vikki Carr, Gary Puckett, Melina Mercouri, Norm Crosby, Judy Carne, Albert Brooks, the Muppets (1971) ... Self

- 80th Birthday Salute to Irving Berlin with Guests Irving Berlin, Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Diana Ross & the Supremes, Ethel Merman, Harry James, Robert Goulet, Fred Waring & the Pennsylvanians, Morecambe & Wise (1968) ... Self

- Episode #21.6 (1967) ... Self

- Episode #20.18 (1967) ... Self - Singer

- Diana Ross & The Supremes, Ethel Merman, Nipsey Russell, Frank Fontaine, Steve Rossi (1966) ... Self - Singer

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1969 The Jonathan Winters Show (TV Series)
Self

- Ethel Merman, Steve Allen, The Third Wave (1969) ... Self

1969 The 23rd Annual Tony Awards (TV Special)
Self - Presenter

1969 The Carol Burnett Show (TV Series)
Self

- Tim Conway and Ethel Merman (1969) ... Self

1965-1969 The Match Game (TV Series)
Self - Team Captain

- Episode #7.102 (1969) ... Self - Team Captain

- Episode #7.101 (1969) ... Self - Team Captain

- Episode #7.100 (1969) ... Self - Team Captain

- Ethel Merman & Nipsey Russell (1969) ... Self - Team Captain

- Episode #4.30 (1965) ... Self - Team Captain

Show all 9 episodes

1965-1968 The Dean Martin Show (TV Series)
Self

- 1968 Christmas Show (1968) ... Self (uncredited)

- Episode #3.23 (1968) ... Self

- Episode #1.8 (1965) ... Self

1966-1968 The Hollywood Palace (TV Series)
Self - Singer

- Episode #6.11 (1968) ... Self - Singer

- Episode #5.12 (1967) ... Self - Singer

- Host: Fred Astaire; guests: Ethel Merman, Jack Jones, Marcel Marceau, Pat Morita, The Rogge Sisters, The Hardy Family (1966) ... Self - Singer

1967-1968 Personality (TV Series)
Self

- Episode dated 8 November 1968 (1968) ... Self

- Episode dated 6 November 1968 (1968) ... Self

- Episode dated 22 January 1968 (1968) ... Self

- Episode dated 6 November 1967 (1967) ... Self

1967-1968 The Joey Bishop Show (TV Series)
Self

- Episode #2.87 (1968) ... Self

- Episode #1.6 (1967) ... Self

1967 Around the World of Mike Todd (TV Movie documentary)
Self

1967 Gypsy (TV Series)
Self

- Ethel Merman (1967) ... Self

1966 Hollywood Talent Scouts (TV Series)
Self

- Episode dated 21 March 1966 (1966) ... Self

1965 An Evening with Ethel Merman (TV Special)
Self

1965 I've Got a Secret (TV Series)
Self - Guest

- Episode dated 22 November 1965 (1965) ... Self - Guest

1963-1965 What's My Line? (TV Series)
Self - Mystery Guest

- Ethel Merman (2) (1965) ... Self - Mystery Guest

- Ethel Merman (1963) ... Self - Mystery Guest

1965 The 19th Annual Tony Awards (TV Special)
Self - Presenter

1965 On Broadway Tonight (TV Series)
Self

- Episode dated 22 January 1965 (1965) ... Self

1964 The Jack Paar Program (TV Series)
Self - Guest

- Episode #3.9 (1964) ... Self - Guest

1964 The Les Crane Show (TV Series)
Self

- Episode #1.5 (1964) ... Self

1964 Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium (TV Series)
Self - Top of the Bill

- Episode #9.24 (1964) ... Self - Top of the Bill

1960-1964 The Bell Telephone Hour (TV Series)
Self - Hostess / Self - Singer

- The Music of Cole Porter (1964) ... Self - Hostess

- The Four of Us (1960) ... Self - Singer

1963-1964 The Judy Garland Show (TV Series)
Self

- Episode #1.15 (1964) ... Self

- Episode #1.2 (1963) ... Self

1963 Telescope (TV Series documentary)
Self

- Junket Into Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, Madness (1963) ... Self

- A Winters' Tale (1963) ... Self

1963 The Jerry Lewis Show (TV Series)
Self

- Episode #1.7 (1963) ... Self

1957-1963 Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (TV Series)
Self / Self - Guest

- George Kirby, Ethel Merman, Luiz Bonfa, Kaye Ballard, Don Adams, Sandy Stewart, Jack Duffy, Pierre Olaf (1963) ... Self - Guest

- Fabian, Frankie Avalon, Shelley Berman, Ethel Merman (1960) ... Self

- Ethel Merman, Conway Twitty, Marge & Gower Champion, Ralph Blane & Hugh Martin (1958) ... Self

