Person Detail: George M Cohan
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| Full Name: George M Cohan | ||
| Biography: (1878-1942) Playwright, composer, actor, lyricist, librettist. Cohan wrote numerous Broadway musicals and straight plays. Cohan had his first big Broadway hit in 1904 with the show "Little Johnny Jones," which introduced his tunes "Give My Regards to Broadway" and "The Yankee Doodle Boy". Cohan shows "Forty-five Minutes from Broadway" (1905), "George Washington, Jr." (1906), "The Talk of New York" and "The Honeymooners" (1907), "The Yankee Prince" (1908), "Broadway Jones" (1912), "The Cohan Revue of 1918" (co-written with Irving Berlin), "The Tavern" (1920), "The Song and Dance Man" (1923),He earned acclaim as a serious actor in Eugene O'Neill's "Ah, Wilderness!" (1933), and in the role of a song-and dance President Franklin D. Roosevelt in Rodgers and Hart's musical, "I'd Rather Be Right" (1937). Lived in Nassau County and in the Actors Home in West Brighton.Cohan is probably the most honored American entertainer. In 1941, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt presented him with a Congressional Gold Medal in honor of his contributions to World War I morale, in particular the songs "You're a Grand Old Flag" and "Over There". |
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| Year: 1878 | Event: BIRTH |
(Unknown) County Born in Providence, Rhode Island. |
| Year: 1904 | Event: LITWORK |
(Unknown) County "Little Johnny Jones,"" |
| Year: 1905 | Event: LITWORK |
(Unknown) County "Forty-five Minutes from Broadway" |
| Year: 1906 | Event: LITWORK |
(Unknown) County "George Washington, Jr." |
| Year: 1907 | Event: LITWORK |
(Unknown) County "The Talk of New York" |
| Year: 1907 | Event: LITWORK |
(Unknown) County "The Honeymooners" |
| Year: 1908 | Event: LITWORK |
(Unknown) County "The Yankee Prince" |
| Year: 1912 | Event: LITWORK |
(Unknown) County "Broadway Jones" |
| Year: 1918 | Event: LITWORK |
(Unknown) County "The Cohan Revue of 1918" (co-written with Irving Berlin), |
| Year: 1920 | Event: LITWORK |
(Unknown) County "The Tavern" |
| Year: 1923 | Event: LITWORK |
(Unknown) County "The Song and Dance Man" |
| Year: 1942 | Event: DEATH |
New York County Died at his home in New York City. |
| Year: ? | Event: RESIDENCE |
Nassau County Lived in Nassau County, NY |
| Year: ? | Event: RESIDENCE |
Richmond County Lived in the Actor's Home in West Brighton. |
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