Ethel Merman: movies and TV shows
Ethel Merman has 95 credits in the archive: 61 films and 34 TV series, from 1930 to 2023. Highest rated: The Judy Garland Show (8.2/10).
Career timeline
1930 – 2023 · busiest year: 1968 (5 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | It's a Zabriskie, Zabriskie, Zabriskie, Zabriskie Point | Mrs. Marcus (archive footage) | Film | — | 115 |
| 2017 | The Fabulous Allan Carr | Self (archive) | Film | 4.5 | 109 |
| 2017 | This Is Bob Hope... | Self (archive footage) | Film | 8.0 | 109 |
| 2017 | JFK: The Lost Inaugural Gala | Self | Film | — | 109 |
| 2013 | Six by Sondheim | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.1 | 105 |
| 2012 | Marilyn Monroe: In The Movies | Film | 7.0 | 104 | |
| 2009 | Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 101 |
| 2008 | Wrangler: Anatomy of an Icon | Self (archive) | Film | 5.3 | 100 |
| 2005 | Judy Garland Duets | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 97 |
| 2005 | Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards | Self (segment "Ethel Merman Medley") (archive footage) | Film | 7.2 | 97 |
| 2003 | Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.0 | 95 |
| 2003 | Great Broadway Musical Moments from the Ed Sullivan Show | Self - Interviewee (archive footage) | Film | — | 95 |
| 1999 | Television: The First Fifty Years | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 91 |
| 1998 | Creating Ragtime | Self (archival footage) | Film | — | 90 |
| 1995 | Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons | Self (archive footage) | Film | 8.0 | 87 |
| 1991 | Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World' | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | 8.0 | 83 |
| 1990 | You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 82 |
| 1986 | The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.2 | 78 |
| 1985 | Muppet Treasures | Self | Film | 6.3 | 77 |
| 1985 | The Best of Broadway | Herself | Film | — | 77 |
| 1982 | Night of 100 Stars | Self | Film | 5.8 | 74 |
| 1980 | Airplane! | Lieutenant Hurwitz | Film | 7.3 | 72 |
| 1979 | The Muppets Go Hollywood | Self | Film | 6.2 | 71 |
| 1979 | Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July | Lilly Loraine (voice) | Film | 6.4 | 71 |
| 1979 | Musical Comedy Tonight | Film | — | 71 | |
| 1978 | A Special Sesame Street Christmas | Self | Film | 6.7 | 70 |
| 1977 | The Love Boat | Roz Smith | TV | 6.3 | 69 |
| 1976 | The Muppet Show | Self - Special Guest Star | TV | 8.0 | 68 |
| 1976 | Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood | Hedda Parsons | Film | 4.4 | 68 |
| 1975 | Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.3 | 67 |
| 1972 | Journey Back to Oz | Mombi (voice) | Film | 5.4 | 64 |
| 1972 | S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin | Self | Film | 6.0 | 64 |
| 1971 | Great Performances | Self | TV | 6.1 | 63 |
| 1968 | The Dick Cavett Show | Self - Guest | TV | 6.8 | 60 |
| 1968 | Cilla | Self | TV | 8.0 | 60 |
| 1968 | That's Life | Decorator | TV | 6.5 | 60 |
| 1968 | The Dean Martin Christmas Show | Self (uncredited) | Film | 7.6 | 60 |
| 1968 | Around the World of Mike Todd | Self | Film | 6.3 | 60 |
| 1967 | The Carol Burnett Show | Self | TV | 7.7 | 59 |
| 1967 | The Mountains of the Moon | Rosanna McCloud | Film | — | 59 |
| 1967 | Annie Get Your Gun | Annie Oakley | Film | 7.0 | 59 |
