| Ethel Merman  AKA Ethel Agnes Zimmerman
Born: 16-Jan-1908
Birthplace: Queens, NY
Died: 15-Feb-1984
Location of death: Manhattan, NY
Cause of death: unspecified
Remains: Interred, Shrine of Remembrance Mausoleum, Colorado Springs, CO
Gender: Female
Religion: Anglican/Episcopalian
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Bisexual [1]
Occupation: Singer, Actor Nationality: United States
Executive summary: There's No Business Like Show Business
[1] Barbara Seaman, Lovely Me: The Life of Jacqueline Susann (1996), pages 246-47: "[Jackie and Ethel] attended a party together at Lynn Loesser's in the Beresford on Central Park West, and both had quite a lot to drink. As Benay Venuta recalls the evening, 'Everybody was very drunk. Jackie and Ethel were very drunk, and they lay down on a couch and they just made out in front of everyone.'" Also see Boze Hadleigh, Broadway Babylon (2007), page 42.
Father: (German, Lutheran)
Mother: (Scottish, Presbyterian)
Husband: Robert Levitt (div. 1952, two children)
Husband: Robert Six (m. 9-Mar-1953, div. 1960)
Husband: Ernest Borgnine (m. 1964, div. 1964 after 32 days)
Daughter: Ethel, Jr. (d. 1967 overdose)
Slept with: Jacqueline Susann
Tony for Call Me Madam
Golden Globe 1954 for Call Me Madam
Hollywood Walk of Fame 7044 Hollywood Blvd.
Endorsement of Liggett Group Chesterfield cigarettes
Brain Surgery St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York City (Apr-1983)
German Ancestry Paternal
Scottish Ancestry Maternal
Risk Factors: Tonsillitis, Smoking
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
Airplane! (2-Jul-1980) · Lt. Hurwitz
Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July (1-Jul-1979) [VOICE]
Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood (26-May-1976)
Journey Back to Oz (5-Dec-1974) [VOICE]
The Art of Love (30-Jun-1965)
It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (7-Nov-1963) · Mrs. Marcus
There's No Business Like Show Business (16-Dec-1954) · Molly Donahue
Call Me Madam (25-Mar-1953)
Stage Door Canteen (24-Jun-1943) · Herself
Alexander's Ragtime Band (24-May-1938)
Happy Landing (23-Jan-1938)
Anything Goes (24-Jan-1936)
Strike Me Pink (16-Jan-1936)
The Big Broadcast of 1936 (20-Sep-1935) · Herself
Kid Millions (10-Nov-1934)
We're Not Dressing (26-Apr-1934) · Edith
Author of books:
Merman: An Autobiography (1978, memoir)
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