Born on this day – Alan Jay Lerner:

Alan Jay Lerner

Lyricist

Librettist

August 31, 1918 – June 14, 1986

Stage:

1600 Pennsylvania Avenue (1976); Brigadoon (1947); Camelot (1960); Carmelina (1979); Coco (1969); Dance a Little Closer (1983); Gigi (1973); Life of the Party (1942); Lolita, My Love (1971); Love Life (1948); My Fair Lady (1956); My Man Godfrey (1984); On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (1965); Paint Your Wagon (1951); The Day Before Spring (1945); What's Up? (1943).

Movies and television:

20 to 1 (2010); 47th Annual Academy Awards (1975); 50 First Dates (2004); A Rainy Day in New York (2019); A Visit with Maurice Chevalier (1967); A Voice Out of the Cold: Vivica Genaux (2004); AFI Life Achievement Award (1988); Agent Elvis (2023); All about Shirley (1972); All Creatures Great & Small (1985); All the World's a Stage (1984); All Things Bright and Beautiful (1968); Ally McBeal (1998); American Idol (2004–2005); An American in Paris (1951); An Evening with... (1965); Angels in America (2003); Antz (1998); Australian Idol (2003); Banda sonora (2012); Bandstand (1965); Barbra Streisand and Other Musical Instruments (1973); Barbra: The Concert (1994); Barbra: Yesterday, Today and Forever! (1970); Barney Miller (1976–1979); Bassey: You Ain't Heard Nothing Yet (1985); BBC Proms (2009 / 2012); Belfast (2021); Belinda's Swan Song (2006); Benidorm (2014); Betty Hughes and Friends (1971); Bing Crosby Special: Making Movies (1968); Biography (1997 / 1998); Blast from the Past (1999); Blue Money (1984); Bob Hope's Love Affair with Lucy (1989); Breaking Bad (2012); Breathe (2017); Brigadoon (1954 / 1964 / 1966); Broadway Open House (1951); Call the Midwife (2014); Callaway Went Thataway (1951); Camelot (1967); Camelot: The World Premiere of Camelot (1967); Ces chers disparus (1978); Champagne Problems (2025); Chevrolet Presents the Golddiggers (1973); Clueless (1995); Confetti (2006); Crônica de um Industrial (1978); CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2006); Cuéntame cómo pasó (2009); Dancing on Ice (2014); Dancing with the Stars (2009–2011); De Mike Burstyn show (1979–1980); Dean Martin: That's Amore (2001); Deutsche Schlagerfestspiele 1966 (1966); Die Otto Show (1973); Diminishing Returns (2020); Dinah! (1979); Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (2016); Doctor Who (2006); Dolly (1977); Eliza (1962); Ensign O'Toole (1962); Family Business (1989); Family Guy (2000–2001); Fanfare (1965); Fifty Years on Stage (2013); Flip (1971); Flubber (1997); Forrest Gump (1994); Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music + Ella + Jobim (1967); Frasier (1999); French and Saunders (1987); Gavin & Stacey (2007); Gay San Francisco (1970); Gigi (1958); Gilmore Girls (2001); Glee (2009–2012); GLOW (2019); Gold (2020); Gold Fever (1970); Gone to Seed (1992); Good Girls Revolt (2016); Good Times (1976–1978); Goodnight Sweetheart (1993); Great Performances (1989–2001); Great Women Singers of the 20th Century: Sarah Vaughan (2005); Groundhog Day (1993); Grumpier Old Men (1995); Happy Birthday, Bob (1978); Happy Days (1978); Havana (1990); HBO Theater (1982); Here's Looking at You, Warner Bros. (1993); Here's Lucy (1971–1972); Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show' (1992); Holiday in Metropolis (2006); Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical Treasure (2008); Idool 2003 (2003); I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue (2008); I'm Thinking of Ending Things (2020); In de Vlaamsche pot (1992); In Therapy (2009); It's Garry Shandling's Show. (1988); I've Got a Secret (1963); Jackie (2016); Jazz Scene at the Ronnie Scott Club (1969–1970); Jim Henson: Idea Man (2024); Jimmy Carter's Inaugural Gala (1977); Joan of Paris (1942); Joe Versus the Volcano (1990); Julie and Carol at Carnegie Hall (1962); Knowing Me, Knowing You with Alan Partridge (1994); Kottan ermittelt (1979); La nuit des César (1993); La vida en el aire (1998); Late Night with Seth Meyers (2017); Late Show with David Letterman (2002–2006); Live and Swingin': The Ultimate Rat Pack Collection (2003); Live from Lincoln Center (2008); Looks Familiar (1981); Lørdagskveld med Erik Bye (1971); Los nuevos y clásicos bloopers (2004); Lost Angels (1989); Love Letter to Atlanta (2020); Mad Men (2007); Man About the House (1976); Married Life (2007); Marry Me (2022); Martine (2002); Mashup (2021); Maurice Chevalier, un canotier à Hollywood (2023); Max Liebman Presents: The Maurice Chevalier Show (1956); McCloud (1977); Me, Myself & Irene (2000); Med sjela i Sjøgata (2004); MGM: When the Lion Roars (1992); Mike Yarwood in Persons (1985); Mister Peepers (1955); Mondo Trasho (1969); Monk (2004); Monsanto Night Presents Burl Ives (1972); Monsanto Night Presents Jack Jones (1974); Monsanto Night Presents Johnny Mathis in the Canadian Rockies (1975); Mr. Belvedere (1988–1990); Mr. B's Lost Shorts (2001); MsMojo (2021); Muppets Tonight (1996); Music from Shubert Alley (1959); Mussolini's Sister (2018); Mwah! The Best of the Dinah Shore Show (2003); My Fair Lady (1964); My Father the Hero (1994); My Name Is Earl (2007); My Summer in Provence (2013); My Summer with Des (1998); Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1989–1997 / 2022); Näytönpaikka (1995); NDR Jazz Workshops (1960); Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (2014); Nixon (1995); No 73 (1985); North by Northwest (1959); Oliver & Company (1988); Omnibus (1956); On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (1970); One Pair of Eyes (1967); Paint Your Wagon (1954 / 1969); Pan Am (2011); Petticoat Junction (1970); Plaza Suite (1986); Porca misèria (2006); Povratak (1966); President Kennedy's Birthday Salute (1962); Pretend It's a City (2021); Real Haunts 3 (2022); Relative Values (2000); Rendez-vous with Maurice Chevalier (2021); Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978); Roswell (2001); Royal Wedding (1951); Royal Wedding: June, Judy and Jane (2007); Saturday Night Live (1977–1997); Saturday Spectacular (1960); Save the Children (1973); Secombe with Music (1982); Secret Diary of a Call Girl (2010); Secret Places (1984); Secret Voices of Hollywood (2013); Seinfeld (1994); Sex and the City 2 (2010); Shirley (1979); Show Tunes at the BBC: Volume 1 (2024); Show Tunes at the BBC: Volume 2 (2025); Show Tunes at the BBC: Volume 3 (2026); Sing Your Song (2011); Six Fifty-Five Special (1981); Skins (2007); Sneaky Pete (2018); So You Think You Can Dance (2009); Soft Toilet Seats (1999); Something Special (1967); Song by Song (1979); Sounds Like Us (1970); Space Ghost Coast to Coast (1997); Stage Mother (2020); Star Search (2003); Stars and the Moon: Betty Buckley Live at the Donmar (2002); Studio One (1958); Sunday Showcase (1959); That's Amore!: Italian-American Favorites (2008); That's Dancing! (1985); That's Entertainment! (1974); That's Entertainment! III (1994); That's Entertainment! III (1994); That's Entertainment, Part II (1976); The 25th Annual Tony Awards (1971); The 31st Annual Academy Awards (1959); The 40th Annual Tony Awards (1986); The 45th Annual Tony Awards (1991); The 69th Annual Tony Awards (2015); The 72nd Annual Tony Awards (2018); The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1960); The Annual British Academy Film and Television Awards (1984); The Arthur Haynes Show (1960–1964); The Band Wagon (1953); The Beiderbecke Affair (1985); The Beiderbecke Tapes (1987); The Bell Telephone Hour (1963–1964); The Big Record (1958); The Bing Crosby Show (1961); The Birdcage (1996); The Brady Bunch Variety Hour (1977); The Broadway of Lerner and Loewe (1962); The Brothers Warner (2007); The Carmel Myers Show (1952); The Chevy Show (1960); The Cooler (2003); The Danny Kaye Show (1963–1964); The Danny Thomas Show (1957–1963); The David Frost Show (1969–1970); The Dean Martin Show (1968–1970); The Dick Cavett Show (1978); The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1958–1962); The DuPont Show of the Month (1957); The Ed Sullivan Show (1948–1969); The Engelbert Humperdinck Show (1970); The Ernie Sigley Show (1974–1975); The Fabulous Fifties (1960); The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990); The Graham Kennedy Show (1972–1975); The Hollywood Palace (1964–1966); The Island (2011); The Jack Benny Program (1956–1964); The Jackie Gleason Show (1957); The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1985); The Kid Stays in the Picture (2002); The Lake House (2006); The Late Late Lien Show (1981); The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2016); The Lawrence Welk Show (1974); The Little Prince (1974); The Lux Show (1958); The Mark of Beauty (2013); The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2019–2023); The Middle (2018); The Mike Douglas Show (1973); The Morecambe & Wise Show (1968–1971); The Mothers-In-Law (1968); The Muppet Show (1976–1978); The Muppets. (2015); The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991); The Nat King Cole Show (1956–1957); The New Steve Allen Show (1962); The Perry Como Show (1960–1966); The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976); The Post (2017); The Project (2024); The Red Skelton Hour (1963); The Revlon Revue (1960); The Royal Variety Performance 1961 (1961); The Royal Variety Performance 1979 (1979); The Seven Lively Arts (1958); The Simpsons (2004–2019); The Spike Jones Show (1957); The Steve Allen Show (1958); The Story of Camelot (1967); The Swift Show (1949); The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show (1957–1961); The Van (1996); The Vicar of Dibley (2007); The Voice of Firestone (1952); The Walter Winchell Show (1956); The Wonder Years (1990); Theater Camp (2023); This Is Your Life (1980); Tiswas (1978–1979); Tohuwabohu (1994–1997); Tony Bennett at the Talk of the Town (1972); Torch Song (1953); Tough Baby: Torch Song (2008); Tribute (1980); Two of a Kind (1962); Tyrannosaur (2011); Un, dos, tres... responda otra vez (1987); Valentine's Day (2010); Veronica Mars (2006); Wag the Dog (1997); Wah-Wah (2005); Waiting for God (1994); Waxwork (1988); Welcome to the Basement (2012); WGN Morning News (2017); What's My Line? (1956–1965); What's Your Number? (2011); Wilde mossels (2000); Will & Grace (2000); William and Mary (2004); Wilson chante Montand (2017); WKRP in Cincinnati (1979); Your Hit Parade (1956); Yves Montand on Broadway (1961); Z Cars (1964).