The Merry Widow (disambiguation)

The Merry Widow is an operetta by Franz Lehár.

The Merry Widow may also refer to:

Arts, entertainment, and media

Adaptations of Lehár's operetta

Ballet

• The Merry Widow (ballet), an adaptation of the operetta

Films

• The Merry Widow (1918 film), a Hungarian silent film directed by Michael Curtiz
• The Merry Widow (1925 film), a silent film directed by Erich von Stroheim, starring Mae Murray and John Gilbert
• The Merry Widow (1934 film) directed by Ernst Lubitsch, starring Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette MacDonald
• The Merry Widow (1952 film), directed by Curtis Bernhardt
• The Merry Widow (1962 film), Austrian film directed by Werner Jacobs
• The Merry Widow (2007 film), a French comedy film

Other arts, entertainment, and media

• The Merry Widow (TV series), a French television series which uses the music from the operetta, but not the plot
• Thee Merry Widows, a psychobilly band

People

• Mary Elizabeth Wilson (1889-1963), also known as the Merry widow of Windy Nook

Other uses

• Merry widow, a type of corselette
• Merry widow, a common name of the fish Phallichthys amates
• Merry Widows of Joe Cain, Mardi Gras women's mystic society in Mobile, Alabama

See also

• All pages with titles containing Merry Widow
• Widow