Unlike these lameass definitions above, one of the most talented Broadway actresses of all time. Normally referred to as "The Queen of Musicals"

Born January 8, 1908
Died February 16, 1984

Best known for her roles in Girl Crazy, Anything Goes, DuBarry Was a Lady, Annie Get Your Gun, and Gypsy

Married 4 times, all ended in divorce.

2 children, Robert and Ethel Levitt. The latter died of a drug overdose.

Merman died of a brain tumor.
When asked why she never spoke to her Gypsy co-star Sandra Church, Ethel Merman said, "Of course I talk to her! Every night after the curtain closes, I tell her to go fuck herself!"
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A loud, foul-mouthed beast that resembles a butterball turkey covered in cornsilk. Its hobbies include frigging, drinking, and drunken frigging.
You Know Who must be here, Ethel Merman is feverishly frigging herself again.
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Used to describe something foul and unzesty...
EW! Ethel Merman!
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