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Harry Warren was an American composer and lyricist. Warren was the first major American songwriter to write primarily for film. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song eleven times and won three Oscars for composing "Lullaby of Broadway", "You'll Never Know" and "On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe". He wrote the music for the first blockbuster film musical, 42nd Street, choreographed by Busby Berkeley, with whom he would collaborate on many musical films.
Birth Name
Salvatore Anthony Guaragna
Born
Sunday, 24 December 1893
Died
Tuesday, 22 September 1981
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me | Self | 2009 |
All You Need Is Love | Self | 1977 |
The Eddie Fisher Show | Self | 1957 |
The Lawrence Welk Show | Self - Audience Member | 1955 |
The Tonight Show | Self | 1954 |
This Is Your Life | Self / Guest | 1952 |
Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall | Himself | 1948 |
Go Into Your Dance | Harry Warren | 1935 |
A Very Honorable Guy | Harry | 1934 |
Harry Warren: America's Foremost Composer | Himself / Self | 1933 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me | Self | 2009 |
All You Need Is Love | Self | 1977 |
The Eddie Fisher Show | Self | 1957 |
The Lawrence Welk Show | Self - Audience Member | 1955 |
The Tonight Show | Self | 1954 |
This Is Your Life | Self / Guest | 1952 |
Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall | Himself | 1948 |
Go Into Your Dance | Harry Warren | 1935 |
A Very Honorable Guy | Harry | 1934 |
Harry Warren: America's Foremost Composer | Himself / Self | 1933 |
42nd Street | Short Songwriter | 1933 |
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1958 | Oscar | Best Music, Original Song | Nominated |
1954 | Oscar | Best Music, Original Song | Nominated |
1953 | Oscar | Best Music, Original Song | Nominated |
1947 | Oscar | Best Music, Original Song | Won |
1944 | Oscar | Best Music, Original Song | Won |
1943 | Oscar | Best Music, Original Song | Nominated |
1942 | Oscar | Best Music, Original Song | Nominated |
1941 | Oscar | Best Music, Original Song | Nominated |
1939 | Oscar | Best Music, Original Song | Nominated |
1938 | Oscar | Best Music, Original Song | Nominated |
1936 | Oscar | Best Music, Original Song | Won |