Born: August 31st, 1918 (New York)
Died: June 14th, 1986 (lung cancer)
Marriages: Ruth Boyd (1940-1947), Marion Bell (1947-1949), Nancy Olson (1950-1957), Micheline Muselli Pozzo diBorgo (1957-1965), Karen Gunderson (1966-1974), Sandra Payne (1974-1976), Nina Bushkin (1977-?) & Liz Robertson (1981-His death).
Children: All together he had five children.
Interesting Fact: He was on the Yearbook Committee of his High School with John. F. Kennedy.
Successful Era: Wrote Lyrics to songs in popular musicals from the early 50's on into the late 60's.
Awards: He has won three Oscars: Best Writing "An American in Paris" (1951) along with Best Writing & Best Music for "Gigi" (1958). He was nominated for: Best Music "Royal Wedding" (1951), Best Writing "My Fair Lady" (1964) and two Best Music Oscars for "The Little Prince" (1974). He has received six other achievements with nominations for an additional three.
My Favorite Film: From "My Fair Lady" (1964) to "Camelot" (1967) to "Brigadoon" (1954) I'm finding it hard to choose. Brigadoon would win as my favorite though. The story is more impressive to me.
Earlier on he became a Lyricist but found true success when he was teamed with Frederick Loewe in 1942. Since he lost the sight in his left eye from a boxing incident he was rejected during the war to serve in the military. Their first real hit together was "Brigadoon" in 1954. They went on to write songs for "My Fair Lady," "Camelot" & "Gigi" to name a few. Before his death he was approached by Andrew Lloyd Weber to write lyrics to a new play "Phantom of the Opera." Unfortunately his failing health did not allow him to participate as much as he would have liked.
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