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Jerome David Kern was an American composer of musical theatre and popular music. One of the most important American theatre composers of the early 20th century, he wrote more than 700 songs, used in over 100 stage works, including such classics as "Ol' Man River", "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man", "A Fine Romance", "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes", "The Song Is You", "All the Things You Are", "The Way You Look Tonight", "Long Ago " and "Who?". He collaborated with many of the leading librettists and lyricists of his era, including George Grossmith Jr., Guy Bolton, P. G. Wodehouse, Otto Harbach, Oscar Hammerstein II, Dorothy Fields, Johnny Mercer, Ira Gershwin and Yip Harburg.
Birth Name
Jerome David Kern
Born
Tuesday, 27 January 1885
Died
Sunday, 11 November 1945
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me | Self | 2009 |
American Masters | Self | 1986 |
Great Performances | Self | 1971 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me | Self | 2009 |
American Masters | Self | 1986 |
Great Performances | Self | 1971 |
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1947 | Oscar | Best Music, Original Song | Nominated |
1946 | Oscar | Best Music, Original Song | Nominated |
1946 | Oscar | Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture | Nominated |
1945 | Oscar | Best Music, Original Song | Nominated |
1943 | Oscar | Best Music, Original Song | Nominated |
1942 | Oscar | Best Music, Original Song | Won |
1937 | Oscar | Best Music, Original Song | Won |
1936 | Oscar | Best Music, Original Song | Nominated |