- Ethel Merman, Red Buttons, The Everly Brothers, The Look All-America Football Team (1957) ... Self - Guest

- Garry Moore, Ethel Merman, Kukla & Ollie (1957) ... Self

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1962 The Bob Hope Show (TV Series)
Self

- Jack Benny, Ethel Merman, Bobby Darin (1962) ... Self

- Ethel Merman, Maximilian Schell, Piper Laurie, Fabian (1962) ... Self

1962 The Jerry Lewis Show: From This Moment On (TV Special)
Self - Spokesperson for Muscular Dystrophy Association

1956-1960 The Arthur Murray Party (TV Series)
Self

- Arthur Murray Party for Bob Hope, Part II (1960) ... Self

- Arthur Murray Party for Bob Hope Part 1 (1960) ... Self

- Ethel Merman, George Kirby (1956) ... Self

1960 The Arthur Murray Special for Bob Hope (TV Special)
Self

1959-1960 Startime (TV Series)
Self / Self - cameo promo for the next week's show

- The Talent Scouts Program (1960) ... Self

- Merman on Broadway (1959) ... Self

- George Burns in the Big Time (1959) ... Self - cameo promo for the next week's show

1958 The Eddie Fisher Show (TV Series)
Self

- Ethel Merman/Gary Crosby (1958) ... Self

- Bob Hope/Ethel Merman (1958) ... Self

- Ethel Merman/Dody Goodman (1958) ... Self

1958 The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (TV Series)
Self / Self - Guest Hostess

- Ethel Merman, Danny Thomas, Marge & Gower Champion (1958) ... Self

- Episode #2.22 (1958) ... Self - Guest Hostess

- Ethel Merman, Cyril Ritchard, Andy Griffith (1958) ... Self

1958 The Frank Sinatra Show (TV Series)
Self

- Ethel Merman (1958) ... Self

1957 The DuPont Show of the Month (TV Series)
Self

- Crescendo (1957) ... Self

1956 Max Liebman Spectaculars (TV Series)
Self

- The Music of Gershwin (1956) ... Self

1956 Masquerade Party (TV Series)
Self

- Episode dated 2 May 1956 (1956) ... Self

1955 The Chevy Show (TV Series)
Self

- Bob Cummings, Ethel Merman, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Jonathan Winters, Shirley MacLaine, Leo Durocher (1955) ... Self

1955 Person to Person (TV Series documentary)
Self

- Episode #3.2 (1955) ... Self

1955 Shower of Stars (TV Series)
Self / Self - Vocalist / Self - Guest Vocalist

- All-Star Line-Up (1955) ... Self

- Ethel Merman's Show Stoppers (1955) ... Self - Vocalist

- Episode dated 20 January 1955 (1955) ... Self

- Show Stoppers (1955) ... Self - Guest Vocalist

1953-1954 The Colgate Comedy Hour (TV Series)
Self - Guest Hostess / Self - Singer

- From Hollywood with guest host Ethel Merman and guest stars Jimmy Durante & Gene Nelson (1954) ... Self - Guest Hostess

- Episode #4.10 (1953) ... Self - Singer

1953 The Ford 50th Anniversary Show (TV Special)
Self

1950 This Is Show Business (TV Series)
Self

- Episode #2.27 (1950) ... Self

1949 Inside U.S.A. with Chevrolet (TV Series)
Self

- Ethel Merman (1949) ... Self

1949 The Milton Berle Show (TV Series)
Self - Singer

- Episode #2.5 (1949) ... Self - Singer

- Episode #1.47 (1949) ... Self - Singer

- Episode #1.42 (1949) ... Self - Singer

1933 Song Shopping (Short)
Self

1932 Time on My Hands (Short)
Self

1932 You Try Somebody Else (Short)
Self

1932 Let Me Call You Sweetheart (Short)
Self

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Archive footage (47 credits)

1990-2017 American Masters (TV Series documentary)
Self

- This Is Bob Hope... (2017) ... Self

- Jerome Robbins: Something to Dance About (2009) ... Self

- You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story (1990) ... Self

2017 The Fabulous Allan Carr (Documentary)
Self

2015 Welcome to the Basement (TV Series)
Self

- Waterworld (& Inside Out Review) (2015) ... Self

2015 Sinatra: All or Nothing at All (TV Mini Series documentary)
Self

- Part 2 (2015) ... Self

2015 Great Broadway Musical Moments from the Ed Sullivan Show (TV Movie documentary)
Self - Interviewee

2008-2014 The Factor (TV Series)
Mrs. Marcus / Self

- Watters' World (2014) ... Mrs. Marcus

- Episode dated 4 January 2008 (2008) ... Self

2014 Michael Grade's Stars of the Musical Theatre (TV Movie documentary)

2013 Six by Sondheim (TV Movie documentary)
Self

2012 The Joy of Disco (TV Movie documentary)
Self

2012 Carol Channing: Larger Than Life (Documentary)
Self

2010 Michael Feinstein's American Songbook (TV Series documentary)
Self

- Best Band in the Land (2010) ... Self

2010 Special Collector's Edition (TV Series)
Mrs. Marcus

- Especial Scope (2010) ... Mrs. Marcus (uncredited)

