AKA Ethel Agnes Zimmerman

Born: 16-Jan-1908
Birthplace: Astoria, Queens, NY
Died: 15-Feb-1984
Location of death: Manhattan, NY
Cause of death: unspecified

Gender: Female
Religion: Protestant
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Bisexual
Occupation: Singer, Actor

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: There's No Business Like Show Business

Father: (German, Lutheran)
Mother: (Scottish, Presbyterian)
Husband: Robert Levitt (div. 1952, two children)
Husband: Robert Six (m. 9-Mar-1953, div. 1960)
Husband: Ernest Borgnine (m. 1964, div. 1964 after 32 days)
Daughter: Ethel, Jr. (d. 1967 overdose)
Slept with: Jacqueline Susann

    Tony for Call Me Madam
    Golden Globe 1954 for Call Me Madam
    Hollywood Walk of Fame 7044 Hollywood Blvd.
    Endorsement of Liggett Group Chesterfield cigarettes
    German Ancestry Paternal
    Scottish Ancestry Maternal
    Risk Factors: Smoking

    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    Airplane! (2-Jul-1980)
    Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood (26-May-1976)
    Journey Back to Oz (5-Dec-1974) [VOICE]
    The Art of Love (30-Jun-1965)
    It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (7-Nov-1963)
    There's No Business Like Show Business (16-Dec-1954)
    Call Me Madam (25-Mar-1953)
    Stage Door Canteen (24-Jun-1943) Herself
    Alexander's Ragtime Band (24-May-1938)
    Happy Landing (23-Jan-1938)
    Strike Me Pink (16-Jan-1936)
    The Big Broadcast of 1936 (20-Sep-1935) Herself
    We're Not Dressing (26-Apr-1934)

Author of books:
Merman: An Autobiography (1978, memoir, with George Eells)

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