Cole Porter
American composer and songwriter (1891-1964) · United States · On the map · Musicians · Died at 73
Cole Albert Porter was an American composer and songwriter. Many of his songs became standards noted for their witty, urbane lyrics, and many of his scores found success on Broadway and in Hollywood films.
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1989Grammy Trustees AwardAward1964Died15 October 19641949Tony Award for Best MusicalAwardTony Award for Best Original ScoreAward1891Born9 June 1891
People around Cole
Vincent d'Indy Taught Cole
Pietro Yon Taught Cole
Fred Astaire Cole wrote Silk Stockings (1957)
Frank Sinatra Cole wrote High Society and Can-Can
Bing Crosby Cole wrote High Society and Anything Goes
Jean Del Val Cole wrote Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940)
Gene Kelly Cole wrote Les Girls and DuBarry Was a Lady
Ethel Merman Cole wrote Anything Goes (1936)
Randy Newman Influenced by Cole
Eleanor Powell Cole wrote Born to Dance (1936)
Frances Langford Cole wrote Born to Dance (1936)
Walter Lang Directed Can-Can (1960)
Lilyan Chauvin Cole wrote Les Girls and Silk Stockings
Kurt Kasznar Cole wrote Kiss Me Kate and Anything Goes
Charles Judels Cole wrote DuBarry Was a Lady (1943)
Irène Bordoni Cole wrote Paris (1929)
Richard Alexander Cole wrote Les Girls and DuBarry Was a Lady
Ann Codee Also in Can-Can (1960)
Nestor Paiva Cole wrote Les Girls and Can-Can- Saul Chaplin Produced Can-Can (1960)
Cyril Ring Cole wrote DuBarry Was a Lady (1943)
Eugene Borden Cole wrote Silk Stockings and Can-Can
Jack Cummings Produced Can-Can (1960)
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Porter in the 1930s
Farmhouse at Westleigh Farms
Porter as a Yale College student
Lady in Blue, 1906 portrait of Linda Lee Thomas by Emil Fuchs
Ca' Rezzonico in Venice, leased by Porter in the 1920s
Cole Porter, Linda Lee Thomas, Bernard Berenson, and Howard Sturges in gondola, 1923
Irène Bordoni, star of Porter's Paris
Elisabeth Welch starred in Porter's The New Yorkers and Nymph Errant.Awards
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Country
United States
Category
Musicians
Type
Singer / Musician
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1891 to 1964 · aged 73
