Ethel Merman
Acting
Biography
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
Born: January 16, 1908
Place of Birth: Astoria, New York, USA
Known For
Cilla
A mostly live weekly entertainment show starring Cilla Black and her special guests.
Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons
From the A&E "Biography" series, a review of the birth, development and cinematic history of Betty Boop, the flapper cartoon character who has been a popular icon since the 1930s.
This Is Bob Hope...
During his career, Bob Hope was the only performer to achieve top-rated success in every form of mass entertainment. American Masters explores the entertainer’s life through his personal archives and clips from his classic films.
The Ford 50th Anniversary Show
The program was the first so-called "Television Spectacular". Ford presented the show without commercial interruption. It is believed to be the first time that Edward R. Murrow appeared on NBC in a professional capacity. Also, in 1953, it was necessary for Ford to buy time on two networks to ensure maximum coverage of US TV households - at the time, neither CBS nor NBC reached 100% of them. The famed 1953 television special celebrating the Ford Motor Company's 50th anniversary brought together two of the greatest leading ladies Broadway has ever known. The highlight of the program is Merman and Martin’s 13-minute duet medley, where they sing the songs that made them famous, plus much more. On their own, Merman sings “Alexander’s Ragtime Band” and “Mademoiselle from Armetières” and Martin performs a brilliantly comic routine about changes in fashion over the first half of the 20th century.
The Muppet Show
Go behind the curtains as Kermit the Frog and his muppet friends struggle to put on a weekly variety show.
The Judy Garland Show
The Judy Garland Show is an American musical variety television series that aired on CBS on Sunday nights during the 1963-1964 television season. Despite a sometimes stormy relationship with Judy Garland, CBS had found success with several television specials featuring the star. Garland, who for years had been reluctant to commit to a weekly series, saw the show as her best chance to pull herself out of severe financial difficulties. Production difficulties beset the series almost from the beginning. The series had three different producers in the course of its 26 episodes and went through a number of other key personnel changes. With the change in producers also came changes to the show's format, which started as comedy/variety but switched to an almost purely concert format. While Garland herself was popular with critics, the initial variety format and her co-star, Jerry Van Dyke, were not. The show competed with Bonanza, then the fourth most popular program on television, and consistently performed poorly in the ratings. Although fans rallied in an attempt to save the show, CBS cancelled it after a single season. TV Guide included the series in their 2013 list of 60 shows that were "Cancelled Too Soon".
The Carol Burnett Show
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The Dean Martin Christmas Show
A Classic Holiday Celebration with Dean and Friends.
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
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The Red Skelton Show
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Filmography
as Mrs. Marcus (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (segment "Ethel Merman Medley") (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self - Interviewee (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archival footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self
as Herself
as Self
as Lieutenant Hurwitz
as Lilly Loraine (voice)
as Self
as Roz Smith
as Self - Special Guest Star
as Hedda Parsons
as Self (archive footage)
as Mombi (voice)
as Self
as Self (uncredited)
as Self - Guest
as Self
as Rosanna McCloud
as Self
as Annie Oakley
as Rosanna McCloud
as Herself
as Lola Lasagne
as Madame Coco La Fontaine
as Self - Singer
as Self
as Mrs. Marcus
as Clara Lovelace
as Maggie Brown
as Ethel Merman
as Self
as Self - Co-Host
as Self - Co-Hostess
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Self - Recipient / Performer
as Self - Presenter
as Self
as Molly Donahue
as Reno Sweeney
as Libby Marks
as Herself
as Sally Adams
as Muriel Flood
as Mother Hughes
as Self
as Self - Mystery Guest
as Self
as Ethel Merman
as Linda Tyler
as Jerry Allen
as Flo Kelly
as Joyce Lennox
as Reno Sweeney
as Ethel Merman
as Dot Clark
as Edith
as Ethel Merman
as Self
as Self
as Helen King