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Betty Comden (1917–2006)
Songwriter ("New York, New York", "Lonely Town", "The Party's Over", "Just in Time"), author and actress. educated at New York University with a Bachelor of Science degree. While a student, she acted with the Washington Square Players. She was a member of the Revuers, a night club act which also included Judy Holliday and Adolph Green. She wrote ...
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Died:(age 89) in New York City, New York, USA |
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2020
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs the Reverend
(TV Movie) (writer: "Lucky To Be Me" - uncredited)
2020
The Plot Against America
(TV Mini-Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Part 1
(2020)
... (writer: "I Can Cook Too")
2017-2018
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
(TV Series) (lyrics - 2 episodes)
- Mid-way to Mid-town
(2018)
... (lyrics: "Some Other Time")
- Ya Shivu v Bolshom Dome Na Kholme
(2017)
... (lyrics: "Dance Only With Me" - uncredited)
2017
Feud: Bette and Joan
(TV Mini-Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- And the Winner Is... (The Oscars of 1963)
(2017)
... (lyrics: "Just In Time")
2015
The 69th Annual Tony Awards
(TV Special documentary) (lyrics: "Lucky to Be Me", "New York, New York", "Times Square Ballet", "On the Twentieth Century", "I've Got It All", "Babette")
2014
Peter Pan Live!
(TV Movie) (lyrics: "Never Never Land", "Vengeance", "Wendy", "Only Pretend", "A Wonderful World Without Peter", "True Blood Brothers", "Distant Melody", "Hook's Waltz", "Only Pretend/Tender Shepherd (Reprise)", "Finale Ultimo")
2014
Strictly Come Dancing
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Week 3: Movie Special
(2014)
... (writer: "New York, New York" - uncredited)
2009-2014
So You Think You Can Dance
(TV Series) (lyrics - 3 episodes)
- Top 20 Perform, 2 Eliminated
(2014)
... (lyrics: "New York, New York")
- 1 of 7 Voted Off
(2010)
... (lyrics: "Charleston")
- Top 16 Perform
(2009)
... (lyrics: "Moses Supposes")
2013
Criminal Minds
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Carbon Copy
(2013)
... (lyrics: "Just in Time")
2013
Bunheads
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- There's Nothing Worse Than a Pantsuit
(2013)
... (lyrics: "It's a Perfect Relationship" - uncredited)
Glee
(TV Series) (lyrics - 2 episodes, 2010 - 2012) (writer - 1 episode, 2011)
- Swan Song
(2012)
... (lyrics: "Being Good (Isn't Good Enough)" - uncredited)
- New York
(2011)
... (writer: "I Love New York / New York, New York" - uncredited)
- Furt
(2010)
... (lyrics: "Ohio" - uncredited)
2012
30 Rock
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Mazel Tov, Dummies!
(2012)
... (lyrics: "Just in Time" - uncredited)
2011
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Episode #20.7
(2011)
... (lyrics: "Music Is Better Than Words")
2011
Gent de paraula
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.17
(2011)
... (lyrics: "New York, New York")
2010
One Night Only: Barbra Streisand and Quartet at the Village Vanguard - September 26,2009
(Video) (writer: "Make Someone Happy", "Some Other Time")
2010
Saturday Night Live
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Jude Law/Pearl Jam
(2010)
... (lyrics: "New York, New York" - uncredited)
2009
BBC Proms
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Prom 22: A Celebration of Classic MGM Film Musicals
(2009)
... (lyrics: "I Like Myself")
2009
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing
(Video documentary) (lyrics: "New York, New York" - uncredited)
2008
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical Treasure
(TV Movie documentary) (lyrics: "New York, New York" - uncredited)
2007
Brothers & Sisters
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Holy Matrimony!
(2007)
... (writer: "Make Someone Happy")
2007
American Masters
(TV Series documentary) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Tony Bennett: The Music Never Ends
(2007)
... (lyrics: "Just in Time")
2006
Ugly Betty
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- The Lyin', the Watch and the Wardrobe
(2006)
... (writer: "New York, New York" - uncredited)
2006
Inside the Actors Studio
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Liza Minnelli
(2006)
... (writer: "If You Hadn't, But You Did")
2004
Curb Your Enthusiasm
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Mel's Offer
(2004)
... (lyrics: "Just in Time" - uncredited)
2003
Six Feet Under
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Perfect Circles
(2003)
... (writer: "Some Other Time (Well Catch Up)")
2002
Elaine Stritch at Liberty
(TV Special documentary) (writer: "There Never Was A Baby Like My Baby", "The Party's Over")
Sex and the City
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode, 2002) (performer - 1 episode, 2002)
- All That Glitters
(2002)
... (lyrics: "New York New York! / Lonely Town") / (performer: "New York New York! / Lonely Town")
2000
Hinter Gittern - Der Frauenknast
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Kettenreaktion
(2000)
... (writer: "Just In Time")
1999
Great Performances
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- My Favorite Broadway: The Leading Ladies
(1999)
... (lyrics: "I Can Cook, Too")
1998
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- It's Only a Paper Moon
(1998)
... (writer: "Just in Time" - uncredited)
1994
Takin' Over the Asylum
(TV Mini-Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- You Always Hurt the One You Love
(1994)
... (writer: "The Party's Over")
1994
Northern Exposure
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Grand Prix
(1994)
... (lyrics: "New York, New York" - uncredited)
1994
That's Entertainment! III
(Documentary) (lyrics: "On the Town" (1944), "Baby, You Knock Me Out" (1955), "Thanks a Lot, but No Thanks" (1955) - uncredited)
1993
Mystery Science Theater 3000
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Mitchell
(1993)
... (writer: "The Party's Over" - uncredited)
1992
MGM: When the Lion Roars
(TV Mini-Series documentary) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- The Lion in Winter
(1992)
... (lyrics: "New York, New York" - uncredited)
1987
It's Garry Shandling's Show.
