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Betty Comden

Born May 3, 1917 in Brooklyn, New York, USADied November 23, 200622 films

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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.

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Singin' in the Rain posterFirst watchSingin' in the Rain19528.1In 1927 Hollywood, a silent film star falls for a chorus girl just as he and his paranoid screen partner struggle to make the difficult transition to talking pictures.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
On the Town poster7.0On the Town1949The Band Wagon poster7.2The Band Wagon1953Auntie Mame poster7.0Auntie Mame1958What a Way to Go! poster7.1What a Way to Go!1964It's Always Fair Weather poster7.0It's Always Fair Weather1955The Barkleys of Broadway poster6.9The Barkleys of Broadway1949Bells Are Ringing poster6.5Bells Are Ringing1960Take Me Out to the Ball Game poster6.7Take Me Out to the Ball Game1949

Filmography

22 films
  1. 2018BBC Proms: Bernstein's On the TownWriter
  2. 2018Wonderful TownLyricist
  3. 2008Singin' in the RainWriter
  4. 2002Wonderful TownWriter
  5. 2000Peter PanLyricist
  6. 1993On the TownWriter
  7. 1993The Will Rogers Follies: A Life In RevueMusical
  8. 1973ApplauseMusical
  9. 1964What a Way to Go!Screenplay
  10. 1960Peter PanLyricist
  11. 1960Bells Are RingingScreenplay
  12. 1958Auntie MameScreenplay
  13. 1958Wonderful TownLyricist
  14. 1956Peter PanLyricist
  15. 1955It's Always Fair WeatherStory
  16. 1955Peter PanWriter
  17. 1953The Band WagonStory
  18. 1952Singin' in the RainStory
  19. 1949On the TownScreenplay
  20. 1949The Barkleys of BroadwayScreenplay
  21. 1949Take Me Out to the Ball GameLyricist
  22. 1947Good NewsScreenplay