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Ethel Merman

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I don't like to read. The only things I read are gossip columns. If someone gives me a book, it had better have lots of pictures.


— Ethel Merman


#book #columns #gives #gossip #had

I Got Rhythm really put me on the map.


— Ethel Merman


#i #map #me #put #really

I have been ambitious to be a somebody from the time I was 5 years old.


— Ethel Merman


#been #i #old #somebody #time

I have plenty of invitations to go places, lots to do. If I'm not working, I go to have my hair taken care of and work at needlepoint.


— Ethel Merman


#go #hair #i #invitations #lots

I preferred delivering my performance in person. I liked to be in control. You couldn't be in films.


— Ethel Merman


#delivering #films #i #liked #performance

I take a breath when I have to.


— Ethel Merman


#i #take

I was born in my parents' bedroom on January 16. The World Almanac says it was 1909. I say it was 1912. But what difference does it make as long as I feel 33?


— Ethel Merman


#born #difference #does #feel #i

I was lucky enough to have the songs in my first show written by George and Ira Gershwin. Then Cole Porter wrote five shows for me.


— Ethel Merman


#cole porter #enough #first #five #george

I wasn't straining at the bit to become a movie star any more than I had plotted to get out of vaudeville and into Broadway musicals.


— Ethel Merman


#become #bit #broadway #broadway musicals #get

I work as often as I want and yet I'm free as a bird.


— Ethel Merman


#free #i #often #want #work






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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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