George Gershwin
September 26, 1898 (126 years old) in New York City, New York, USA
George Gershwin (born Jacob Gershwine; September 26, 1898 – July 11, 1937) was an American composer and pianist whose compositions spanned popular, jazz and classical genres. Among his best-known works are the orchestral compositions Rhapsody in Blue (1924) and An American in Paris (1928), the songs "Swanee" (1919) and "Fascinating Rhythm" (1924), the jazz standards "Embraceable You" (1928) and "I Got Rhythm" (1930), and the opera Porgy and Bess (1935), which included the hit "Summertime".
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- 1990 · Dance Crazy in Hollywood as Self - Composer (archive footage)
- 1975 · Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? as Self (archive footage)
- 1950 · The Golden Twenties as Self (archive footage)