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    Birthday: January 16, 1908

    Twenty-two-year-old ex-stenographer and former nightclub singer Ethel Merman achieved overnight superstardom when, in 1930, she first belted out "I Got Rhythm" in the Broadway production of +Girl Crazy. Merman's subsequent stage hits included +Anything Goes, +Red, Hot and Blue, +Panama Hattie, +Annie Get Your Gun, +Call Me Madam, and +Gypsy. While her Living Legend status ...more
    • 1953
    • Hollywood Foreign Press Association
    • Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or C
    • Call Me Madam
    • win


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