She originated roles in four of his Broadway musicals between 1959 and 1987, and won a Drama Desk Award for her performance ...

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What place do stories of romance and marriage have in the pages of a newspaper? Join this conversation with the Vows writer Rosalie R. Radomsky by Feb. 14 to find out. By The Learning Network A ...

Ethel was preceded in death by her cherished husband, George W.C. Kramer, who passed away in 1994. She is survived by four loving daughters: Loretta I., wife of Donald Steffy; Ethel P., ...

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical: Ethel Merman was nominated but did not win.

The show’s signature lyric refers to the star—played by Ethel Merman in the original production ... to Mesta between the 1920s and her death roughly 50 years later. Not all of the coverage ...

But Dolley and Alice were pikers compared with Perle Mesta, the wealthy widow from Oklahoma who reigned over Washington’s social scene from the 1930s until her death in 1975. One of the most ...

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 ...

Reality aside, it is Perle Mesta, not Evalyn McLean, whose name is still remembered, albeit a bit dimly, fifty years after her death ... with the mostes’, ” Ethel Merman’s character in ...

93, passed away February 3, 2025. Arrangements provided by Dennis George Funeral Home. Services on Feb 08, 10:00am at Dennis George Funeral Home. St. Joseph New Cemetery.