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Ethel Merman (1908–1984)
Actress, Soundtrack
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| 227 titles |
| Past Film & Video (41 titles) | Budget | Opening Weekend | Gross (US & Canada) | Gross (Worldwide) |
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Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression (2009)
(Video) - Self (archive footage), Performer ("Mandy") (uncredited) |
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$17K
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$354K
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$354K
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$25MM
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$5.9MM
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$15MM
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$24MM
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$15MM
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$4MM
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$11MM
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$11MM
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$94K
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$4.6MM
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$4.6MM
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$35MM
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$15MM
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$64MM
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$64MM
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$372K
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$912K
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$912K
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$8MM
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$3.5MM
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$108MM
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$108MM
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$3.5MM
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$83MM
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$83MM
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$12MM
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$86K
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$38MM
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$38MM
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$4MM
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Journey Back to Oz (1972)
Mombi, The Bad Witch (voice), Performer ("An Elephant Never Forgets", "If You're Gonna Be A Witch - Be A Witch") |
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$9.4MM
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$46MM
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$46MM
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There's No Business Like Show Business (1954)
Molly Donahue, Performer ("When the Midnight Choo-Choo Leaves for Alabam'", "Play a Simple Melody", "A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody", "Let's Have Another Cup o' Coffee", "Alexander's Ragtime Band", "A Sailor's Not a Sailor ('Til a Sailor's Been Tattooed)", "There's No Business Like Show Business") (uncredited) |
$6K
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Call Me Madam (1953)
Sally Adams, Performer ("Overture", "The Hostess with the Mostes' on the Ball", "Can You Use Any Money Today?", "International Rag", "(I Wonder Why?) You're Just In Love", "The Best Thing For You", "(I Wonder Why?) You're Just in Love" (Reprise), "Finale") |
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Straight Place and Show (1938)
Linda Tyler, Performer ("With You on My Mind" (1938), "Why Not String Along With Me" (1938)) (uncredited) |
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Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938)
Jerry Allen, Performer ("Say It with Music" (1921), "A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody" (1919), "Blue Skies" (1927), "Pack Up Your Sins and Go to the Devil" (1922), "My Walking Stick" (1938), "Everybody Step" (1921), "Heat Wave" (1933), "Marching Along with Time" (1938)) (uncredited) |
$2MM
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Happy Landing (1938)
Flo Kelly, Performer ("Hot and Happy", "You Are the Music to the Words in My Heart", "You Appeal To Me") |
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Anything Goes (1936)
Reno Sweeney, Performer ("Anything Goes" (partial), "I Get a Kick Out of You", "You're the Top" (with new lyrics), "Shanghai-Dee-Ho") |
$1.1MM
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Strike Me Pink (1936)
Joyce Lennox, Performer ("First You Have Me High (Then You Have Me Low)" (1935), "Calabash Pipe" (1935), "Shake It Off with Rhythm" (1935)) (uncredited) |
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Kid Millions (1934)
Dot Clark, Performer ("An Earful of Music" (1934) (uncredited), "Mandy" (1918), "Ice Cream Fantasy" (1934) (uncredited), "Red Hot Rhythm" (uncredited)) |
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We're Not Dressing (1934)
Edith, Performer ("It's Just a New Spanish Custom" (1934), "Let's Play House" (1934)) (uncredited), Producer ("It's the Animal in Me" (1934)) (uncredited) |
