Ethel Merman
Ethel Agnes Zimmermann
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Born Ethel Agnes Zimmermann to a schoolteacher mother and an accountant father, she received a commercial education that included secretarial training at William Cullen Bryant High School, while weekend trips to Manhattan’s vaudeville houses sparked her ambition to sing. After brief stints as a stenographer, she began performing in nightclubs, where an agent secured her a Warner Bros. contract tha…
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources
