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.

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 NERFINISHED → 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 theatre → film → musical theatre →
genre	musical comedy →
givenName	Betty →
languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned	English →
memberOf	The Revuers →
name	Betty Comden →
notableFor	Hollywood musical screenplays with Adolph Green → long-running Broadway collaborations with Adolph Green →
notableWork	A Doll's Life → Applause → Auntie Mame (screenplay adaptation) → Bells Are Ringing → Bonanza Bound → Do Re Mi → Fade Out – Fade In → Garbo Talks → Good News (1947 film) → Hallelujah, Baby! → It's Always Fair Weather → On the Town → On the Town (film) → On the Town (musical) → On the Twentieth Century → 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 → New York City →
placeOfDeath	New York NERFINISHED → New York City → United States of America →
residence	New York City →
sexOrGender	female →
spouse	Steven Kyle →

Referenced by (14)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Cosmo Brown → Don Lockwood → Kathy Selden → Lina Lamont →	createdBy
Singin' in the Rain → The Band Wagon → The Barkleys of Broadway →	screenwriter
Adolph Green → Arthur Freed →	collaboratedWith
On the Town → Wonderful Town →	lyricist
On the Town →	bookWriter
Betty Comden →	name
Adolph Green →	writingPartner