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Born in the Astoria section of Queens, New York City, Ethel Merman surely is the pre-eminent star of 'Broadway' musical comedy. Though untrained in singing, she could belt out a song like quite no one else, and was sought after by major songwriters such as Irving Berlin and Cole Porter. Having debuted in 1930 in "Girl Crazy, " she is yet remembered for her marvelous starring appearances in so many great musicals that were later adapted to the silver screen. Among the film versions, Merman herself starred in Anything Goes (1936) and Call Me Madam (1953). That wonderfully boisterous blonde, Betty Hutton, had the Merman lead in both Red, Hot and Blue (1949) and Annie Get Your Gun (1950). Besides Betty Hutton, other Merman screen stand-in roles include Lucille Ball, (in Du Barry Was a Lady (1943)), Ann Sothern, (in Panama Hattie (1942)), Vivian Blaine (in Something for the Boys (1944)) and Rosalind Russell (in Gypsy (1962)). (Russell could never render Stephen Sondheim and Jule Styne's "Everything's Coming Up Roses" the way the immortal Merman did, over and over again.) Ethel Merman's lifetime facts: her dare of birth, was on Thursday, January 16th, 1908 & her life expired on Wednesday, February 15th, 1984. Thursday, January 16th, 1908 & Wednesday, February 15th, 1984, differ 27,789 days, equaling 3,969 weeks & 6 days.- Actor
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Avon Long was a featured singer and dancer in the Cotton Club in New York in 1934. Lena Horne credits him with bringing her out of the chorus line to a featured spot. In the 1940's, he won critical acclaim as "Sportin' Life" in the Broadway production of "Porgy and Bess". He also appeared in featured roles on Broadway in "Bubbling Brown Sugar"- Quentin Sondergaard was born on 11 January 1925 in Seattle, Washington, USA. He was an actor, known for Badman's Gold (1951), Rescue 8 (1958) and This Property Is Condemned (1966). He died on 15 February 1984 in Riverside County, California, USA.
- Peggy McCall was born, as Margaret Francis McCall, to J. T. McCall, a mining engineer and prospector, and Mary Ann Haney in Placer Co. California. She attended Berkley College and Stanford University, though it is unclear whether she graduated. Beginning in about 1925, she worked as a publicist for Fox Studios. She was assigned to follow Frank Borzage and worked on several of his silent era movies including "7th Heaven". She also worked on at least one Victor Schertzinger movie, "Thunder Mountain". Throughout most of the 1930's and 1940's she was a free-lance writer focusing on movie-related themes for "Sunset Magazine", the "Vacationer Magazine" and "Children's Playmate Magazine". She also managed movie roles for her son Pat McCall.
- Marjorie Waddell was born on 14 May 1911 in Llanelli, Wales, UK. She was a writer, known for Your Own Time (1955). She died on 15 February 1984 in Hampshire, England, UK.