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Ethel Merman
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Actor Born: January 16, 1908 in Astoria, Queens, NY Death: February 15, 1984 in New York City, NY Biography:Twenty-two-year-old ex-stenographer and former nightclub singer "Ethel Merman" achieved overnight superstardom when, in 1930, she first belted out "I Got Rhythm" in the Broadway production of Girl Crazy. Merman's subsequent stage hits included Anything Goes, Red, Hot and Blue, Panama Hattie, Annie Get Your Gun, Call Me Madam, and Gypsy. While her Living Legend status was secure on the Great White Way, Merman was less fortunate in the movies. She was upstaged by "Ed Wynn" in "Follow the Leader" (1930), by "Bing Crosby" and Burns and "Allen" in "We're Not Dressing" (1934), by "Eddie Cantor" in "Kid Millions" (1934), and -- most ignominiously -- by the Ritz Brothers in "Straight, Place and Show" (1938). While she was permitted to repeat her stage roles in the movie versions "Anything Goes" (1936) and "Call Me Madam" (1954), she had to endure watching "Betty Hutton" wail her way through the film... Full Biography
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