Morrie Ryskind was born on October 20, 1895 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer, known for My Man Godfrey (1936), A Night at the Opera (1935) and Stage Door (1937). He was married to Mary House. He died on August 24, 1985 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA.
He was the son of Russian immigrants. His father operated a cigar store in Washington Heights, Manhattan.
Was expelled from Columbia University in 1917 (six weeks before his graduation), when he wrote an editorial in the collegiate magazine 'The Jester', in which he called the university's president 'Czar Nicholas'.
Best known for his collaborations with George S. Kaugman and the Gershwins on Broadway plays, and, from 1935, on Hollywood screenplays.