2.8Writing

Betty Comden

May 3, 1917 - Brooklyn, New York, USA

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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.

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Cast

Media
Movie1984Garbo TalksGarbo (uncredited)
Movie2003Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were ThereSelf
Movie1993On the TownHost/Narrator
Movie2005Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon'Self
Movie2006It's Always Fair Weather: Going Out on a High NoteSelf (Archive Footage)
Movie1960The Fabulous FiftiesSelf
Movie1955It's Always Fair WeatherWoman on Phone (voice) (uncredited)
Movie2002Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a DancerSelf
Movie2002What a Glorious Feeling: The Making of 'Singin' in the Rain'Self
Movie1993GershwinSelf
Movie1989Slaves of New YorkMrs. Wheeler
Movie1986Follies: In ConcertEmily Whitman
Movie1996The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld StorySelf
Movie1995Live from Broadway: Hello, Dolly!
Movie2004AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the MoviesSelf
TV Show1993FrasierLinda (voice)1
TV Show1978The Kennedy Center HonorsSelf1
TV Show1957Art Ford's Greenwich Village PartySelf1
TV Show1948The Ed Sullivan ShowSelf2
TV Show1956Tony AwardsSelf - Nominee1
TV Show1956Tony AwardsSelf - Presenter1
TV Show1977Previn and the PittsburghSelf1
TV Show1950What's My Line?Self - Mystery Guest1
TV Show1971Great PerformancesEmily Whitman1
TV Show1971Great PerformancesSelf4

Crew

Media
Movie1952Singin' in the RainScreenplayWriting
Movie1952Singin' in the RainStoryWriting
Movie1964What a Way to Go!ScreenplayWriting
Movie1947Good NewsScreenplayWriting
Movie1973ApplauseMusicalWriting
Movie1955It's Always Fair WeatherStoryWriting
Movie1953The Band WagonStoryWriting
Movie1949The Barkleys of BroadwayScreenplayWriting
Movie1960Bells Are RingingScreenplayWriting
Movie1960Bells Are RingingTheatre PlayWriting
Movie1958Auntie MameScreenplayWriting
Movie1993The Will Rogers Follies: A Life In RevueMusicalWriting
Movie1958Wonderful TownLyricistWriting
Movie1993On the TownWriterWriting
Movie2002Wonderful TownMusicalWriting
Movie2018BBC Proms: Bernstein's On the TownWriterWriting
Movie2018BBC Proms: Bernstein's On the TownLyricistWriting
Movie1960Peter PanLyricistWriting
Movie1955It's Always Fair WeatherLyricistWriting
Movie1960Bells Are RingingLyricistWriting
Movie1964What a Way to Go!LyricistWriting
Movie1949Take Me Out to the Ball GameLyricistWriting
Movie1993The Will Rogers Follies: A Life In RevueLyricistWriting
Movie1973ApplauseTeleplayWriting
Movie2000Peter PanLyricistWriting
Movie2008Singin' in the RainWriterWriting
Movie1955It's Always Fair WeatherScreenplayWriting
Movie1973ApplauseWriterWriting
Movie1955Peter PanWriterWriting
Movie2018Wonderful TownLyricistWriting
Movie1949On the TownScreenplayWriting
Movie1949On the TownMusicalWriting
Movie2014Peter Pan Live!LyricistWriting
Movie1955Peter PanLyricistWriting
Movie1956Peter PanLyricistWriting
Movie1953The Band WagonScreenplayWriting
Movie1949On the TownLyricistWriting
Movie2014Peter Pan Live!WriterWriting
Movie1960Peter PanWriterWriting
Movie2000Peter PanWriterWriting
Movie1956Peter PanWriterWriting