Bert Kalmar
Sign in to saveAmerican lyricist (1884-1947)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 2
Top works
- The Marx Brothers
- Monkey Business and Duck Soup
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1884-02-10
- Active to
- 1947-09-18
lyricist
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Listeners · Last.fm
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- 596
- Total plays
- 1,555
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Bert Kalmar (February 10, 1884 - September 18, 1947) was a Jewish American lyricist. He was born in New York, New York. He ran away from home at the age of 10 to become a magician at a tent show, and retained an interest in magic all his life. He never got much of an education, but decided to make a career in show business. He earned enough money as a vaudeville performer to start a music publishing company, Kalmar and Puck. He hired Harry Ruby as a song plugger <a href="https://www.last.fm/mus
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Bert
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Place of death
- Los Angeles
- Occupation
- screenwriter
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Number of children
- 2
- Work location
- New York City
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- place of burial
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park
- date of birth
- 1884-02-16
- date of death
- 1947-09-17
- partner in business or sport
- Harry Ruby
- writing language
- English language
- copyright representative
- American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
- Commons category
- Bert Kalmar
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Original Song
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