She was born Ethel Agnes Zimmermann, in Astoria, Queens, New York, of a German Lutheran father and Scottish Presbyterian mother, although many people assumed she was Jewish.

• married Robert Levitt (divorced)
• married Robert Six in 1953 (divorced)
• married Ernest Borgnine 1964 (divorced): married for 32 days

Table of contents

1 Theater performances 2 Film performances 3 Television performances 4 External links

Theater performances

• 1930 Girl Crazy
• 1931 George White's Scandals
• 1932 Take a Chance
• 1934 Anything Goes
• 1936 Red, Hot and Blue
• 1939 Stars In Your Eyes
• 1939 Du Barry Was a Lady
• 1940 Panama Hattie
• 1943 Something for the Boys
• 1944 Sadie Thompson (replaced in previews)
• 1946 Annie Get Your Gun
• 1950 Call Me Madam
• 1956 Happy Hunting
• 1959 Gypsy
• 1966 Hello, Dolly (replacement)
• 1966 Annie Get Your Gun
• 1975 A Gala Tribute to Joshua Logan
• 1977 Together on Broadway (Mary Martin & Ethel Merman)

• 1930 Follow the Leader
• 1930 The Cave Club
• 1931 The Devil Sea
• 1931 Roaming
• 1932 Let Me Call You Sweetheart
• 1932 You Try Somebody Else
• 1932 Time on My Hands
• 1932 Old Man Blues
• 1932 Ireno
• 1933 Song Shopping
• 1933 Be Like Me
• 1934 We're Not Dressing
• 1934. Kid Millions
• 1936 The Big Broadcast of 1936
• 1936 Strike Me Pink
• 1936 Anything Goes
• 1938 Happy Landing
• 1938 Alexander's Ragtime Band
• 1938 Straight, Place and Show
• 1943 Stage Door Canteen
• 1953 Call Me Madam
• 1963 It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World
• 1965 The Art of Love
• 1967 Tarzan and the Mountains of the Moon
• 1968 Around the World of Mike Todd
• 1971 Journey Back to Oz (voice)
• 1976 Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood
• 1978 A Salute to American Imagination
• 1978 A Special Sesame Street Christmas
• 1979 Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July
• 1980 Airplane
• 1981 Something a Little Less Serious
• 1985 Judy Garland: The Concert Years

• 1953 The Ford 50th Anniversary Show
• 1954 There's No Business Like Show Business
• 1954 Anything Goes
• 1958 Panama Hattie
• 1961 Merman on Broadway
• 1962 The Lucille Ball Show (2 appearances)
• 1963 The Judy Garland Show (2 appearances)
• 1965 An Evening with Ethel Merman
• 1966 Batman (as recurring character "Lola Lasagne")
• 1967 Annie Get Your Gun
• 1967 That Girl
• 1967 The Carol Burnett Show
• 1970 Evening at Pops
• 1972 'S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin
• 1975 Match Game PM
• 1976 The Muppet Show
• 1977 The Love Boat (5 episodes)