Merman, Ethel
Variant names
Americans
English,
English,
Biographical notes:
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 for leading roles in musical theatre. Over her distinguished career in theater she became known for her performances in shows such as Anything Goes, Annie Get Your Gun, Gypsy, and Hello, Dolly! The Irving Berlin song "There's No Business Like Show Business", written for the musical Annie Get Your Gun, became Merman's signature song.
Links to collections
Armed Forces Radio Service. Command performance [sound recording].
New York Public Library System, NYPL
Cousins, Margaret, 1905-1996. Papers, 1921-1973.
Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
Porter, Cole, 1891-1964. Best of Broadway-- "Panama Hattie" / music and lyrics by Cole Porter ; book by Herbert Fields and B.G. DeSylva ; adapted for television by Herbert Baker.
Bowling Green State University, BGSU Libraries
Berlin, Irving, 1888-1989. Irving Berlin collection of non-commercial sound recordings [sound recording].
New York Public Library System, NYPL
Little Players (Theatrical troupe). Little Players correspondence, 1961-1999.
New York Public Library System, NYPL
American Vaudeville Museum collection, 1845-2007, (bulk 1910-1940)
University of Arizona Libraries, Library Special Collections
The Cole Porter Collection, 1901-1992 (inclusive)
Irving S. Gilmore Music Library
Irving Berlin collection of non-commercial sound recordings [sound recording]
The New York Public Library. Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.
George Brinton Beal papers, circus collection, and other theatrical collections, 1862-1969.
Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
Abe Burrows collection of sound recordings [sound recording]
The New York Public Library. Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.
John Mason Brown papers, 1922-1967.
Houghton Library
Robert Baral papers, 1876-1980
The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division.
Little Players correspondence, 1961-1999
The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division.
The Bell Telephone Hour collection of sound recordings [sound recording], 1940-1968
The New York Public Library. Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.
Alex Gard caricatures, ca. 1926-1948
The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division.
Will Rapport papers, 1931-1964.
Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
John Eldon Thayer collection of motion picture memorabilia, 1916-1979.
Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
Paramount Theatre stage manager's records, 1936-1956
The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division.
Personality files, [ca. 1800]-1986, 1900-1986 (bulk)
New York State Historical Documents Inventory
Gypsy Rose Lee papers, 1910-1970
The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division.
Eells, George. George Eells collection 1929-1991.
Arizona State University Libraries
Anderson, Ellen Graham, 1887-. Papers of Ellen Graham Anderson [manuscript], 1912-1959.
University of Virginia. Library
Nicolas Slonimsky Collection, 1873-1997, (bulk 1920-1990)
Library of Congress. Music Division
Robbins, Jerome. Musical comedies. Call me madam [Programs]
New York Public Libraries for the Performing Arts, Dance Collection
Jo Mielziner papers, 1903-1976
The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division.
Robert Benney research materials, 1926-1978
The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division.
Lucille Lortel papers
The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division.
Fabray, Nanette,. An oral history interview with Nanette Fabray / conducted for the Kurt Weill Foundation for Music by Peggy Meyer Sherry, Pacific Palisades, CA, 1991 October 1 : recording and transcript.
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
Tamiris, Helen, 1905-1966. Musical comedies. Annie get your gun [Programs]
New York Public Libraries for the Performing Arts, Dance Collection
Walter Slezak papers, 1905-1983
The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division.
Mishkin, Leo, 1906-1980. Papers, 1914-1973 (bulk 1940-1973).
Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.
Souvenir programs for theatrical productions, 1906-2005.
Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
Johnny Green additional papers, 1923-1989.
Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
Bracco, Francis Paul. Paramount Theatre stage manager's records, 1936-1956.
New York Public Library System, NYPL
Hayward, Leland, 1902-1971. Leland Hayward papers, 1920-1995 (bulk 1920-1974).
New York Public Library System, NYPL
Souvenir programs of motion pictures, 1915-1978.
Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
Leland Hayward papers, 1920-1995, 1920-1974
The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division.
Frank Farrell Papers, 1897-1988, (bulk 1945-1975)
Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
Cousins, Margaret, 1905-1996. Papers, 1921-1973
Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
Davies, Diana, 1938-. Papers 1960-1996 (ongoing).
Smith College, Neilson Library
Porter, Cole, 1891-1964. The Cole Porter collection, 1901-1992 (inclusive).
Yale University, Music Library
Motion Picture Newsreel Films, 10/1941 - 3/1957
National Archives at College Park
Motion Picture Films Relating to the Ford Motor Company, the Henry Ford Family, Noted Personalities, Industry, and Numerous Americana and Other Subjects, ca. 1903 - ca. 1954
National Archives at College Park
Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library, 1929 - 1967
National Archives at College Park
Production Library Audio Recordings, 1999 - 2005
National Archives at College Park
Correspondence - Merman, Ethel
Harry S. Truman Library
Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense. 1921 - 2008. Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
National Archives at College Park
Color photographs of Various Subjects used in the Overseas Programs of the U.S. Information Agency, ca. 1948 - ca. 1977
National Archives at College Park
Merman, Ethel, Miss
Richard Nixon Library
Prominent Personalities: Merman, Ethel
National Archives at College Park
Sound Recordings Relating to Postal Activities, 1965 - ca. 1970
National Archives at College Park
Merman, Ethel
Gerald R. Ford Library
Audio Recordings, 1942 - 1999
National Archives at College Park
Related names in SNAC
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Anderson, Ellen Graham, 1887-
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Baral, Robert
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Beal, George Brinton.
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Benney, Robert, 1904-2001
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Berlin, Irving, 1888-1989.
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Bracco, Francis Paul
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Bracco, Francis Paul.
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Brown, John Mason, 1900-1969
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Burrows, Abe, 1910-1985
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Cole Porter
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Cousins, Margaret, 1905-
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Cousins, Margaret, 1905-1996.
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Cullen, Frank, 1936-
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Davies, Diana, 1938-
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Eells, George.
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Fabray, Nanette,
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Farrell, Frank, 1912-1983.
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Gard, Alex.
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Green, Johnny, 1908-1989
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Hayward, Leland, 1902-1971.
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Lee, Gypsy Rose, 1914-1970
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Lortel, Lucille
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McNeilly, Donald, 1945-
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Mielziner, Jo, 1901-1976
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Mishkin, Leo, 1906-1980.
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Porter, Cole, 1891-1964.
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Rapport, Will.
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Saddler, Donald
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Slezak, Walter, 1902-
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Slonimsky, Nicolas, 1894-1995
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Thayer, John Eldon, 1899-1980
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American Museum of Vaudeville
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Armed Forces Radio Service.
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Little Players (Theatrical troupe)
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Museum of the City of New York.
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Subjects:
- Musicals
Occupations:
- Singers
- Actors
Places:
- NY, US
- NY, US
Variant Names
Merman, Ethel, 1909-1984
Merman, Ethel 1908-1984
Merman, Ethel, 1909-
Ethel Merman
Ethel Merman
Merman, Ethel, 1909-
Zimmerman, Ethel Agnes, 1909-1984
Zimmerman, Ethel Agnes
Six, Ethel Merman
Six, Ethel Merman, 1909-1984
Zimmerman, Ethel 1909-1984
Zimmermann, Ethel Agnes 1909-1984
Six, Ethel M. 1909-1984
Zimmermann, Ethel A. 1909-1984
Zimmermann, Ethel Agnes
Merman, Ethel, 1908-1984
Zimmerman, Ethel Agnes, 1908-1984
Six, Ethel Merman, 1908-1984
Zimmermann, Ethel Agnes, 1908-1984
