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Ethel Smith(1902-1996)

  • Actress
  • Music Department
  • Soundtrack
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Ethel Smith
Ethel Smith graduated from Carnegie Tech, having majored in piano. She got a job as an organist in California, and then went to Rio de Janeiro for a four-week booking. She returned to the United States during WWII, and "Tico Tico" ("Tico Tico no Fubá", the Brazilian title) became a major hit in New York and across the country. She was asked to appear in several films, and made enough money to live well. She eventually concentrated more on acting, appearing in a number of plays. She did not have any children and died following a progressive illness.
BornNovember 22, 1902
DiedMay 10, 1996(93)
BornNovember 22, 1902
DiedMay 10, 1996(93)
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Known for

Bathing Beauty (1944)
Bathing Beauty
6.4
  • Ethel Smith - Music Teacher
  • 1944
Buster Keaton, Lucille Ball, Van Johnson, Jack Cummings, Dorothy Kingsley, George Oppenheimer, Howard Emmett Rogers, Edward Sedgwick, Maurine Dallas Watkins, Esther Williams, and Keenan Wynn in Easy to Wed (1946)
Easy to Wed
6.1
  • Ethel Smith
  • 1946
Jackie DeShannon and Bobby Vee in C'mon, Let's Live a Little (1967)
C'mon, Let's Live a Little
5.1
  • An' Effel
  • 1967
Melody Time (1948)
Melody Time
6.1
  • self - Organist
  • 1948

Credits

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Actress



  • The Sidelong Glances of a Pigeon Kicker (1970)
    The Sidelong Glances of a Pigeon Kicker
    5.6
    • Blowsy Lady at Pinball Machine (uncredited)
    • 1970
  • Jackie DeShannon and Bobby Vee in C'mon, Let's Live a Little (1967)
    C'mon, Let's Live a Little
    5.1
    • An' Effel
    • 1967
  • Blame It on the Samba (1948)
    Blame It on the Samba
    6.3
    Short
    • Organ Player
    • 1948
  • Melody Time (1948)
    Melody Time
    6.1
    • self - Organist
    • 1948
  • Buster Keaton, Lucille Ball, Van Johnson, Jack Cummings, Dorothy Kingsley, George Oppenheimer, Howard Emmett Rogers, Edward Sedgwick, Maurine Dallas Watkins, Esther Williams, and Keenan Wynn in Easy to Wed (1946)
    Easy to Wed
    6.1
    • Ethel Smith
    • 1946
  • Desi Arnaz, Donna King, Alyce King, Luise King, Yvonne King, Beverly Simmons, and The King Sisters in Cuban Pete (1946)
    Cuban Pete
    5.7
    • Ethel Smith
    • 1946
  • Joan Davis, Jack Haley, Martha Holliday, Gene Krupa, and Ethel Smith in George White's Scandals (1945)
    George White's Scandals
    5.7
    • Hit Parade Swing Organist
    • 1945
  • Preston Foster, Lee Wilde, and Lyn Wilde in Twice Blessed (1945)
    Twice Blessed
    6.0
    • The Organist
    • 1945
  • Bathing Beauty (1944)
    Bathing Beauty
    6.4
    • Ethel Smith - Music Teacher
    • 1944

Music Department



  • Tiffany Bolling and Randolph Roberts in Wicked, Wicked (1973)
    Wicked, Wicked
    5.4
    • organist
    • 1973
  • Melody Time (1948)
    Melody Time
    6.1
    • musician (uncredited)
    • 1948

Soundtrack



  • Arena (1975)
    Arena
    7.7
    TV Series
    • writer: "March of the Women"
    • 2018
  • Eric Roberts, Tori Spelling, Reginald VelJohnson, Alfonso Ribeiro, Anna Delvey Sorokin, Joey Graziadei, Ilona Maher, Stephen Nedoroscik, Dwight Howard, Julianne Hough, Phaedra Parks, Chandler Kinney, Danny Amendola, Jenn Tran, and Brooks Nader in Dancing with the Stars (2005)
    Dancing with the Stars
    5.0
    TV Series
    • writer: "Back in Time"
    • 2014
  • Schlaflos in Oldenburg (2008)
    Schlaflos in Oldenburg
    5.8
    TV Movie
    • writer: "Love is strange"
    • 2008
  • Melody Time (1948)
    Melody Time
    6.1
    • performer: "Blame It on the Samba"
    • 1948
  • Buster Keaton, Lucille Ball, Van Johnson, Jack Cummings, Dorothy Kingsley, George Oppenheimer, Howard Emmett Rogers, Edward Sedgwick, Maurine Dallas Watkins, Esther Williams, and Keenan Wynn in Easy to Wed (1946)
    Easy to Wed
    6.1
    • performer: "Toca Tu Samba", "Bonecu de Pixe"
    • 1946
  • Special Command Performance
    Short
    • performer: "Tico-Tico no Fubá"
    • 1945
  • Joan Davis, Jack Haley, Martha Holliday, Gene Krupa, and Ethel Smith in George White's Scandals (1945)
    George White's Scandals
    5.7
    • performer: "Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away)", "Leave Us Leap" (uncredited)
    • 1945
  • Bathing Beauty (1944)
    Bathing Beauty
    6.4
    • performer: "I'll Take the High Note" (1943), "By the Waters of Minnetonka: an Indian Love Song" (1914), "Tico-tico no fubá" (1917), "Loch Lomond" (uncredited)
    • 1944

Personal details

  • Born
    • November 22, 1902
    • Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
  • Died
    • May 10, 1996
    • Palm Beach, Florida, USA(undisclosed)
  • Spouses
      Ralph BellamyAugust 21, 1945 - November 25, 1947 (divorced)
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Did you know

  • Trivia
    Spoke French, German, Portuguese, Spanish, and Italian
  • Trademark
    Brightly colored dresses and exotic hats Song "Tico Tico"

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