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Stars. O scar Levant was a brilliant, eccentric pianist and composer who was equally famed for his acid wit and hypochondria. "There is a thin line between genius and insanity. I have erased that line," he once said. Levant was considered the foremost interpreter of the music of George Gershwin, who was also a friend.
May 18, 2023 · “What” was a Tony Award—Hayes’s second nomination—for his virtuoso performance as Oscar Levant in the play, Good Night, Oscar, which dramatizes a long night’s journey into the psyche ...
30 quotes from Oscar Levant: 'There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line.', 'I was once thrown out of a mental hospital for depressing the other patients.', and 'Every time I look at you I get a fierce desire to be lonesome.'
Composer, Pianist, Author, Comedian, Actor. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, he was the husband of actress June Gale. They were married on December 1, 1939. Often quoted for his 1942 quip It has always been a regret that the event could not have been delayed four days, so that I would have been born in 1907. As it is,...
Apr 30, 2023 · Oscar Levant at the piano on "Inside U.S.A. with Chevrolet," October 23, 1949, in New York City. CBS via Getty Images The other man is Sean Hayes. For 11 seasons, he played the hilariously self ...
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Oscar Levant first heard George Gershwin's music when he was 12 and became obsessed with it. Eventually, the two became fast friends, but it was a fraught relationship. George wrote countless songs that immediately entered the popular canon, but Oscar penned only one: “Blame It On My Youth.”
Mar 15, 2024 · He spent his last years in virtual seclusion, and passed away in 1972, remembered best for perhaps what he was best at -- not as a concert pianist, a composer, a raconteur, or an actor, but simply as Oscar Levant, unique persona that he was. ~ Bruce Eder. MORE. HOMETOWN. Pittsburgh, PA, United States. BORN.