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Ireno (1932)
(Short) - Irene, Performer ("Shadows on the Wall", "Wipe That Frown Right Off Your Face") (uncredited) |
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Roaming (1931)
(Short) - Mary, Show Owner's Daughter, Performer ("Hello, My Lover, Good Bye", "Shake Well Before Using") (uncredited) |
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Old Man Blues (1931)
(Short) - Helen, Performer ("He Doesn't Love Me Anymore" (uncredited), "Old Man Blues") |
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| Past Television (54 titles) | Episodes |
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Good Morning Britain (2019)
(TV Series) - Performer ("There's No Business Like Showbusiness") (1 episode, 2019)
Episode dated 11 October 2019 (Oct
11,
2019)
Performer ("There's No Business Like Showbusiness") (uncredited)
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Zeit.geschichte (2018)
(TV Series) - Performer ("There's No Business Like Show Business") (1 episode, 2018)
Die AUA - 60 Jahre österreichische Fluggeschichte (Sep
8,
2018)
Performer ("There's No Business Like Show Business") (uncredited)
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The Sugarcube Critic (2014)
(TV Series) - Performer ("Anything You Can Do (I Can Do Better)") (1 episode, 2014)
Boast Busters (Feb
24,
2014)
Season 1,
Episode 6
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Performer ("Anything You Can Do (I Can Do Better)")
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American Masters (2012)
(TV Series) - Performer ("There's No Business Like Show Business") (1 episode, 2012)
Inventing David Geffen (Nov
20,
2012)
Season 26,
Episode 7
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Performer ("There's No Business Like Show Business")
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RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (2012)
(TV Series) - Performer ("There's No Business Like Show Business") (1 episode, 2012)
RuPaul's Gaff-In (Oct
29,
2012)
Season 1,
Episode 2
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Performer ("There's No Business Like Show Business")
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Michael Feinstein's American Songbook (2010)
(TV Series) - Self (1 episode, 2010), Performer ("Why Do They Call a Private a Private?") (1 episode, 2010)
Best Band in the Land (Oct
13,
2010)
Season 1,
Episode 2
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Self (archive footage),
Performer ("Why Do They Call a Private a Private?")
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Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me (2009)
(TV Movie) - Self (archive footage), Performer ("There's No Business Like Show Business") |
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Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults (1997)
(TV Movie) - Self (archive footage), Performer ("Marching Along with Time", "When the Midnight Choo-Choo Leaves for Alabam'" (uncredited), "Anything You Can Do") |
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1992)
(TV Series) - Performer ("Everything's Coming Up Roses" (1959)) (1 episode, 1992)
The Last Tonight Show (May
22,
1992)
Season 30,
Episode 120
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Performer ("Everything's Coming Up Roses" (1959)) (uncredited)
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The Wonder Years (1989)
(TV Series) - Performer ("There's No Business Like Show Business") (1 episode, 1989)
On the Spot (Nov
7,
1989)
Season 3,
Episode 5
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Performer ("There's No Business Like Show Business") (uncredited)
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Saturday Night Live (1987)
(TV Series) - Performer ("There's No Business Like Show Business") (1 episode, 1987)
Valerie Bertinelli/Robert Cray Band (Feb
28,
1987)
Season 12,
Episode 13
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Performer ("There's No Business Like Show Business") (uncredited)
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The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years (1986)
(TV Movie) - Self (archive footage), Performer ("There's No Business Like Show Business") |
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Great Performances (1985)
(TV Series) - Self (1 episode, 1985), Performer ("Everything's Coming Up Roses", "They Say It's Wonderful") (1 episode, 1985)
The Best of Broadway (May
24,
1985)
Self,
Performer ("Everything's Coming Up Roses", "They Say It's Wonderful")
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Un, dos, tres... responda otra vez (1984)
(TV Series) - Performer ("There's No Business Like Show Business") (1 episode, 1984)
El circo romano (Mar
9,
1984)
Season 3,
Episode 76
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Performer ("There's No Business Like Show Business")
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The Love Boat (1979–1982)
(TV Series) - Roz Smith (6 episodes, 1979), Performer ("I'm the Greatest Star") (1 episode, 1982), Performer ("What I Did for Love") (1 episode, 1982), Performer ("There's No Business Like Show Business") (1 episode, 1981), Performer ("You're the Top") (1 episode, 1980)
The Musical/My Ex-Mom/The Show Must Go On/The Pest/My Aunt, the Worrier: Part 2 (Feb
27,
1982)
Season 5,
Episode 21
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Roz Smith,
Performer ("I'm the Greatest Star")
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Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July (1979)
(TV Movie) - Lilly Loraine (voice), Performer ("Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer", "Don't Let the Parade Pass You By") |
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A Special Sesame Street Christmas (1978)
(TV Movie) - Self, Performer ("Tomorrow", "Christmas Medley: Jingle Bells / Sleigh Ride / Winter Wonderland / I Saw Three Ships") (uncredited) |
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You're Gonna Love It Here (1977)
(TV Movie) - Lolly Rogers (as Miss Ethel Merman), Performer ("You're Gonna Love It Here") |
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The Muppet Show (1977)
(TV Series) - Self - Special Guest Star (1 episode, 1977), Performer ("You're the Top", "Friendship", "De Lovely", "Together Wherever We Go", "You're Just In Love", "Anything You Can Do", "Mutual Admiration Society", "There's No Business like Show Business") (1 episode, 1977)
Ethel Merman (Feb
19,
1977)
Season 1,
Episode 22
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Self - Special Guest Star,
Performer ("You're the Top", "Friendship", "De Lovely", "Together Wherever We Go", "You're Just In Love", "Anything You Can Do", "Mutual Admiration Society", "There's No Business like Show Business")
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Evening at Pops (1976)
(TV Series) - Self (1 episode, 1976), Performer ("I Got Rhythm", "They Say It's Wonderful") (1 episode, 1976) |
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Fred Astaire Salutes the Fox Musicals (1974)
(TV Movie) - Self (archive footage), Performer ("(I Wonder Why) You're Just in Love") |
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The Mike Douglas Show (1970)
(TV Series) - Self - Co-Host (1 episode, 1970), Performer ("For Once In My Life", "September Song") (1 episode, 1970)
Episode #9.104 (Jan
22,
1970)
Season 9,
Episode 104
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Self - Co-Host,
Performer ("For Once In My Life", "September Song")
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That Girl (1967–1968)
(TV Series) - Ethel Merman (2 episodes, 1967), Performer ("Small World", "After You've Gone", "There's No Business Like Show Business", "Everything's Coming Up Roses") (1 episode, 1967)
Pass the Potatoes, Ethel Merman (Sep
7,
1967)
Season 2,
Episode 1
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Ethel Merman,
Performer ("Small World", "After You've Gone", "There's No Business Like Show Business", "Everything's Coming Up Roses") (uncredited)
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The Hollywood Palace (1967)
(TV Series) - Performer ("Walking Happy") (1 episode, 1967), Self - Singer (1 episode, 1967)
Host: Jimmy Durante. Guests: Ethel Merman; Noel Harrison: the Lennon Sisters; the Grassroots; Milt Kamen; Larry Bishop and Rob Reiner (Dec
5,
1967)
Season 5,
Episode 12
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Self - Singer,
Performer ("Walking Happy")
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Tarzan (1967)
(TV Series) - Rosanna McCloud (2 episodes, 1967)
Mountains of the Moon: Part 2 (Dec
1,
1967)
Season 2,
Episode 12
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Rosanna McCloud (as Miss Ethel Merman)
Mountains of the Moon: Part 1 (Nov
24,
1967)
Season 2,
Episode 11
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Rosanna McCloud (as Miss Ethel Merman)
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The Frank Sinatra Show (1958)
(TV Series) - Self (1 episode, 1958), Performer ("Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart", "You're the Top", "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows") (1 episode, 1958)
Ethel Merman (Apr
25,
1958)
Season 1,
Episode 27
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Self,
Performer ("Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart", "You're the Top", "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows") (uncredited)
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Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1957)
(TV Series) - Performer ("You're Just in Love", "There's No Business Like Show Business") (1 episode, 1957), Self (1 episode, 1957)
Garry Moore, Ethel Merman, Kukla & Ollie (Oct
5,
1957)
Season 10,
Episode 4
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Self,
Performer ("You're Just in Love", "There's No Business Like Show Business") (uncredited)
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The Colgate Comedy Hour (1954)
(TV Series) - Reno Sweeney (1 episode, 1954), Performer ("Anything Goes", "You Do Something To Me", "I Get A Kick Out Of You", "You're the Top", "It Was Just One of Those Things", "Blow Gabriel Blow", "Friendship") (1 episode, 1954)
Anything Goes (Feb
28,
1954)
Season 4,
Episode 22
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Reno Sweeney,
