Awards & Winners

Betty Comden

Date of Birth 03-May-1917
Place of Birth Brooklyn
(United States of America, New York City, New York, New York-White Plains-Wayne, NY-NJ Metropolitan Division)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as Basya Cohen, Comden, Betty, Elizabeth Cohen, Betty Comden
Profession Librettist, Screenwriter, Actor, Lyricist, Playwright
Betty Comden was one-half of the musical-comedy duo Comden and Green, who provided lyrics, libretti, and screenplays to some of the most beloved and successful Hollywood musicals and Broadway shows of the mid-20th century. Her writing partnership with Adolph Green lasted for six decades, during which time they collaborated with other leading entertainment figures such as the famed "Freed Unit" at MGM, Jule Styne and Leonard Bernstein, and wrote the cult musical comedy film Singin' in the Rain.

Awards by Betty Comden

Check all the awards nominated and won by Betty Comden.

1991


Tony Award for Best Original Score
Honored for : Will Rogers Follies
Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album
Honored for : The Will Rogers Follies: A Life in Revue (1991 original Broadway cast)
Kennedy Center Honors

Nominations 1991 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Original Score Will Rogers Follies
Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album The Will Rogers Follies: A Life in Revue (1991 original Broadway cast)

1986


Nominations 1986 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical Singin' in the Rain

1983


Nominations 1983 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Original Score A Doll's Life
Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical A Doll's Life

1978


Tony Award for Best Original Score
Honored for : On the Twentieth Century
Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical
Honored for : On the Twentieth Century

Nominations 1978 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical On the Twentieth Century
Tony Award for Best Original Score On the Twentieth Century

1970


Tony Award for Best Musical
Honored for : Applause

Nominations 1970 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Musical Applause

1968


Tony Award for Best Original Score
Honored for : Hallelujah, Baby!

Nominations 1968 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Original Score Hallelujah, Baby!

1961


Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written Musical
Honored for : Bells Are Ringing

Nominations 1961 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written Musical Bells Are Ringing
Grammy Award for Song of the Year Make Someone Happy

1957


Nominations 1957 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Musical Bells Are Ringing

1956


Nominations 1956 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written Musical It's Always Fair Weather

1955


Nominations 1955 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Story and Screenplay It's Always Fair Weather

1954


Nominations 1954 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written Musical The Band Wagon

1953


Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written Musical
Honored for : Singin' in the Rain

Nominations 1953 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written Musical Singin' in the Rain
Academy Award for Best Story and Screenplay The Band Wagon

1950


Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written Musical
Honored for : On the Town

Nominations 1950 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written Musical On the Town
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written Musical The Barkleys of Broadway