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Also Known As Israel Gershvin • Arthur Francis • Israel Gershovitz
Born December 6, 1896 • New York City • New York
Died August 17, 1983 (aged 86) • Beverly Hills • California
Awards And Honors Pulitzer Prize
Notable Works “Lyrics on Several Occasions” • “Porgy and Bess”
Notable Family Members brother Ira Gershwin • brother George Gershwin
Oscar Hammerstein II
Oscar Hammerstein II
American lyricist, librettist and producer
George Gershwin
George Gershwin
American composer
Russel Crouse
American dramatist
Umeki, Miyoshi; Buttons, Red: Sayonara
Joshua Logan
American director and producer
Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Sondheim
American composer and lyricist
Neil Simon
Neil Simon
American dramatist
George S. Kaufman
American playwright and journalist
Loesser, Frank
Frank Loesser
American composer and lyricist
Abbott, George
George Abbott
American director
Moss Hart
Moss Hart
American playwright
James Kirkwood
American actor and author
Stein, Gertrude
Gertrude Stein
American writer
Irving Berlin with his hands on a piano's keyboard.
Irving Berlin
American composer
David Mamet, 2004.
David Mamet
American author
Richard Rodgers
Richard Rodgers
American composer
Tony Kushner
Tony Kushner
American dramatist
Connelly, Marc
Marc Connelly
American playwright
Wendy Wasserstein
American playwright
Bertolt Brecht
Bertolt Brecht
German dramatist
Noël Coward
Noël Coward
English playwright, actor, and composer