Ethel Merman

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BIRTHDAY

January 16, 1908

Astoria, New York, USA

DIED

February 15, 1984

RECENT CREDITS

The Big Broadcast of 1936 (FILM) Jan. 1, 2001

The Next Best Thing (FILM) Mar. 3, 2000

Drop Dead Gorgeous (FILM) Jul. 23, 1999

In & Out (FILM) Sep. 19, 1997

Terms of Endearment (FILM) Nov. 16, 1983

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BIOGRAPHY

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This Broadway singing giant ("Girl Crazy", "Annie Get Your Gun", "Gypsy") had a brassy, larger-than-life star persona and a uniquely powerful, heart-felt voice and popularized songs by George Gershwin, Cole Porter and Irving Berlin, among others. Merman's belt-it-out rendition of Berlin's "There's No Business Like Show Business" has become the anthem of the entertainment industry. In occasional films from 1930, Merman undeniably brightened a number of features (several of which, like "Anything Goes" 1936, "Call Me Madam" 1953 and "There's No Business Like Show Business" 1954, were full-fledged star vehicles), but the medium and, all too often, her material didn't give full reign to her magnetic, grand-slam personality.

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Weren't They Tragic?

Jan. 29, 2000

SANTA MONICA, Calif., Jan. 28, 2000 - Jacqueline Susann was the queen of flashy trash -- the first literary pop star of the modern p.r. age. And Hollywood is putting her in the spotlight today with the opening of "Isn't She Great," a Susann biopic starring Bette Midler. It's a comic look at the woman behind "Valley of the Dolls" -- the once-shocking novel filled with every tawd...

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