Biography
Frank Henry Loesser ( "lesser"; June 29, 1910 – July 28, 1969) was an American songwriter who wrote the 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".
Filmography
all 44
Movies 43
Writer 2
TV Shows 1
self 1
Music / Lyricist
Becoming Benanti: The Role of a Lifetime (2022)
Movie
Music
Love Me, Love My Doll (2007)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Guys and Dolls (2002)
Movie
Composer
8 ½ Women (1999)
Movie
Songs
Guys And Dolls: Off The Record (1992)
Movie
Songs / Lyricist
Perfectly Frank: Frank Loesser Revued (1981)
Movie
Songs / Lyricist
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1967)
Movie
Original Music Composer / Songs / Lyricist
Guys and Dolls (1955)
Movie
Original Music Composer / Songs
Hans Christian Andersen (1952)
Movie
Writer
Where's Charley? (1952)
Movie
Hair-do Lempke / Original Music Composer / Songs / Lyricist
Red Hot and Blue (1949)
Movie
Songs / Lyricist
Neptune's Daughter (1949)
Movie
Self
The Ed Sullivan Show (1948)
TV
6
Songs
The Perils of Pauline (1947)
Movie
Lyricist
Behind City Lights (1945)
Movie
Lyricist
Youth Runs Wild (1944)
Movie
Lyricist
Swing Your Partner (1943)
Movie
Writer
Priorities on Parade (1942)
Movie
Lyricist
Sweater Girl (1942)
Movie
Lyricist
Beyond the Blue Horizon (1942)
Movie
Songs
This Gun for Hire (1942)
Movie
Lyricist
Sailors on Leave (1941)
Movie
Lyricist
Sis Hopkins (1941)
Movie
Lyricist
Las Vegas Nights (1941)
Movie
Lyricist
Dancing on a Dime (1940)
Movie
Lyricist
Seventeen (1940)
Movie
Songs
Destry Rides Again (1939)
Movie
6
Original Music Composer
Man About Town (1939)
Movie
Lyricist
Some Like It Hot (1939)
Movie
Lyricist
Spawn of the North (1938)
Movie
Lyricist
Cocoanut Grove (1938)
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Lyricist
College Swing (1938)
Movie
Lyricist
Vogues of 1938 (1937)
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Composer
Everybody Sing (1937)
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Composer
The Golfers (1937)
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Composer
Turkey Dinner (1936)
Movie
Lyricist
Ma and the Auto (1936)
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Lyricist
The Old Prospector Talks (1935)
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Lyricist
Early in the Mornin' (1935)
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Lyricist
Boyhood (1935)
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Lyricist
After the Storm (1935)
Movie
Lyricist
Bill and I Went Fishing (1935)
Movie
Lyricist
The Scout Master (1935)
Movie
Lyricist
Couldn't Live Without You (1935)
Movie
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Information
Known ForSound
GenderMale
Birthday1910-06-29
Deathday1969-07-28 (59 years old)
Birth NameFrank Henry Loesser
Birth PlaceNew York City, United States of America
SpouseJo Sullivan Loesser
ChildrenJohn Loesser
SiblingsArthur Loesser
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
AwardsPulitzer Prize for Drama, Academy Award for Best Original Song
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