Ethel Merman A Life |
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| Author:
| Kellow, Brian |
| Series title: | Thorndike Biography Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4104-0508-1 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2008 |
| Publisher: | Thorndike Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $30.95 |
Book Description:
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More than twenty years after her death, Ethel Merman continues to set the standard for American musical theater. We know the legend, but who, really, was Ethel Agnes Zimmermann? Brian Kellow's superb biography is the first to examine both the artist and the woman. Merman once memorably said, "I'm not exactly the kind of dame that people have always thought I was." In this splendid portrait, we can finally discover what kind of dame the real Ethel Merman was.
More than twenty years after her death, Ethel Merman continues to set the standard for American musical theater. We know the legend, but who, really, was Ethel Agnes Zimmermann? Brian Kellow's superb biography is the first to examine both the artist and the woman. Merman once memorably said, "I'm not exactly the kind of dame that people have always thought I was." In this splendid portrait, we can finally discover what kind of dame the real Ethel Merman was.