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!"