THE SCREENING ROOM: Happy Birthday, Ethel – Our Favorite Merman Moments | Playbill

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News THE SCREENING ROOM: Happy Birthday, Ethel – Our Favorite Merman Moments Ethel Merman – who possessed the voice that defined the Broadway belt – would have turned 106 Jan. 16. Rose, Reno Sweeney and Annie Oakley were all strong, no-nonsense women and so was the woman who played them on stage.

In honor of The Merm's birthday, Playbill.com is sharing some of our favorite videos. Turn up the volume, hold your hats and hallelujah...

The opening of her 1965 BBC television concert An Evening With Ethel Merman, performing "A Lady With A Song"/"I Got Rhythm."

"I Get a Kick Out of You."

A magnificent Merman medley.

Audio of Merman singing "World Take Me Back" live from Hello, Dolly!

Audio of Merman singing the title song live from Hello, Dolly!

Merman sings "Tomorrow" on "Sesame Street."

Merman's Royal Variety appearance.

"Everything's Coming Up Roses."

All 55 minutes of "An Evening with Ethel Merman." WOW!

 

Merman joins Judy Garland for a special performance of "The Judy Garland Show." Gotta love Merman's line, "Let's face it, we're the last of the big belters."

An early performance of Ethel's from the 1931 film "Be Like Me": at age 23, performing "After I've Gone."

Performing "You're the Top" with Frank Sinatra on the Colgate Comedy Hour.

It's strictly audio, but we had to include this live recording of "Everything's Coming Up Roses," which is said to be from Merman's final performance in the Broadway production of Gypsy.

Ethel re-creates the original Anything Goes staging for this 1979 television special.

For a bonus: Merman pops up on the set of "The Judy Garland Show" when Barbra Streisand was a special guest. The ladies discuss Streisand's new musical Funny Girl by Gypsy writer Jule Styne and do an off-the-cuff rendition of "There's No Business Like Show Business."

 
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