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Ryskind was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Russian Jewish immigrants Ida (Edelson) and Abraham Ryskind. He attended Columbia University but was suspended shortly before he was due to graduate after he called university president Nicholas Murray Butler "Czar Nicholas" in the pages of the humor magazine Jester in 1917.
Ryskind is survived by his wife of 56 years, Ruth; a daughter, Ruth Ohman, executive editor of the Journal of American Cardiologists, and a son, Alan, co-owner and editor of the conservative...
20 Oct 1895. Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA. Death. 24 Aug 1985 (aged 89) Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA. Burial. Mount Hebron Cemetery. Flushing, Queens County, New York, USA Add to Map. Plot. Block 72, Sec C, Lot 32, Grave 2. Memorial ID. 37063930. · View Source. Suggest Edits. Memorial. Photos 6. Flowers 10.
Scope and arrangement. The Morrie Ryskind papers cover the years 1911 to 1985. The collection includes financial papers, contracts, writings, scripts with Ryskind's handwritten notes and edits, and newspaper clippings. There is only one box of correspondence, almost all of which is dated pre-1950.
IMDbPro Starmeter See rank. Morrie Ryskind was born on 20 October 1895 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer, known for My Man Godfrey (1936), A Night at the Opera (1935) and Stage Door (1937). He was married to Mary House.
- Writer, Soundtrack
- October 20, 1895
- Morrie Ryskind
- August 24, 1985
Morrie Ryskind, Born - Oct 20, 1895 New York, NY, USA. Died - Aug 24, 1985 Washington, DC, USA. Writer, Lyricist, Director. Awards and nominations: 1932 Pulitzer Prize for Drama OF THEE I SING [winner] Productions: OF THEE I SING. [Revival, Musical, Comedy] Book (May 5, 1952 - Jul 5, 1952). THE LADY COMES ACROSS.
Morrie Ryskind. (Bio as of Septebmer 2009) A leading playwright, screenwriter, lyricist and director, Morrie Ryskind collaborated on a number of the most celebrated Broadway shows and films of the 1920s and ’30s. With George S. Kaufman he co-wrote the librettos for the stage version of Animal Crackers (1928) then wrote the screenplays for ...
