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Betty Comden

Writing Born May 3, 1917 Brooklyn, New York, USA 24 credits

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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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  • Frasier (1993) as Linda (voice)
  • Tony Awards (1956) as Self - Nominee
  • Tony Awards (1956) as Self - Presenter
  • Great Performances (1971) as Self
  • Great Performances (1971) as Emily Whitman
  • The Merv Griffin Show (1962) as Self
  • What's My Line? (1950) as Self - Mystery Guest
  • The Ed Sullivan Show (1948) as Self
  • The Kennedy Center Honors (1978) as Self
  • Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There (2003) as Self
  • Art Ford's Greenwich Village Party (1957) as Self
  • Previn and the Pittsburgh (1977) as Self
  • It's Always Fair Weather (1955) as Woman on Phone (voice) (uncredited)
  • Garbo Talks (1984) as Garbo (uncredited)
  • Slaves of New York (1989) as Mrs. Wheeler
  • AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies (2004) as Self
  • The Fabulous Fifties (1960) as Self
  • Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer (2002) as Self
  • The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story (1996) as Self
  • Follies: In Concert (1986) as Emily Whitman
  • Live from Broadway: Hello, Dolly! (1995)
  • Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon' (2005) as Self
  • Gershwin (1993) as Self
  • What a Glorious Feeling: The Making of 'Singin' in the Rain' (2002) as Self