Ethel
Merman
Born. Jan. 16, 1908 (Astoria, NY) - Died. Feb. 15,
1984 (NYC)
Ethel Agnes Zimmerman was born in the third floor bedroom
of her grandmother's house at 359 4th Avenue in Astoria, Queens.
Growing up near Famous Players-Lasky's Astoria Studios, young
Ethel often watched the silent movie stars drive by in their
massive cars, and dreamed of joining their ranks one day.
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Judy
Garland
Born: June 10, 1922 in Grand Rapids, MN - Died: June
22, 1969 in London, England Judy Garland, a performer who
charmed audiences and inspired emotion, was a tortured soul
whose excesses led to an untimely end. She was America's girl
next door. She was the rags to-to-riches story. She was also
a hard dose of reality in her later years, in contrast to
the wholesome screen image of her younger years. >>
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Carol
Channing
A little bit about Miss Channing...If a special award
were to be handed to the Broadway Star who never missed a
single performance of a show in which he or she appeared,
it's a sure bet that Carol Channing would walk away with the
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