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Oct 23, 2002 · Find a Grave Memorial ID: 7253264. Source citation. Noted writer and lyricist with long time writing partner Betty Comden. He is remembered for his collaboration in classic musicals movies as Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949), On the Town (1949), Singin' in the Rain (1952), Bells Are Ringing (1960), and Auntie Mame (1958).
Adolphus Williamson Green. Businessman, Lawyer. He founded the National Biscuit Company, known today as Nabisco. Born to immigrant parents, he traveled to Chicago in the 1870s where he became friends with a Postal Contractor by the name of Charles Walsh.
Adolph Green (December 2, 1914 – October 23, 2002) was an American lyricist and playwright who, with long-time collaborator Betty Comden, penned the screenplays and songs for musicals on Broadway and in Hollywood. Although they were not a romantic couple, they shared a unique comic genius and sophisticated wit that enabled them to forge a six ...
Oct 24, 2002 · Adolph Green, the playwright, performer and lyricist who in a six-decade collaboration with Betty Comden was co-author of such hit Broadway musicals as "On the Town," "Wonderful Town" and...
Noted writer and lyricist with long time writing partner Betty Comden. He is remembered for his collaboration in classic musicals movies as Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949), On the Town (1949), Singin' in the Rain (1952), Bells Are Ringing (1960), and Auntie Mame (1958).
Oct 27, 2002 · Green, one of the last great figures of Broadway's Golden Age, composed lyrics and musical librettos that sang and danced him into the nation's dream life. He made harmony and banished gravity...
Oct 23, 2002 · Adolph Green died at 87 in his home in Manhattan, survived by his third wife, actress Phyllis Newman, and their two children, Adam and Amanda. His memorial in December 2002 was a sad but gala theatrical affair, with performances and tributes by two dozen Broadway stars and friends.
