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Ethel Merman

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My beloved Mom and Pop always rated tops with each other, and that's the way it will always be.


— Ethel Merman


#beloved #each #mom #other #pop

My career at Warner Brothers consisted of one musical short subject. I was running around in a bear skin. Very chic.


— Ethel Merman


#bear #brothers #career #chic #consisted

My father taught me to read music and play the piano-but not well, even though people have said that I'm a natural musician.


— Ethel Merman


#father #i #me #music #musician

Of my four marriages, the one to Bob Levitt is the only one I don't regret.


— Ethel Merman


#four #i #marriages #only #regret

Once I had all the attention, all I had to do was deliver.


— Ethel Merman


#deliver #had #i #once

The slapdash way producers used to assemble a show seems a little unbelievable when we talk about them now.


— Ethel Merman


#assemble #little #now #producers #seems

There have been people who have tried to take advantage of me. They want to be linked to me just because I'm Ethel Merman.


— Ethel Merman


#because #been #i #just #just because

There's such a thing as theater discipline. One player doesn't appropriate another's inventions.


— Ethel Merman


#appropriate #discipline #inventions #player #such

When I'm asked how to succeed in show business, I always say I haven't the foggiest.


— Ethel Merman


#asked #business #haven #how #i

You gotta have a gimmick.


— Ethel Merman


#gotta #you






About Ethel Merman

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Did you know about Ethel Merman?

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Merman attended P. Dunham & Company a Manhattan wholesale dry-goods company and her mother Agnes (née Gardner; 1883–1974) was a school teacher. She also performed at the Central Park Casino the Paramount Theatre and a return engagement at the Palace.

Known primarily for her powerful voice and roles in musical theatre Ethel Merman 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" "Some People" "Rose's Turn" "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.

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