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Alan Jay Lerner
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American lyricist and librettist (1918-1986)
Film & TV
New York City, New York, U.S.
Alan Jay Lerner was an American lyricist and librettist. In collaboration with Frederick Loewe, and later Burton Lane, he created some of the world's most popular and enduring works of musical theatre both for the stage and on film. Lerner won three Tony Awards and three Academy Awards, among other honors.
Known for
- Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There — Self (archive footage)2003
- The Kennedy Center Honors — Self1978
- No Name City — Self1969
- The Oscars — Self1953
- What's My Line? — Self1950
- The Ed Sullivan Show — Self1948
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Lerner
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Place of death
- New York City
- Occupation
- film producer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- musical
- Image
- Alan Jay Lerner (1962).jpg
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- date of birth
- 1918-08-31
- date of death
- 1986-06-14
- cause of death
- lung cancer
- manner of death
- natural causes
- nominated for
- Tony Award for Best Original Score
- name in native language
- Alan Jay Lerner
- start of work period
- 1942-00-00
- copyright representative
- American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
- Commons category
- Alan Jay Lerner
- partner in business or sport
- Frederick Loewe
- member of
- Writers Guild of America West
- writing language
- English language
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