Charles Strouse

Charles Strouse

Known for: Writing
Biography: 1928-06-07
Deathday: 2025-05-15 (96 years old)

Biography

Charles Strouse (June 7, 1928 — May 15, 2025) was an American composer and lyricist, best known for Broadway hits as Bye Bye Birdie, Applause and Annie, films including Bonnie and Clyde (1967), The Night They Raided Minsky’s (1968), and All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989), and for the TV series All in the Family (1971–79).


Strouse was born in New York City, the son of Ethel (Newman) and Ira Strouse. After graduating from the Eastman School of Music in 1947, he received two scholarships to Tanglewood, where he studied under composer Aaron Copland. Subsequently, Copland arranged for Strouse to get a scholarship with legendary teacher, Nadia Boulanger, in Paris.


Strouse met songwriting partner, lyricist Lee Adams, at a party in 1949, and the duo began a longtime collaboration starting with writing songs for summer resorts in the Adirondacks. Strouse and Adams contributed material to numerous Off-Broadway musical revues, including Catch a Star, Shoestring Revue, The Littlest Revue and Kaleidoscope, and wrote specialty material for Kaye Ballard, Carol Burnett, Jane Morgan and Dick Shawn.


Strouse was passionate about collaboration and would earn Tony Award nominations for his scores with lyricists: David Rogers, Charlie & Algernon (1980), based on the novel Flowers for Algernon, Steven Schwartz, for Rags (1986), with book writer Joseph Stein starring Teresa Stratas, and Nick and Nora (1991), a musical based on Dashiell Hammett’s The Thin Man characters, written with Richard Maltby, Jr.


In addition to his awards, Strouse was the recipient of several honorary doctorates. He was a longtime member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame, inducted in 1985, and the Theatre Hall of Fame.


Strouse also composed orchestral works, chamber music, piano concertos, and an opera. His original piano work, Concerto America, was composed in 2002 to commemorate 9/11 and premiered at The Boston Pops in 2004. His opera Nightingale (1982), starring Sarah Brightman, had a successful run in London, followed by many subsequent productions.

Filmography

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Movies 25

self 3

Voice 1

Songs / Theatre Play / Original Music Composer
Annie Live!

Annie Live! (2021)

Movie
Original Music Composer / Songs / Theatre Play
Annie

Annie (2014)

Movie
4
Music / Original Music Composer / Songs / Theatre Play
Annie

Annie (1999)

Movie
8
Songs / Original Music Composer
The Worst Witch

The Worst Witch (1986)

Movie
Original Music Composer / Songs / Theatre Play
Annie

Annie (1982)

Movie
5.25
Music / Original Music Composer / Songs
It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman!

It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman! (1975)

Movie
Music / Songs / Original Music Composer
Applause

Applause (1973)

Movie
Songs / Original Music Composer / Music
There Was a Crooked Man...

There Was a Crooked Man... (1970)

Movie
Songs / Original Music Composer
The Night They Raided Minsky's

The Night They Raided Minsky's (1968)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Bonnie and Clyde

Bonnie and Clyde (1967)

Movie
5.4
Music / Songs / Original Music Composer
Bye Bye Birdie

Bye Bye Birdie (1963)

Movie

Information

Known For
Writing

Gender
Male

Birthday
1928-06-07

Deathday
2025-05-15 (96 years old)

Birth Place
New York City, United States

Children
Victoria Strouse, Nicholas Strouse

Citizenships
United States

Awards
Emperor Has No Clothes Award

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