Biography
George Michael Cohan (July 3, 1878 – November 5, 1942) was an American entertainer, playwright, composer, lyricist, actor, singer, dancer and theatrical producer.
Cohan began his career as a child, performing with his parents and sister in a vaudeville act known as "The Four Cohans". Beginning with Little Johnny Jones in 1904, he wrote, composed, produced, and appeared in more than three dozen Broadway musicals. Cohan wrote more than 50 shows and published more than 300 songs during his lifetime, including the standards "Over There", "Give My Regards to Broadway", "The Yankee Doodle Boy" and "You're a Grand Old Flag". As a composer, he was one of the early members of the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP). He displayed remarkable theatrical longevity, appearing in films until the 1930s and continuing to perform as a headline artist until 1940.
Known in the decade before World War I as "the man who owned Broadway", he is considered the father of American musical comedy. His life and music were depicted in the Oscar-winning film Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) and the 1968 musical George M!. A statue of Cohan in Times Square, New York City, commemorates his contributions to American musical theatre.
Filmography
all 36
Movies 36
Writer 28
self 1
House of the Long Shadows (1983)
Little Johnny Jones (1980)
George M! (1970)
Seven Keys to Baldpate (1947)
Seven Keys to Baldpate (1946)
The Meanest Man in the World (1943)
Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
Little Nellie Kelly (1940)
Ladies Must Live (1940)
The Cowboy Quarterback (1939)
Times Square Playboy (1936)
Song and Dance Man (1936)
Seven Keys to Baldpate (1935)
Gambling (1934)
Sons of the Desert (1933)
Elmer, the Great (1933)
The Phantom President (1932)
The Miracle Man (1932)
Seven Keys to Baldpate (1929)
Die seltsame Vergangenheit der Thea Carter (1929)
Little Johnny Jones (1929)
Fast Company (1929)
The Home Towners (1928)
The Baby Cyclone (1928)
The Song and Dance Man (1926)
Seven Keys to Baldpate (1925)
George Washington, Jr. (1924)
Little Johnny Jones (1923)
Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford (1921)
A Prince There Was (1921)
45 Minutes from Broadway (1920)
The Miracle Man (1919)
Seven Keys to Baldpate (1917)
Broadway Jones (1917)
Seven Keys to Baldpate (1916)
Actors' Fund Field Day (1910)
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GenderMale
Birthday1878-07-03
Deathday1942-11-05 (64 years old)
Birth NameGeorge Michael Cohan
Birth PlaceProvidence, Rhode Island, United States of America
ChildrenMary Cohan, Helen Cohan, Georgette Cohan
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsДжордж М. Кохан
Awardsstar on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Congressional Gold Medal
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