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Force Boxman
(1987)
... (lyrics: "New York, New York")
1987
Murder, She Wrote
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- No Accounting for Murder
(1987)
... (writer: "New York, New York" - uncredited)
1986
Emu's All Live Pink Windmill Show
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Episode #3.10
(1986)
... (lyrics: "Count on Me" - uncredited)
1986
The Benny Hill Show
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- The Herd
(1986)
... (lyrics: "The Party's Over")
1985
The 39th Annual Tony Awards
(TV Special) (lyrics: "Never Never Land", "The Party's Over", "Make Someone Happy", "My Own Morning", "Our Private World")
1982
The Facts of Life
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Runaway
(1982)
... (lyrics: "New York, New York" - uncredited)
1978
The Muppet Show
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Cloris Leachman
(1978)
... (lyrics: "Just In Time")
1977
The Brady Bunch Variety Hour
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.3
(1977)
... (writer: "Make Someone Happy")
1975
The Sweeney
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Jigsaw
(1975)
... (lyrics: "Just in time" - uncredited)
1974
That's Entertainment!
(Documentary) (lyrics: "The French Lesson" (1947), "New York, New York" (1944) - uncredited)
1973
The Graham Kennedy Show
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode dated 8 March 1973
(1973)
... (writer: "Make Someone Happy")
1970
The Doris Day Show
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Tony Bennett Is Eating Here
(1970)
... (lyrics: "Just in Time" - uncredited)
1968
The Merv Griffin Show
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- D'Aldo Romano, Virginia Graham, Rocky Graziano, Nancy Shade, Bob Gibson, London Lee, Marge Greene
(1968)
... (lyrics: "Just in Time")
1968
The Dean Martin Show
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #4.6
(1968)
... (writer: "The French Lesson" - uncredited)
1967
The Carol Burnett Show
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.2
(1967)
... (writer: "Just In Time" as part of a Time Medley)
1967
The Monkees
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Monkees Manhattan Style
(1967)
... (writer: "New York, New York")
1966
The Hollywood Palace
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Episode #3.33
(1966)
... (lyrics: "New York, New York" - uncredited)
The Danny Kaye Show
(TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes, 1963 - 1966) (lyrics - 1 episode, 1965)
- Senta Berger, Chaim Topol, Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
(1966)
... (writer: "Comes Once in a Lifetime" (as "Once in a Lifetime"))
- Episode #2.28
(1965)
... (lyrics: "The Party's Over")
- Episode #1.14
(1963)
... (writer: "Comes Once in a Lifetime" - uncredited)
1964
What a Way to Go!
