A [1950] hit musical on Broadway, Call Me Madam scored a run of close to two years in Gotham with Ethel Merman, as Ambassador Sally Adams, the fabulous Femme diplomat, representing the US in the ...

In "Call Me Madam," the 1953 movie version of Irving Berlin's hit musical, it was no secret that Ethel Merman was channeling a real person – a wealthy widow by the name of Perle Mesta ...

How many Broadway shows has Ethel Merman been in ... Awards for her performances in "Gypsy," "Happy Hunting," and "Call Me Madam." What awards has Ethel Merman won? Ethel Merman has won several ...

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical: Russell Nype won. Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical: Ethel Merman won.

In her mid-20th-century heyday, Perle Mesta inspired Irving Berlin’s “Call Me Madam,” a Broadway ... production and befriended its star, Ethel Merman. Renowned for her lavish bipartisan ...

In “Call Me Madam,” the 1953 movie version of Irving Berlin’s hit musical, it was no secret that Ethel Merman was channeling a real person – a wealthy widow by the name of Perle Mesta, who, in the ...