艾索尔·摩曼可以称得上是20世纪百老汇音乐剧舞台上最伟大的女演员之一。她那动人的歌声在百老汇的舞台上回荡了半个多世纪。她在百老汇的初次登台是在1930年格什温的《疯狂姑娘》中演唱“’I Got Rhythm”，而她在纽约的最后一次露面是1982年参加了在卡耐基音乐厅的一次演唱会。 艾索尔·摩曼共出演了16部作品。自从在《姑娘疯狂》(Girl Crazy)中一炮打响后，她接连主演了《安妮，拿起你的枪》(Annie Get Your Gun)和《玫瑰舞后》(Gypsy)，从而一举奠定了她在演出界的地位。 　　塞尔·默尔曼（Ethel Merman，1908年1月16日－1984年2月15日）是美国的女演员及歌者。埃塞尔以她的声音及在音乐剧中的角色著名，称为“音乐喜剧舞台上，无可争议的第一夫人”。 　　有许多百老汇的音乐剧是由默尔曼引进的，像I Got Rhythm（出自Girl Crazy）、Everything's Coming Up Roses、Some People及Rose's Turn（出自Gypsy，默尔曼在1959年在百老汇演出时饰演Rose），科尔·波特的歌It's De-Lovely（出自Red, Hot and Blue）、Friendship（出自DuBarry Was a Lady），及I Get a Kick Out of You、You're the Top及Anything Goes（出自Anything Goes）。欧文·柏林为音乐剧Annie Get Your Gun所写的歌There's No Business Like Show Business成为默尔曼的主题曲。 　　Ethel Merman (born Ethel Agnes Zimmermann, January 16, 1908 – February 15, 1984) was an American actress and singer. Known primarily for her voice and roles in musical theatre, she has been called "the undisputed First Lady of the musical comedy stage". 　　Among the many standards introduced by Merman in Broadway musicals are "I Got Rhythm" (from Girl Crazy); "Everything's Coming Up Roses", "Some People", and "Rose's Turn" (from Gypsy—Merman starred as Rose in the original 1959 Broadway production); and the Cole Porter songs "It's De-Lovely" (from Red, Hot and Blue), "Friendship" (from DuBarry Was a Lady), and "I Get a Kick Out of You", "You're the Top", and "Anything Goes" (from Anything Goes). The Irving Berlin song "There's No Business Like Show Business", written for the musical Annie Get Your Gun, became Merman's signature song.