| 1966 | Batman | Lola Lasagne | TV | 7.3 | 58 |
| 1966 | Tarzan | Rosanna McCloud | TV | 6.9 | 58 |
| 1966 | That Girl | Herself | TV | 6.2 | 58 |
| 1965 | The Art of Love | Madame Coco La Fontaine | Film | 5.5 | 57 |
| 1964 | The Hollywood Palace | Self - Singer | TV | 5.0 | 56 |
| 1963 | Kraft Suspense Theatre | Clara Lovelace | TV | 6.5 | 55 |
| 1963 | Vacation Playhouse | Maggie Brown | TV | 8.0 | 55 |
| 1963 | It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World | Mrs. Marcus | Film | 7.0 | 55 |
| 1963 | The Judy Garland Show | Self | TV | 8.2 | 55 |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self | TV | 7.5 | 54 |
| 1962 | The Lucy Show | Ethel Merman | TV | 7.0 | 54 |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self | TV | 5.8 | 53 |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self - Co-Host | TV | 5.8 | 53 |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self - Co-Hostess | TV | 5.8 | 53 |
| 1959 | The Bell Telephone Hour | Self | TV | 8.0 | 51 |
| 1959 | Startime | Self – Host | TV | 6.8 | 51 |
| 1959 | Startime | Self | TV | 6.8 | 51 |
| 1957 | DuPont Show of the Month | Self | TV | 7.4 | 49 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Presenter | TV | — | 48 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Recipient / Performer | TV | — | 48 |
| 1956 | The Dinah Shore Chevy Show | Self | TV | 6.4 | 48 |
| 1955 | The Chevy Show | Self | TV | — | 47 |
| 1954 | There's No Business Like Show Business | Molly Donahue | Film | 6.1 | 46 |
| 1954 | The Best of Broadway | Hattie Maloney | TV | 7.0 | 46 |
| 1954 | Anything Goes | Reno Sweeney | Film | 6.4 | 46 |
| 1953 | The United States Steel Hour | Libby Marks | TV | 6.3 | 45 |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | Muriel Flood | TV | 6.8 | 45 |
| 1953 | Call Me Madam | Sally Adams | Film | 6.2 | 45 |
| 1953 | The Ford 50th Anniversary Show | Herself | Film | 7.7 | 45 |
| 1951 | The Red Skelton Show | Mother Hughes | TV | 7.4 | 43 |
| 1950 | What's My Line? | Self - Mystery Guest | TV | 7.0 | 42 |
| 1950 | The Colgate Comedy Hour | Self | TV | 6.9 | 42 |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | TV | 6.8 | 40 |
| 1943 | Stage Door Canteen | Ethel Merman | Film | 6.3 | 35 |
| 1938 | Happy Landing | Flo Kelly | Film | 6.3 | 30 |
| 1938 | Alexander's Ragtime Band | Jerry Allen | Film | 6.8 | 30 |
| 1938 | Straight, Place and Show | Linda Tyler | Film | 7.0 | 30 |
| 1936 | Strike Me Pink | Joyce Lennox | Film | 6.6 | 28 |
| 1936 | Anything Goes | Reno Sweeney | Film | 5.8 | 28 |
| 1935 | The Big Broadcast of 1936 | Ethel Merman | Film | 5.8 | 27 |
| 1934 | We're Not Dressing | Edith | Film | 6.7 | 26 |
| 1934 | Kid Millions | Dot Clark | Film | 6.7 | 26 |
| 1933 | Song Shopping | Ethel Merman | Film | 5.7 | 25 |
| 1932 | Ireno | Irene | Film | 7.5 | 24 |
| 1932 | Let Me Call You Sweetheart | Herself | Film | 5.5 | 24 |
| 1932 | You Try Somebody Else | Self | Film | 4.2 | 24 |
| 1932 | Time on My Hands | Self | Film | 5.0 | 24 |
| 1931 | Devil Sea | Arlene | Film | 7.5 | 23 |
| 1931 | Old Man Blues | Helen | Film | 5.7 | 23 |
| 1931 | Be Like Me | Eve | Film | 7.0 | 23 |
| 1931 | Roaming | Mary | Film | 6.5 | 23 |
| 1930 | Her Future | Film | 6.0 | 22 | |
| 1930 | Follow the Leader | Helen King | Film | 4.9 | 22 |
| 1930 | The Cave Club | Film | 9.0 | 22 |