Cast & creator
Betty Comden
Best known for Frasier, The Merv Griffin Show, What's My Line?
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Betty Comden (May 3, 1917 – November 23, 2006) 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Betty Comden,licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
53
film credits
11
television credits
26
1947–2018 · acting roles
6.7
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (64)
Showing 64 of 64 credits
Frasier
Linda (voice)
1993
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
1962
What's My Line?
Self
1950
Great Performances
Emily Whitman
1971Great Performances
Self
1971
Tony Awards
Self - Nominee
1956Tony Awards
Self - Presenter
1956
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
The Kennedy Center Honors
Self
1978
Singin' in the Rain
Screenplay
1952Singin' in the Rain
Story
1952
Previn and the Pittsburgh
Self
1977
What a Way to Go!
Screenplay
1964What a Way to Go!
Lyricist
1964
On the Town
Screenplay
1949On the Town
Musical
1949On the Town
Lyricist
1949Art Ford's Greenwich Village Party
Self
1957
The Band Wagon
Story
1953The Band Wagon
Screenplay
1953
It's Always Fair Weather
Woman on Phone (voice) (uncredited)
1955It's Always Fair Weather
Story
1955It's Always Fair Weather
Lyricist
1955It's Always Fair Weather
Screenplay
1955
Auntie Mame
Screenplay
1958
The Barkleys of Broadway
Screenplay
1949
Bells Are Ringing
Screenplay
1960Bells Are Ringing
Theatre Play
1960Bells Are Ringing
Lyricist
1960
The Will Rogers Follies: A Life In Revue
Musical
1993
Wonderful Town
Lyricist
1958
Slaves of New York
Mrs. Wheeler
1989
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
Self
2004
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
Lyricist
1949
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Self
2003
Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon'
Self
2005
The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story
Self
1996
Gershwin
Self
1993
The Fabulous Fifties
Self
1960
Garbo Talks
Garbo (uncredited)
1984
Live from Broadway: Hello, Dolly!
1995
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
Self
2002
What a Glorious Feeling: The Making of 'Singin' in the Rain'
Self
2002
Peter Pan
Lyricist
1960Peter Pan
Writer
1960
Good News
Screenplay
1947
Follies: In Concert
Emily Whitman
1986
Peter Pan
Lyricist
2000Peter Pan
Writer
2000
BBC Proms: Bernstein's On the Town
Writer
2018BBC Proms: Bernstein's On the Town
Lyricist
2018It's Always Fair Weather: Going Out on a High Note
Self (Archive Footage)
2006
Applause
Musical
1973Applause
Teleplay
1973Applause
Writer
1973
Peter Pan
Lyricist
1956Peter Pan
Writer
1956
Peter Pan
Writer
1955Peter Pan
Lyricist
1955
On the Town
Host/Narrator
1993On the Town
Writer
1993
Wonderful Town
Writer
2002
Singin' in the Rain
Writer
2008
Wonderful Town
Lyricist
2018