Betty Comden
Acting · Writing
Born May 3, 1917, Brooklyn, New York, USA
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.
Filmography
- 2018BBC Proms: Bernstein's On the Town — Writer, Lyricist
- 2018Wonderful Town — Lyricist
- 2008Singin' in the Rain — Writer
- 2002Wonderful Town — Writer
- 2000Peter Pan — Lyricist, Writer
- 1995Live from Broadway: Hello, Dolly!
- Frasier — Linda (voice)
- 1993On the Town — Host/Narrator, Writer
- 1993The Will Rogers Follies: A Life In Revue — Musical
- 1989Slaves of New York — Mrs. Wheeler
- 1986Follies: In Concert — Emily Whitman
- 1984Garbo Talks — Garbo (uncredited)
- 1973Applause — Musical, Teleplay, Writer
- Great Performances — Emily Whitman, Self
- 1964What a Way to Go! — Screenplay, Lyricist
- 1960Bells Are Ringing — Screenplay, Theatre Play, Lyricist
- 1960Peter Pan — Lyricist, Writer
- 1958Auntie Mame — Screenplay
- 1958Wonderful Town — Lyricist
- 1956Peter Pan — Lyricist, Writer
- 1955It's Always Fair Weather — Woman on Phone (voice) (uncredited), Story, Lyricist, Screenplay
- 1955Peter Pan — Writer, Lyricist
- 1953The Band Wagon — Story, Screenplay
- 1952Singin' in the Rain — Screenplay, Story
- 1949On the Town — Screenplay, Musical, Lyricist
- 1949Take Me Out to the Ball Game — Lyricist
- 1949The Barkleys of Broadway — Screenplay
- 1947Good News — Screenplay
Appearances as themselves (16)
- 2006It's Always Fair Weather: Going Out on a High Note — Self (Archive Footage)
- 2005Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon' — Self
- 2004AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies — Self
- 2003Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There — Self
- 2002Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer — Self
- 2002What a Glorious Feeling: The Making of 'Singin' in the Rain' — Self
- 1996The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story — Self
- 1993Gershwin — Self
- The Kennedy Center Honors — Self
- Previn and the Pittsburgh — Self
- The Merv Griffin Show — Self
- 1960The Fabulous Fifties — Self
- Art Ford's Greenwich Village Party — Self
- Tony Awards — Self - Nominee, Self - Presenter
- What's My Line? — Self
- The Ed Sullivan Show — Self