(lyrics: "I Think that You and I Should Get Acquainted", "Musical Extravaganza")
1963
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Bobby Darin, Andre Previn
(1963)
... (lyrics: "Just in Time")
1958-1963
Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall
(TV Series) (lyrics - 4 episodes)
- Joanie Sommers, Gene Sheldon, Charlie Manna, The Four Step Brothers, Kaye Ballard, Don Adams, Sandy Stewart, Jack Duffy, Pierre Olaf
(1963)
... (lyrics: "Just in Time" - uncredited)
- Juliet Prowse, Steve Lawrence, Milt Kamen, The Kingston Trio
(1960)
... (lyrics: "New York, New York" - uncredited)
- Pearl Bailey, Lily Pons, Gertrude Berg
(1958)
... (lyrics: "Dance Only with Me" - uncredited)
- Ginger Rogers, Tony Bennett, Buddy Hackett
(1958)
... (lyrics: "Just in Time", "The French Lesson" - uncredited)
1963
The Dick Van Dyke Show
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- The Foul Weather Girl
(1963)
... (lyrics: "Just In Time" - uncredited)
1961
Glenn Miller Time
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.1
(1961)
... (lyrics: "Make Someone Happy")
1955-1961
The Danny Thomas Show
(TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes)
- Hen-pecked Charley
(1961)
... (writer: "Make Someone Happy" - uncredited)
- Peter Pan
(1955)
... (writer: "Neverland")
1961
The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Roberta Sherwood
(1961)
... (writer: "Make Someone Happy")
1960
Peter Pan
(TV Movie) (lyrics: "Never-Never Land", "Wendy", "O My Mysterious Lady", "Ugg-a-Wugg", "Distant Melody", "Hook's Waltz")
1960
Bells Are Ringing
(lyrics: "Bells Are Ringing" (1956), "It's a Perfect Relationship" (1956), "Do It Yourself" (1956), "It's a Simple Little System" (1956), "Better Than a Dream" (1956), "I Met a Girl" (1956), "I Love Your Sunny Teeth" (1956), "Oh How It Hurts" (1956), "Hot and Cold" (1956), "Mu Cha Cha" (1956), "Just In Time" (1956), "Drop That Name" (1956), "The Party's Over" (1956), "The Midas Touch" (1956), "I'm Going Back" (1956) - uncredited)
The Steve Allen Plymouth Show
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode, 1960) (writer - 1 episode, 1956)
- Ginger Rogers, Tony Bennett, Erroll Garner, Henny Youngman, the Ralph Sharon Quartet
(1960)
... (lyrics: "Just In Time" - uncredited)
- Tony Bennett, Doretta Morrow, Mel Torme, Frances Faye, Guy Madison, Kathryn & Arthur Murray
(1956)
... (writer: "Just in Time")
1959
Music from Shubert Alley
(TV Special) (performer: "Just in Time", "I Said Good Morning") / (writer: "Just in Time", "I Said Good Morning", "New York, New York")
1958
Country Style, U.S.A.
(TV Series short) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Episode #2.11
(1958)
... (lyrics: "The Party's Over")
1958
Wonderful Town
(TV Movie) (lyrics: "Christopher Street", "Ohio", "One Hundred Easy Ways", "What a Waste", "A Little Bit in Love", "Conversation Piece", "A Quiet Girl", "Conga!", "My Darlin' Eileen", "Swing!", "It's Love", "Wrong Note Rag", "Finale: It's Love (reprise)")
1958
The Frank Sinatra Show
(TV Series) (lyrics - 3 episodes)
- Pat Suzuki and Natalie Wood
(1958)
... (lyrics: "Lonely Town" - uncredited)
- Edie Adams
(1958)
... (lyrics: "It's Love" - uncredited)
- Jeannie Carson
(1958)
... (lyrics: "Lonely Town" - uncredited)
1958
The Patrice Munsel Show
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.16
(1958)
... (lyrics: "Moses Supposes" - uncredited)
1957
The Ed Sullivan Show
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #10.23
(1957)
... (writer: "It's Love")
1956-1957
The Nat King Cole Show
(TV Series) (lyrics - 2 episodes)
- Episode #1.12
(1957)
... (lyrics: "Just in Time" - uncredited)
- Episode #1.7
(1956)
... (lyrics: "Just in Time" - uncredited)
1956
Omnibus
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- The American Musical Comedy
(1956)
... (lyrics: "Opening Medley")
1955
MGM Parade
(TV Series documentary) (lyrics - 2 episodes)
- Episode #1.2
(1955)
... (lyrics: "I Like Myself" - uncredited)
- Episode #1.1
(1955)
... (lyrics: "Baby, You Knock Me Out" (1955) - uncredited)
1955
It's Always Fair Weather
(lyrics: "March, March" (1955), "The Time for Parting" (1955), "Once Upon a Time" (1955), "Thanks a Lot, but No Thanks" (1955), "I Shouldn't Have Come" (1955), "Music Is Better Than Words" (1955), "Saturation-Wise" (1955), "I Like Myself" (1955), "Stillman's Gym" (1955), "Baby, You Knock Me Out" (1955) - uncredited)
1950
The Frank Sinatra Show
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.5
(1950)
... (lyrics: "Let's Go Up to My Place")
1949
On the Town
(lyrics: "New York, New York", "Come Up to My Place", "I Feel Like I'm Not Out of Bed Yet" (uncredited), "Prehistoric Man" (uncredited), "Main Street" (uncredited), "You're Awful" (uncredited), "On the Town" (uncredited), "Count on Me" (uncredited), "That's All There Is, Folks" (uncredited))
1949
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
(lyrics: "Yes, Indeedy", "O'Brien to Ryan to Goldberg", "The Right Girl for Me", "It's Fate Baby, It's Fate" - uncredited)
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Stage Play: Fade Out - Fade In. Musical comedy. Music by Jule Styne. Lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green. Material by Betty Comden and Adolph Green. Musical Direction by Colin Romoff. Music orchestrated by Ralph Burns and Ray Ellis. Vocal arrangements by Buster Davis. Dance arrangements by Richard De Benidictis. Musical Staging by ... See more »
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