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Ethel Merman

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Any audience that gets a laugh out of me gets it while I'm facing them.


— Ethel Merman


#audience #facing #gets #i #laugh

As far as dramas are concerned, it's considered passe for playwrights to turn out anything the average person can understand.


— Ethel Merman


#as far as #average #average person #concerned #considered

Broadway has been very good to me. But then, I've been very good to broadway.


— Ethel Merman


#broadway #good #i #me #then

Cole Porter had a worldwide reputation as a sophisticate and hedonist.


— Ethel Merman


#cole porter #had #porter #reputation #worldwide

Cole Porter wrote Anything Goes and four more hits for me.


— Ethel Merman


#cole #cole porter #four #goes #hits

Eisenhower was my war hero and the President I admire and respect most.


— Ethel Merman


#eisenhower #hero #i #most #president

I am known to be able to take care of myself when I become angry. I don't mince words.


— Ethel Merman


#am #angry #become #care #i

I attend surprisingly few shows. The type of theater that is popular today just doesn't appeal to me.


— Ethel Merman


#attend #few #i #just #me

I can hold a note as long as the Chase National Bank.


— Ethel Merman


#chase #hold #i #i can #long

At a flea market I always head for the junk jewelry table first.


— Ethel Merman


#first #flea #head #i #i always






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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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