Betty Comden

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American Jew Broadway lyricist human librettist lyricist screenwriter songwriter

Betty Comden was an American lyricist, librettist, and screenwriter best known for her long-running Broadway and Hollywood collaborations with Adolph Green, creating classic musicals for stage and film.

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Label Occurrences
Betty Comden canonical 67
Betty Comden and Adolph Green 1

Statements (78)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American Jew ⓘ
Broadway lyricist ⓘ
human ⓘ
librettist ⓘ
lyricist ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
awardReceived Drama Desk Award ⓘ
Kennedy Center Honors ⓘ
Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ
Tony Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
Writers Guild of America Award ⓘ
birthName Basya Cohen ⓘ
Elizabeth Cohen ⓘ
collaboratedWith Adolph Green ⓘ
Cy Coleman ⓘ
Gene Kelly ⓘ
Jerome Robbins ⓘ
Jule Styne ⓘ
Leonard Bernstein ⓘ
Stanley Donen ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1917-05-03 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2006-11-23 ⓘ
educatedAt New York University ⓘ
ethnicGroup Jewish Americans ⓘ
familyName Comden ⓘ
fieldOfWork Broadway theater ⓘ
surface form: Broadway theatre

film ⓘ
musical theatre ⓘ
genre musical comedy ⓘ
givenName Betty ⓘ
languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned English ⓘ
memberOf The Revuers ⓘ
name Betty Comden self-link ⓘ
notableFor Hollywood musical screenplays with Adolph Green ⓘ
long-running Broadway collaborations with Adolph Green ⓘ
notableWork A Doll's Life ⓘ
Applause (musical) ⓘ
surface form: Applause

Auntie Mame (screenplay adaptation) ⓘ
Bells Are Ringing ⓘ
Bonanza Bound ⓘ
Do Re Mi ⓘ
Fade Out – Fade In ⓘ
Garbo Talks ⓘ
Good News ⓘ
surface form: Good News (1947 film)

Hallelujah, Baby! ⓘ
It's Always Fair Weather ⓘ
On the Town ⓘ
On the Town ⓘ
surface form: On the Town (film)

On the Town ⓘ
surface form: On the Town (musical)

On the Twentieth Century ⓘ
Out of This World ⓘ
surface form: Out of This World (film screenplay work, uncredited)

Peter Pan (1954 musical) ⓘ
Singin' in the Rain ⓘ
Subways Are for Sleeping ⓘ
The Band Wagon ⓘ
The Barkleys of Broadway ⓘ
The Madwoman of Central Park West ⓘ
The Revuers (comedy troupe material) ⓘ
The Will Rogers Follies ⓘ
Two on the Aisle ⓘ
Wonderful Town ⓘ
occupation actress ⓘ
comedian ⓘ
librettist ⓘ
lyricist ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth Brooklyn ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
surface form: New York

New York City ⓘ
placeOfDeath New York ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
residence New York City ⓘ
sexOrGender female ⓘ
spouse Steven Kyle ⓘ

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Singin' in the Rain → screenwriter → Betty Comden ⓘ
On the Town → lyricist → Betty Comden ⓘ
On the Town → bookWriter → Betty Comden ⓘ
Wonderful Town → lyricist → Betty Comden ⓘ
The Band Wagon → screenwriter → Betty Comden ⓘ
The Barkleys of Broadway → screenwriter → Betty Comden ⓘ
Arthur Freed → collaboratedWith → Betty Comden ⓘ
Kathy Selden → createdBy → Betty Comden ⓘ
Don Lockwood → createdBy → Betty Comden ⓘ
Cosmo Brown → createdBy → Betty Comden ⓘ
Betty Comden → name → Betty Comden self-link ⓘ
Adolph Green → collaboratedWith → Betty Comden ⓘ
Adolph Green → writingPartner → Betty Comden ⓘ
Lina Lamont → createdBy → Betty Comden ⓘ
Peter Pan Live! → lyricsBy → Betty Comden ⓘ
On the Twentieth Century → lyricist → Betty Comden ⓘ
On the Twentieth Century → bookWriter → Betty Comden ⓘ
Hallelujah, Baby! → lyricist → Betty Comden ⓘ
The Will Rogers Follies → lyricist → Betty Comden ⓘ
Lonely Town → lyricist → Betty Comden ⓘ
I Can Cook Too → lyricist → Betty Comden ⓘ
Gabey → createdBy → Betty Comden ⓘ
Ozzie → createdBy → Betty Comden ⓘ
Some Other Time → lyricist → Betty Comden ⓘ
Claire de Loone → createdForWorkBy → Betty Comden ⓘ
A Little Bit in Love → lyricist → Betty Comden ⓘ
A Little Bit in Love → hasLyricsBy → Betty Comden ⓘ
A Little Bit in Love → associatedWithLyricist → Betty Comden ⓘ
One Hundred Easy Ways → lyricist → Betty Comden ⓘ
One Hundred Easy Ways → lyricsBy → Betty Comden ⓘ
this entity surface form: Betty Comden and Adolph Green
Wrong Note Rag → lyricist → Betty Comden ⓘ
MGM Freed Unit → employed → Betty Comden ⓘ
Good News → screenwriter → Betty Comden ⓘ
subject surface form: Good News (1947 film)
Jule Styne → collaboratedWith → Betty Comden ⓘ
It's Always Fair Weather → screenwriter → Betty Comden ⓘ
It's Always Fair Weather → lyricist → Betty Comden ⓘ
Applause (musical) → bookBy → Betty Comden ⓘ
Elizabeth Cohen → stageName → Betty Comden ⓘ
subject surface form: Betty Comden
Comden → usedBy → Betty Comden ⓘ
Comden → hasNotableBearer → Betty Comden ⓘ
Comden → hasMember → Betty Comden ⓘ
subject surface form: Comden and Green
Bells Are Ringing → lyricist → Betty Comden ⓘ
Bells Are Ringing → bookBy → Betty Comden ⓘ
Do Re Mi → lyricist → Betty Comden ⓘ
Do Re Mi → bookBy → Betty Comden ⓘ
Do Re Mi → lyricsBy → Betty Comden ⓘ
Peter Pan (1954 musical) → lyricist → Betty Comden ⓘ
Auntie Mame (screenplay adaptation) → coWriter → Betty Comden ⓘ
The Revuers (comedy troupe material) → createdByMember → Betty Comden ⓘ
The Revuers (comedy troupe material) → notableContributor → Betty Comden ⓘ