Ethel Merman

Ethel Merman quotes

Always give them the old fire, even when you feel like a squashed cake of ice.

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

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

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

At one time I smoked, but in 1959 I couldn't think of anything else to give up for Lent so I stopped-and I haven't had a cigarette since.... (more Ethel Merman quotes)

Ethel Merman trivia

Ethel grew up near Famous Players-Lasky's Astoria Studios and watched the stars of the silent movies drive by.

Ethel's signature song was There's No Business Like Show Business.

Ethel was bisexual.

Ethel once worked as a secretary for B-K Booster Vacuum Brake Company.

Ethel starred in the stage musical Girl Crazy alongside a young Ginger Rogers.... (more Ethel Merman trivia)

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