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Acting

Ethel Merman

Career: Active from 1930 to 1979, with a break from 1939 to 1952, busiest in 1931 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles: 15
top three billing

Average score: 56/100

Highest rated: It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
68/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 22 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Ethel Merman Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Psychological
2.1, average 5.5
Contemporary Realism
2.1, average 5.4
Violence
1.2, average 4.1
Melancholy
2.3, average 4.7

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Musical 4
Lighthearted 3
Charming 3
Family-Friendly 3
Nostalgic 3
Golden Age Hollywood 2
Romantic Farce 2
Classic Comedy 2
Classic Hollywood Musical 2
Classic Hollywood 2
Hopeful 2
Sentimental 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

39

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

1 title

It's a Zabriskie, Zabriskie, Zabriskie, Zabriskie Point

as Mrs. Marcus (archive footage)

1980s

1 title · average score 83

Airplane!

83

as Lieutenant Hurwitz

1970s

4 titles · average score 46

Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July

63

as Lilly Loraine (voice)

The Love Boat

53

TV show · as Roz Smith

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood

28

as Hedda Parsons

Journey Back to Oz

41

as Mombi (voice)

1960s

10 titles · average score 59

TV show · as Decorator

Annie Get Your Gun

as Annie Oakley

The Mountains of the Moon

as Rosanna McCloud

Batman

73

TV show · as Lola Lasagne

Tarzan

70

TV show · as Rosanna McCloud

The Art of Love

28

as Madame Coco La Fontaine

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

68

as Mrs. Marcus

Kraft Suspense Theatre

70

TV show · as Clara Lovelace

Vacation Playhouse

TV show · as Maggie Brown

The Lucy Show

47

TV show · as Ethel Merman

1950s

7 titles · average score 69

There's No Business Like Show Business

63

as Molly Donahue

Anything Goes

as Reno Sweeney

The Best of Broadway

TV show · as Hattie Maloney

Call Me Madam

65

as Sally Adams

The United States Steel Hour

71

TV show · as Libby Marks

General Electric Theater

68

TV show · as Muriel Flood

The Red Skelton Show

77

TV show · as Mother Hughes

1940s

1 title · average score 62

Stage Door Canteen

62

as Ethel Merman

1930s

15 titles · average score 57

Happy Landing

47

as Flo Kelly

Alexander's Ragtime Band

60

as Jerry Allen

Straight, Place and Show

as Linda Tyler

Strike Me Pink

48

as Joyce Lennox

Anything Goes

65

as Reno Sweeney

Kid Millions

63

as Dot Clark

We're Not Dressing

61

as Edith

Song Shopping

as Ethel Merman

as Irene

as Arlene

as Helen

as Eve