Person
Betty Comden
Writing · 1917–2006 · Brooklyn, New York, USA
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Betty Comden (May 3, 1917 – November 23, 2006) was one-half of the musical-comedy duo Comden and Green, who provided lyrics, libretti, and screenplays to some of the most beloved and successful Hollywood musicals and Broadway shows of the mid-20th century. Her writing partnership with Adolph Green lasted for six decades, during which time they collaborated with other leading entertainment figures such as the famed "Freed Unit" at MGM, Jule Styne and Leonard Bernstein. Description above from the Wikipedia article Betty Comden,licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Frasier
Linda (voice)
Great Performances
Self
Tony Awards
Self - Nominee
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
What's My Line?
Self - Mystery Guest
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
The Kennedy Center Honors
Self
Singin' in the Rain
Screenplay
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
Self
The Band Wagon
Story
Filmography
- 2018BBC Proms: Bernstein's On the TownLyricist
- 2018Wonderful TownLyricist
- 2008Singin' in the RainWriter
- 2006It's Always Fair Weather: Going Out on a High NoteSelf (Archive Footage)
- 2005Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon'Self
- 2004AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the MoviesSelf
- 2003Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were ThereSelf
- 2002Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a DancerSelf
- 2002What a Glorious Feeling: The Making of 'Singin' in the Rain'Self
- 2002Wonderful TownWriter
- 2000Peter PanLyricist
- 1996The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld StorySelf
- 1995Live from Broadway: Hello, Dolly!
- 1993On the TownHost/Narrator
- 1993The Will Rogers Follies: A Life In RevueMusical
- 1993FrasierLinda (voice)
- 1993GershwinSelf
- 1989Slaves of New YorkMrs. Wheeler
- 1986Follies: In ConcertEmily Whitman
- 1984Garbo TalksGarbo (uncredited)
- 1978The Kennedy Center HonorsSelf
- 1977Previn and the PittsburghSelf
- 1973ApplauseMusical
- 1971Great PerformancesSelf
- 1964What a Way to Go!Screenplay
- 1962The Merv Griffin ShowSelf
- 1960Peter PanLyricist
- 1960Bells Are RingingTheatre Play
- 1960The Fabulous FiftiesSelf
- 1958Auntie MameScreenplay
- 1958Wonderful TownLyricist
- 1957Art Ford's Greenwich Village PartySelf
- 1956Tony AwardsSelf - Nominee
- 1956Peter PanLyricist
- 1955It's Always Fair WeatherWoman on Phone (voice) (uncredited)
- 1955Peter PanWriter
- 1953The Band WagonStory
- 1952Singin' in the RainScreenplay
- 1950What's My Line?Self - Mystery Guest
- 1949On the TownScreenplay
- 1949The Barkleys of BroadwayScreenplay
- 1949Take Me Out to the Ball GameLyricist
- 1948The Ed Sullivan ShowSelf
- 1947Good NewsScreenplay
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