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Betty Comden

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Betty Comden: Biography

  • Birth Name: Elizabeth Cohen
  • Birth Place: Brooklyn, NY
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 05/03/1917, Taurus
  • Date of Death: 11/23/2006
  • Profession: Composer; lyricist; screenwriter; actor
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Betty Comden Fast Facts:
  • Changed her last name from Cohen to Comden as a teenager, when she decided to pursue a career in show business.
  • First collaborated with writing partner Adolph Green on the creation of a Greenwich Village nightclub troupe called the Revuers.
  • Made her stage debut alongside Green in the 1944 Broadway musical On the Town, for which the team also served as librettists and lyricists.
  • Rare film appearances include the 1944 musical Greenwich Village and the 1984 drama Garbo Talks.
  • Managed to successfully adapt the classic 1950 film All About Eve into a Tony-winning musical, the 1970 hit Applause.
  • Memoir Off Stage (1995) avoided discussing professional successes and focused on private issues, such as her son's drug addiction and death from AIDS.
  • Maintained a daily work schedule with Green and continued to meet---even when not preparing a project---until his death in 2002.
  • Betty Comden Relationships:
  • Leo Cohen - Father
  • Rebecca Cohen - Mother
  • Steven Kyle - Husband (deceased)
  • Susanna Kyle - Daughter
  • Alan Kyle - Son
  • Betty Comden Awards:
  • 1978 Tony: Score - Winner
  • 1983 Tony: Score - Nominee
  • 1957 Tony: Musical - Nominee
  • 1986 Tony: Book (Musical) - Nominee
  • 1953 Tony: Musical - Winner
  • 1961 Tony: Musical - Nominee
  • 1968 Tony: Composer and Lyricist - Winner
  • 1968 Tony: Musical - Winner
  • 1970 Tony: Musical - Winner
  • 1978 Tony: Book (Musical) - Winner
  • 1983 Tony: Book (Musical) - Nominee
  • 1991 Tony: Score (Musical) - Winner
  • 1991 Grammy: Best Musical Show Album - Winner
  • 1953 Oscar: Best Writing (Story and Screenplay) - Nominee
  • 1955 Oscar: Best Writing (Story and Screenplay) - Nominee
  • College:
  • New York University, New York, NY (1938)
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