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Authors: Caryl Flinn
Ethel, standing with George Sanders, holds her "super train" in the film version of
Call Me Madam, 1953. Courtesy of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Ethel sings the poignant finale
in There's No Business Like Show
Business, 1954. Courtesy of the
Academy of Motion Picture
Arts and Sciences.
Ethel's banned outfit in
There's No Business Like
Show Business. Courtesy of
the Academy of Motion
Picture Arts and Sciences.
Performing with Mary
Martin at the famous Ford
SothAnniversaryShow, 1953•
Courtesy of the Museum
of the City of New York.
Ethel and Bob Six, 1950s.
Courtesy of the Academy
of Motion Picture Arts
and Sciences.
Herb (Jack Klugman)
takes leave of Rose in
Gypsy. From souvenir
booklet; courtesy of
Al E KoenigJr.
Encouraging Liza Minnelli at her premiere at the Person Room, February 1966.
Courtesy of the Museum of the City of New York.
Poster for The Art ofLove, 1965.
Courtesy of the Museum of the
City of New York.
Ethel and Ernest Borgnine,
1963 or 1964. Courtesy of the
Academy of Motion Picture
Arts and Sciences.
Hasty Pudding visit, 1966. Courtesy of the New York Public Library.
Promotion for the disco album, 1980.
Courtesy of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Performing with Jule Styne after receiving ASCAP's Pied Piper Award at Carnegie Hall,
May 1982. Courtesy of Al F. Koenig Jr.
Ethel and Bob Levitt Jr. vacationing
near Catalina Island, early 198os.
Courtesy of Bob Levitt.