# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/frank-loesser
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:09:01.041Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/frank-loesser"
name: "Frank Loesser"
slug: "frank-loesser"
description: "Frank Henry Loesser was an American songwriter who wrote music and lyrics for the Broadway musicals Guys and Dolls and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, among others. He won a Tony Award for Guys and Dolls and shared the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for How to Succeed. He also wrote songs for over 60 Hollywood films and Tin Pan Alley, many of which have become standards, and was nominated for five Academy Awards for best song, winning once for \"Baby, It's Cold Outside.\""
tagline: "American songwriter (1910–1969)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Frank_Loesser_studio_photo%2C_1936.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1910-06-29"
deathDate: "1969-07-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm0004230"
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    url:       "http://www.frankloesser.com/"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump