Born on this day – Ethel Merman:

Ethel Merman

Actress

Singer

January 16, 1908 – February 15, 1984

Credits:

Books:

Merman (1978); Who Could Ask for Anything More? (1955).

Albums:

An Earful of Music (1934); Dearie (1950); Eadie Was a Lady (1933); How Deep Is the Ocean? (1932); I Get a Kick Out of You (1935); I Said My Pajamas (And Put On My Prayers) (1950); If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd've Baked a Cake (1950); Move It Over (1943); Once Upon a Nickel (1951); They Say It's Wonderful (1946); You're Just in Love (1951); You're the Top (1934).

Movies and television:

A Salute to American Imagination (1978); A Special Sesame Street Christmas (1978); ABC 2000: The Millennium (1999); Airplane! (1980); Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938); All That Jazz (1979); All-Star Family Feud Special (1980); All-Star Inaugural Gala (1981); American Experience (2006–2023); American Masters (1990–2017); AMV Hell (2004); An Evening with Ethel Merman (1965); Annie Get Your Gun (1967); Answer the Call (1953); Anything Goes (1936); Around the World of Mike Todd (1967); Arrested Development (2005); At Long Last Cole (1975); Batman (1967); Batmania from Comics to Screen (1989); Be Like Me (1931); Behind the Music (1998); Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons (1995); Bicentennial Minutes (1976); Biography (1987–2001); Bones (2006); Broadway (1973); Broadway! A Special Salute (1982); Broadway: The American Musical (2004); Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There (2003); Brother Can You Spare a Dime (1975); Call Me Madam (1953); Carol Channing: Larger Than Life (2012); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (2023); Cilla (1973); Cinerama Adventure (2002); Designing Women (1991); Dinah! (1975–1976); Dinner with the President (1953); Discovery (1995); Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999); E! Mysteries & Scandals (2000); Evening at Pops (1976); Follow the Leader (1930); Frank Sinatra: The Voice of Our Time (1990); Fred Astaire Salutes the Fox Musicals (1974); General Electric Theater (1956); Good Morning America (1979); Good Morning Britain (2019); Great Broadway Musical Moments from the Ed Sullivan Show (2015); Great Performances (1981–2005); Gypsy (1967); Happy Landing (1938); Hee Haw (1980); Her Future (1930); Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults (1997); Hollywood (2020); Hollywood and the Stars (1963); Hollywood at War: A Compilation of War Time Shorts (1980); Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths (1990); Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression (2009); Hollywood Talent Scouts (1966); I'm Dying Up Here (2017); In & Out (1997); Inside U.S.A. with Chevrolet (1949); Ireno (1932); It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963); It's a Zabriskie, Zabriskie, Zabriskie, Zabriskie Point (2023); I've Got a Secret (1965); Joey (2004); Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me (2009); Journey Back to Oz (1972); Kid Millions (1934); Kitty from Kansas City (1932); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1965); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1956); Let Me Call You Sweetheart (1932); Little Voice (1998); Maggie Brown (1963); Marilyn (1963); Masquerade Party (1956); Match Game (1975–1978); Match Game PM (1976–1978); Max Liebman Spectaculars (1956); Michael Feinstein's American Songbook (2010); Michael Grade's Stars of the Musical Theatre (2014); Muppet Video: Muppet Treasures (1985); Musical Comedy Tonight (1979); Night of 100 Stars (1982); Of Muppets and Men: The Making of 'The Muppet Show' (1981); Old Man Blues (1931); On Broadway Tonight (1965); Our World (1987); Panama Hattie (1954); Parkinson (1974); Pat Boone in Hollywood (1968); Paul Anka ... Music My Way (1977); Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1957–1963); Person to Person (1955); Personality (1967–1968); Reboot (2022); Roaming (1931); Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July (1979); RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (2012); 'S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin (1972); Saturday Night Live (1987); Screen Goddesses (2005); Sha Na Na (1977); Shower of Stars (1955); Sinatra: All or Nothing at All (2015); Sinatra: The Classic Duets (2002); Six by Sondheim (2013); Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World' (1991); Song Shopping (1933); Special Collector's Edition (2010); Stage Door Canteen (1943); Startime (1959–1960); Steve & Eydie: From This Moment On... Cole Porter (1977); Straight Place and Show (1938); Strike Me Pink (1936); Stuart Saves His Family (1995); Super Night at Forest Hills (1977); Tarzan (1967); Telescope (1963); Television (1988); Television: The First Fifty Years (1999); Terms of Endearment (1983); Texaco Star Theater: Opening Night (1982); That Girl (1967–1968); That's Life (1968); The 1976 Annual Entertainment Hall of Fame Awards (1976); The 19th Annual Tony Awards (1965); The 1st TV Academy Hall of Fame (1984); The 23rd Annual Tony Awards (1969); The 26th Annual Tony Awards (1972); The Art of Love (1965); The Arthur Murray Party (1956–1960); The Arthur Murray Special for Bob Hope (1960); The Bell Telephone Hour (1960–1964); The Best of Broadway (1954); The Best of the Ed Sullivan Show (1992); The Best of the Royal Variety (2006); The Big Broadcast of 1936 (1935); The Bob Hope Show (1962); The Bobby Vinton Show (1976); The Carol Burnett Show (1969); The Carol Burnett Show: A Reunion (1993); The Cave Club (1930); The Chevy Show (1955); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1953–1954); The David Steinberg Show (1977); The Dean Martin Show (1965–1968); The Delegate (2006); The Devil Sea (1931); The Dick Cavett Show (1973); The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1958); The Ed Sullivan Show (1953–1971); The Eddie Fisher Show (1958); The Fabulous Allan Carr (2017); The Factor (2008–2014); The First 100 Years of Recorded Music (1981); The First Annual Comedy Hall of Fame (1993); The Ford 50th Anniversary Show (1953); The Frank Sinatra Show (1958); The Hollywood Palace (1966–1982); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1975–1976); The Jerry Lewis Show (1963); The Jerry Lewis Show: From This Moment On (1962); The Joey Bishop Show (1967–1968); The Jonathan Winters Show (1969); The Joy of Disco (2012); The Judy Garland Show (1963–1964); The Late Shift (1995); The Les Crane Show (1964); The Love Boat (1979–1982); The Lucy Show (1964); The Match Game (1965–1969); The Merv Griffin Show (1967–1982); The Mike Douglas Show (1965–1978); The Milton Berle Show (1949); The Monte Carlo Show (1981); The Muppet Show (1977); The Muppets Go Hollywood (1979); The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years (1986); The Next Best Thing (2000); The People's Command Performance (1978); The Red Skelton Hour (1963); The Royal Variety Performance 1982 (1982); The Secret Disco Revolution (2012); The Sugarcube Critic (2014); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1964); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1965–1992); The Wonder Years (1989); There's No Business Like Show Business (1954); This Is Show Business (1950); This Is Your Life (1971); Time on My Hands (1932); Un, dos, tres... responda otra vez (1984); Vacation Playhouse (1963); Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium (1964); Walk on By: The Story of Popular Song (2001); Welcome to the Basement (2015); We're Not Dressing (1934); What's My Line? (1963–1972); Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976); Wrangler: Anatomy of an Icon (2008); You Try Somebody Else (1932); You're Gonna Love It Here (1977); Zeit.geschichte (2018).