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Marilyn Bergman (born
November 10,
1929) is a
composer,
songwriter and
author.
She was born Marilyn Keith in
Brooklyn,
New York and studied
psychology and
English at
New York University. She and her husband
Alan Bergman, whom she married in 1958, were born in the same hospital and raised in the same Brooklyn neighborhood, but didn't meet until each had relocated to
Los Angeles. Together they've written the music and lyrics for numerous television shows, films, and stage musicals. One of their early successes was "Sleep Warm" the title track to
Dean Martin's 1959 album on which
Frank Sinatra was the 'guest' conductor.
Sinatra sang his first of their compositions, "Love Looks So Well On You", on Sinatra Sings of Love and Things, which came out in 1962.
In 1983, the couple became the first songwriters ever to have written three of the five tunes nominated for an
Academy Award for Best Song - "
How Do You Keep the Music Playing?" from
Best Friends, "It Might Be You" from
Tootsie (with
Dave Grusin), and "If We Were in Love" from
Yes, Giorgio (with
John Williams).
Bergman was inducted into the
Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1980, and in 1995 she was awarded an honorary
doctorate by the
Berklee College of Music. The following year, she received
France's highest cultural honor, the
Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters medal.
Bergman currently is the president and chairman of the
American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP).
Bergman and her husband's credits include:
- Lyrics for "The Windmills of Your Mind", "You Don't Bring Me Flowers", "Yellow Bird", "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?", and the score from Yentl, with music by Michel Legrand
- Lyrics for "The Way We Were", with music by Marvin Hamlisch
- Lyrics and music for Ballroom, a 1978 Broadway musical, "Never Say Never Again" from the film of the same name, the theme songs for the television series The Sandy Duncan Show; Maude and Good Times; Alice, with David Shire, and "Moonlight", featured in the film Sabrina
- Lyrics for "I knew I loved you", the Quincy Jones produced Celine Dion song that was the theme for the movie Once Upon a Time in America with music by Ennio Morricone.
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