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Roger Edens

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American composer (1905–1970)

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  • Invitation to the Dance

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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1905-11-09
Active to
1970-07-13

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Roger Edens (9 November 1905 - 13 July 1970) was a Hollywood composer, arranger and associate producer, and is considered one of the major creative figures in Arthur Freed's musical film production unit at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer during the "golden era of Hollywood". Early career and work with Judy Garland Edens was born in Hillsboro, Texas. His parents were of Scots-Irish ancestry. He worked as a piano accompanist for ballroom dancers before going to work as a musical conductor on Broadway. <a hr

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Roger
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Hillsboro
Place of death
Los Angeles
Occupation
producer
Languages spoken
English language
Native language
English language
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writing language
English language
date of birth
1905-11-09
date of death
1970-07-13
start of work period
1932-00-00
cause of death
cancer
manner of death
natural causes
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