Alan Jay Lerner

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human librettist lyricist playwright screenwriter songwriter

Alan Jay Lerner was an American lyricist and librettist best known for his collaborations with composer Frederick Loewe on classic Broadway and film musicals such as "My Fair Lady" and "Camelot."

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Lerner and Loewe 1

Statements (85)

Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
librettist ⓘ
lyricist ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium

Academy Award for Best Writing, Motion Picture Story ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Writing, Story and Screenplay

Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay ⓘ
Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical ⓘ
Tony Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
collaboratedWith Burton Lane ⓘ
Charles Strouse ⓘ
Frederick Loewe ⓘ
Kurt Weill ⓘ
Leonard Bernstein ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dateOfBirth 1918-08-31 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1986-06-14 ⓘ
educatedAt Choate Rosemary Hall ⓘ
surface form: Choate School

Harvard University ⓘ
ethnicGroup Jewish Americans ⓘ
familyName Ted Lerner ⓘ
surface form: Lerner
fieldOfWork film ⓘ
musical theatre ⓘ
fullName Alan Jay Lerner self-link ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
genre musical theatre ⓘ
givenName Alan ⓘ
hasPart book and lyrics of Brigadoon ⓘ
book of Camelot ⓘ
book of My Fair Lady ⓘ
lyrics of Camelot ⓘ
lyrics of My Fair Lady ⓘ
screenplay of An American in Paris ⓘ
screenplay of Gigi ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
notableSong Almost Like Being in Love ⓘ
Gigi ⓘ
I Could Have Danced All Night ⓘ
I Talk to the Trees ⓘ
If Ever I Would Leave You ⓘ
On the Street Where You Live ⓘ
Thank Heaven for Little Girls ⓘ
They Call the Wind Maria ⓘ
What Did I Have That I Don’t Have? ⓘ
notableWork White House ⓘ
surface form: 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue

An American in Paris ⓘ
Brigadoon ⓘ
King Arthur's court ⓘ
surface form: Camelot

Camelot (Broadway production) ⓘ
surface form: Camelot (film)

Carmelina ⓘ
Dance a Little Closer ⓘ
Gigi ⓘ
Gigi ⓘ
surface form: Gigi (film)

Love Life ⓘ
My Fair Lady (stage direction) ⓘ
surface form: My Fair Lady

My Fair Lady (film) ⓘ
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever ⓘ
Paint Your Wagon ⓘ
Royal Wedding ⓘ
Royal Wedding ⓘ
surface form: Royal Wedding (film)

The Day Before Spring ⓘ
The Little Prince ⓘ
The Phantom of the Opera ⓘ
surface form: The Phantom of the Opera (1960 film)

The Street Where I Live ⓘ
What’s New Pussycat? ⓘ
occupation librettist ⓘ
lyricist ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth New York ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
placeOfDeath New York ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
religion Judaism ⓘ
spouse Elizabeth Browning Donner ⓘ
surface form: Elizabeth Browning

Kitty Barry ⓘ
Marjorie Hood ⓘ
Michele Lerner ⓘ
Nancy Olson ⓘ
Nina Bushkin ⓘ
Sandra Payne ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Camelot (Broadway production) → bookBy → Alan Jay Lerner ⓘ
Robert Russell Bennett → collaboratedWith → Alan Jay Lerner ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lerner and Loewe
Alan Jay Lerner → fullName → Alan Jay Lerner self-link ⓘ
Holworthy Hall → hasNotableResident → Alan Jay Lerner ⓘ
Camelot (Broadway production) → lyricist → Alan Jay Lerner ⓘ
Camelot (Broadway production) → lyricsBy → Alan Jay Lerner ⓘ
Royal Wedding → lyricsBy → Alan Jay Lerner ⓘ
Royal Wedding → screenwriter → Alan Jay Lerner ⓘ