Performer ("Anything Goes", "You Do Something To Me", "I Get A Kick Out Of You", "You're the Top", "It Was Just One of Those Things", "Blow Gabriel Blow", "Friendship") (uncredited)
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The Milton Berle Show (1949)
(TV Series) - Self - Singer (1 episode, 1949), Performer ("I Get A Kick Out Of You", "I Got Rhythm", "Friendship" (uncredited), "The Varsity Drag") (1 episode, 1949)
Episode #1.42 (Mar
22,
1949)
Season 1,
Episode 42
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Self - Singer,
Performer ("I Get A Kick Out Of You", "I Got Rhythm", "Friendship" (uncredited), "The Varsity Drag")
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Great Performances (1981–1985)
(TV Series) - Self (2 episodes, 1981)
A Lincoln Center Special: Beverly! Her Farewell Performance (Jan
5,
1981)
Season 9,
Episode 10
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Self
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1965–1979)
(TV Series) - Self / Self - Musical Guest / Self - Guest (26 episodes, 1965) |
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The Mike Douglas Show (1965–1978)
(TV Series) - Self - Vocalist / Actress / Self - Singer / Self - Co-Host (25 episodes, 1965) |
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The Ed Sullivan Show (1955–1971)
(TV Series) - Self / Self - Singer / Self - Guest Host (9 episodes, 1955)
Tony Bennett, Ethel Merman, Vikki Carr, Gary Puckett, Melina Mercouri, Norm Crosby, Judy Carne, Albert Brooks, the Muppets (Jan
10,
1971)
Season 24,
Episode 17
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Self
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Pat Boone in Hollywood (1968)
(TV Series) - Self - singer / actress (1 episode, 1968)
Cliff Arquette, Ethel Merman, Pat Henry, Don Cherry (Feb
5,
1968)
Season 1,
Episode 101
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Self - singer / actress
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Gypsy (1967)
(TV Series) - Self - legendary Broadway singer / Self (2 episodes, 1967)
Ethel Merman, Russell Nype, Richard Eastham (May
19,
1967)
Season 3,
Episode 165
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Self - legendary Broadway singer
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Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium (1964)
(TV Series) - Self - Top of the Bill (1 episode, 1964) |
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Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1957–1963)
(TV Series) - Self - Guest / Self (7 episodes, 1957)
George Kirby, Ethel Merman, Luiz Bonfa, Kaye Ballard, Don Adams, Sandy Stewart, Jack Duffy, Pierre Olaf (Jan
2,
1963)
Season 15,
Episode 13
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Self - Guest
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The Jerry Lewis Show: From This Moment On (1962)
(TV Special) - Self - Spokesperson for Muscular Dystrophy Association |
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Startime (1959–1960)
(TV Series) - Self / Self - cameo promo for the next week's show (3 episodes, 1959) |
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Shower of Stars (1955)
(TV Series) - Self / Self - Vocalist / Self - Guest Vocalist (4 episodes, 1955) |
The Colgate Comedy Hour (1953–1954)
(TV Series) - Self - Guest Hostess / Self - Singer (2 episodes, 1953)
From Hollywood with guest host Ethel Merman and guest stars Jimmy Durante & Gene Nelson (Jan
24,
1954)
Season 4,
Episode 17
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Self - Guest Hostess
Host: Jimmy Durante Guests: Ethel Merman, Eddie Jackson, Keye Luke (Dec
6,
1953)
Season 4,
Episode 10
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Self - Singer
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American Experience (2006–2023)
(TV Series) - Self - Disco Artist / Annie Oakley in 'Annie Get Your Gun' (stage version) (2 episodes, 2006)
Annie Oakley (May
8,
2006)
Season 18,
Episode 12
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Annie Oakley in 'Annie Get Your Gun' (stage version) (archive footage)
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Great Broadway Musical Moments from the Ed Sullivan Show (2015)
(TV Movie) - Self - Interviewee (archive footage) |
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Broadway: The American Musical (2004)
(TV Mini-series) - Mama Rose (in 'Gypsy') / Annie Oakley / Self (3 episodes, 2004) |
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Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World' (1991)
(TV Movie) - Mrs. Marcus (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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Hollywood and the Stars (1963)
(TV Series) - Mrs. Marcus (clip from It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)) (1 episode, 1963)
The Funny Men: Part 2 (Dec
16,
1963)
Season 1,
Episode 12
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Mrs. Marcus (clip from It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)) (archive footage)
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Marilyn (1963)
Self (scene from "There's No Business Like Show Business") (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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