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Ethel Mary Smyth was an English composer and suffragette. She was born in 1858 at London and died in 1944. She studied at Leipzig in 1877 and it was there that her string quartet attracted favourable attentions in 1884. She wrote several operas including 'Fantasio' written in 1898, 'Der Wald' written in 1901 and 'The Wreckers' written in 1906. She was created a DBE in 1922.
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John Barrymore (real name John Blythe) was an American actor. He was born in 1882 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and died in 1942. He was the brother of the American actress Ethel Barrymore.
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Edna Best was an English actress. She was born in 1900 at Hove, Sussex and died in 1974. She played 'Ethel' in the 1956 film 'This Happy Breed'.
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Ethel Barrymore (real name Ethel Blythe) was an American actress. She was born in 1879 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and died in 1959.
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Ethel Clayton was an actress. She was born in 1884 and died in 1966.
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Ethel Griffies (real name Ethel Woods) was a British actress. She was born in 1878 and died in 1975.
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Ethel Merman was an actress. She was born in 1908 and died in 1984.
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Ethel Waters was an actress. She was born in 1896 and died in 1977.
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Vivian Vance (real name Vivian Roberta Jones) was an American actress. She was born in 1909 at Cherryvale, Kansas and died in 1979 of breast and bone cancer. She is best known for playing 'Ethel Mertz' in the 1950's television show 'I Love Lucy'.
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It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World is a comedy starring Spencer Tracy, Milton Berle, Sid Caesar, Buddy Hackett and Ethel Merman in a story about a group of motorists rushing to the aid of a former convict who gas driven his car over a cliff. With his dying breath the man reveals the whereabouts of a fortune in stolen money, resulting in a high-speed chase as the motorists chase to find the fortune. It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World was directed by Stanley Kramer in 1963.
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