Ira Gershwin

WriterActorSound Dec 6 (died age 86) Brooklyn, New York, USA 1931–2020 (89 year career)

6.7 avg rating

Highest Rated

The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess

2009 · Lyricist

10.0

The Metropolitan Opera: Porgy and Bess

2020 · Lyricist

9.5

The Metropolitan Opera: Porgy and Bess

2020 · Writer

9.5

Known For

Film

Funny Face

Lyricist

Film

An American in Paris

Lyricist

Film

A Star Is Born

Lyricist

Film

Kiss Me, Stupid

Songs

Film

Shall We Dance

Lyricist

Film

The Country Girl

Songs

Film

Cover Girl

Lyricist

Film

The Barkleys of Broadway

Lyricist

Filmography

Acting (4)

Movies (2)

Gershwin: The American Classic

2018

I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Kurt Weill in America

1992

Television (2)

The Bell Telephone Hour

as Self

The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self

Crew (36)

Movies (35)

George Gershwin Alone

2020

Lyricist

The Metropolitan Opera: Porgy and Bess

2020

Lyricist

9.5

The Metropolitan Opera: Porgy and Bess

2020

Writer

9.5

An American in Paris: The Musical

2018

Musical

7.7

The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess

2009

Lyricist

10.0

Porgy and Bess

2002

Lyricist

Crazy for You

Musical

Porgy and Bess

Book

Porgy and Bess

Lyricist

Kiss Me, Stupid

Songs

Porgy and Bess

Book

Porgy and Bess

Lyricist

Funny Face

Lyricist

Paris in the Springtime

1956

Lyricist

Lady in the Dark

Lyricist

A Star Is Born

Lyricist

The Country Girl

Songs

Give a Girl a Break

Lyricist

An American in Paris

Lyricist

The Barkleys of Broadway

1949

Lyricist

6.9

The Shocking Miss Pilgrim

Lyricist

Ziegfeld Follies

Songs

Rhapsody in Blue

Lyricist

Cover Girl

Lyricist

Lady in the Dark

Lyricist

Girl Crazy

Lyricist

The North Star

Lyricist

Lady Be Good

Lyricist

Lady Be Good

Music

Strike Up the Band

Lyricist

The Goldwyn Follies

Lyricist

Shall We Dance

Lyricist

A Damsel in Distress

Lyricist

Girl Crazy

Lyricist

Delicious

Lyricist

Television (1)

The Jazz Age

1968

Lyricist