2009 Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me (TV Movie documentary)
Self

2009 Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression (Video documentary)
Self

2008 Wrangler: Anatomy of an Icon (Documentary)
Self

2006 The Best of the Royal Variety (TV Series)
Self

- The Legends (2006) ... Self

2006 The Delegate (Documentary short)
Self

2006 American Experience (TV Series documentary)
Annie Oakley in 'Annie Get Your Gun' (stage version)

- Annie Oakley (2006) ... Annie Oakley in 'Annie Get Your Gun' (stage version)

1985-2005 Great Performances (TV Series)
Self / Self - Performer

- Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of the Tony Awards (2005) ... Self - Performer

- The Great American Songbook (2003) ... Self

- Judy Garland: The Concert Years (1985) ... Self

2005 Screen Goddesses (TV Series documentary)
Self

- Ethel Merman (2005) ... Self

2004 Broadway: The American Musical (TV Mini Series documentary)
Mama Rose (in 'Gypsy') / Annie Oakley

- Tradition: 1957-1979 (2004) ... Mama Rose (in 'Gypsy')

- I Got Plenty o' Nuttin': 1929-1942 (2004)

- Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin': 1943-1960 (2004) ... Annie Oakley

2002 Cinerama Adventure (Documentary)
Mrs. Marcus (uncredited)

1999-2001 Biography (TV Series documentary)
Self

- Irving Berlin: An American Song (2001) ... Self

- Ethel Merman: There's No Business Like Show Business (1999) ... Self

- Milton Berle: Mr. Television ... Self (uncredited)

2001 Walk on By: The Story of Popular Song (TV Series documentary)
Self

- From Russia with Love (2001) ... Self

2000 E! Mysteries & Scandals (TV Series documentary)
Self

- Ethel Merman (2000) ... Self

1999 ABC 2000: The Millennium (TV Movie documentary)

1999 Television: The First Fifty Years (Video documentary)
Self

1997 Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults (TV Movie documentary)
Self

1995 Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons (Documentary)
Self

1993 The First Annual Comedy Hall of Fame (TV Special)
Self

1993 The Carol Burnett Show: A Reunion (TV Special documentary)
Self

1991 Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World' (TV Movie documentary)
Mrs. Marcus (uncredited)

1990 Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths (Video documentary)

1990 Frank Sinatra: The Voice of Our Time (TV Movie documentary)
Self

1989 Batmania from Comics to Screen (Video documentary)
Lola Lasagne

1986 The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years (TV Movie)
Self

1985 Muppet Video: Muppet Treasures (Video)
Self

1984 The 1st TV Academy Hall of Fame
Self (uncredited)

1982 The Hollywood Palace (Video documentary)
Self

1981 Of Muppets and Men: The Making of 'The Muppet Show' (TV Movie documentary)
Self

1980 Hollywood at War: A Compilation of War Time Shorts (Video documentary)
Self

1975 Brother Can You Spare a Dime (Documentary)
Self

1974 Fred Astaire Salutes the Fox Musicals (TV Movie documentary)
Self

1970 The Hollywood Palace (TV Series)
Self

- Episode #7.17 (1970) ... Self

1963 Hollywood and the Stars (TV Series documentary)
Mrs. Marcus (clip from It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963))

- The Funny Men: Part 2 (1963) ... Mrs. Marcus (clip from It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963))

1963 Marilyn (Documentary)
Self (scene from "There's No Business Like Show Business") (uncredited)

1953-1954 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV Series)
Self

- Episode #8.13 (1954) ... Self

- Episode #6.29 (1953) ... Self

Personal Details

Other Works:

Stage: Appeared in "George White's Scandals" on Broadway. Musical revue. See more »

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8 Print Biographies | 2 Portrayals | 7 Articles | See more »

Alternate Names:

Miss Ethel Merman

Height:

5' 5½" (1.66 m)

Spouse:

Ernest Borgnine (divorced) | See more »

Children:

Levitt, Ethel

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The role of Dolly Gallagher Levi in the Broadway musical Hello, Dolly! was originally written for Merman, but she turned it down. She did eventually play the role in 1970, however, and remained with the show until it closed on December 27, 1970. See more »

Trademark:

Powerful belting mezzo-soprano vocal range See more »

Star Sign:

Capricorn

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