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Morrie Ryskind, a renegade young socialist-turned-arch-conservative who wrote comedies for the Marx Brothers and won a Pulitzer Prize for the best play of 1932, died early Saturday in...
Aug 25, 1985 · Morrie Ryskind, who wrote or collaborated on comedies and satires ranging from the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical ''Of Thee I Sing'' to the Marx Brothers film ''Animal Crackers,'' died...
Morrie Ryskind was born on 20 October 1895 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer, known for My Man Godfrey (1936), A Night at the Opera (1935) and Stage Door (1937). He was married to Mary House. He died on 24 August 1985 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA.
- Writer, Soundtrack
- October 20, 1895
- Morrie Ryskind
- August 24, 1985
Morrie Ryskind, Born - Oct 20, 1895 New York, NY, USA. Died - Aug 24, 1985 Washington, DC, USA. Writer, Lyricist, Director. Awards and nominations: 1932 Pulitzer Prize for Drama OF THEE I SING [winner] Productions: OF THEE I SING [Revival, Musical, Comedy] Book (May 5, 1952 - Jul 5, 1952). THE LADY COMES ACROSS
Quick Reference. (1895–1985). Stage and film writer. A little known but very successful author of Broadway musicals and Hollywood scripts, he contributed to several major works with the Gershwins and others.
Morrie Ryskind, the librettist of Louisiana Purchase, was born in New York City in 1895 and graduated from the Columbia University School of Journalism. His principal collaborator in the theater was George S. Kaufman, with whom he wrote the Marx Brothers musical Animal Crackers (1928).
A leading playwright, screenwriter, lyricist and director, Morrie Ryskind collaborated on a number of the most celebrated Broadway shows and films of the 1920s and ’30s.
