Comden, Betty

Betty Comden, part of the successful team of Comden and Green, collaborated as a lyricists with Adolph Green from 1938 until the his death in 2002. Betty Comden was born in 1919 in Brooklyn, New York. After graduating from New York University, she began her career as a performer and writer in a cabaret act called The Revuers . Adolph Green was born in 1915 in the Bronx, New York. After a short career on Wall Street, Mr. Green joined The Revuers in 1938 and the Comden and Green team was formed. Comden and Green wrote the book and/or lyrics for such Broadway shows as On the Town (1944), Billion Dollar Baby (1945), Bonanza Bound (1947), Two on the Aisle (1951), Wonderful Town (1953), Peter Pan (1954), Bells are Ringing (1956), Say Darling (1958), A Party With Betty Comden and Adolph Green (1958), Do Re Mi (1960), Subways are for Sleeping (1961), Fade Out-Fade In (1964), Hallelujah, Baby! (1967), Applause (1970), Lorelei (1974), Straws in the Wind (1975), By Bernstein (1975), On the Twentieth Century (1977), A Doll's Life (1982), Singin' in the Rain (1985) and Will Rogers Follies (1991). Comden and Green wrote many screenplays including Good News (1947), The Barkleys of Broadway (1949), On the Town (1949), Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949), Singin' in the Rain (1952), The Band Wagon (1953), It's Always Fair Weather (1955), Auntie Mame (1958), Bells are Ringing (1960) and What a Way to Go! (1964). They have also written for television, radio, night clubs and recordings. They have won numerous awards including Oscar nominations and Tony awards for Wonderful Town, Hallelujah Baby!, Applause, On the Twentieth Century and Will Rogers Follies .

From the guide to the Betty Comden scores, 1938-1975, (The New York Public Library. Music Division.)

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