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Born. December 27, 1906 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Died. August 14, 1972 · Beverly Hills, California, USA (heart attack) Mini Bio. Oscar Levant's own versatility may have helped to cloud his memory as a sort of Hollywood utility man, perhaps in the worst sense; people tended to see him as one among many personalities, but he was so much more.
Oscar Levant was an American concert pianist, composer, conductor, author, radio game show panelist, television talk show host, comedian, and actor. He had roles in the films Rhapsody in Blue (1945), The Barkleys of Broadway (1949), An American in Paris (1951), and The Band Wagon (1953).
Dec 24, 2006 · Oscar Levant: Hollywood's First Celebrity Meltdown. A century ago this week, pianist, actor, writer and wit Oscar Levant was born. We remember the man some have called America's first...
Oscar Levant. If George Gershwin had an alter-ego, most people would agree that it was Oscar Levant (1906-1972), film composer and arranger. Levant, who was best known as a jazz pianist, was considered to have been the most accomplished interpreter of the vast songbook of U.S. composer George Gershwin, and was the first performer to record ...
May 15, 2020 · Oscar Levant: Pianist, Gershwinite, Middlebrow Media Star. Caleb Taylor Boyd, Washington University in St. Louis Follow. ORCID. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7408-7901. Date of Award. Spring 5-15-2020. Author's School. Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. Author's Department. Music. Degree Name. Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Degree Type. Dissertation.
May 20, 1994 · A Talent For Genius: The Life and Times of Oscar Levant. By. Ty Burr. Published on May 20, 1994 04:00AM EDT. When people under the age of 50 think of Oscar Levant, they mainly recall the rumpled ...
Oct 2, 2018 · The piano wizardry of Oscar Levant, finally in a boxed set. He was as famous for his wit and his chemical dependencies as he was for his music, which is too bad for anyone who admires one of the ...
