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Sammy Fain(1902-1989)

  • Music Department
  • Composer
  • Actor
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Sammy Fain was born on 17 June 1902 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a composer and actor, known for Calamity Jane (1953), Sleeping Beauty (1959) and Grease (1978). He was married to Jane Fischer and Sally Fox. He died on 6 December 1989 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
BornJune 17, 1902
DiedDecember 6, 1989(87)
BornJune 17, 1902
DiedDecember 6, 1989(87)
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  • Won 2 Oscars
    • 4 wins & 10 nominations total

Known for

Doris Day and Howard Keel in Calamity Jane (1953)
Calamity Jane
7.2
  • Music Department
  • 1953
Barbara Jo Allen, Eleanor Audley, Mary Costa, Verna Felton, Taylor Holmes, Barbara Luddy, Bill Shirley, and Bill Thompson in Sleeping Beauty (1959)
Sleeping Beauty
7.2
  • Music Department
  • 1959
John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Eve Arden, Frankie Avalon, and Joan Blondell in Grease (1978)
Grease
7.2
  • Soundtrack
  • 1978
Eva Gabor, Joe Flynn, Jim Jordan, James MacDonald, Bob Newhart, and Geraldine Page in The Rescuers (1977)
The Rescuers
6.9
  • Soundtrack
  • 1977

Credits

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Music Department

  • Jude Law, Joshua Pickering, Jacobi Jupe, Ever Anderson, Alyssa Wapanatâhk, and Alexander Molony in Peter Pan & Wendy (2023)
    Peter Pan & Wendy
    4.4
    • original songs by
    • 2023
  • Citizen Watch: I'm Late (2018)
    Citizen Watch: I'm Late
    Video
    • original music by
    • 2018
  • Angelina Jolie in Maleficent (2014)
    Maleficent
    6.9
    • composer: original songs
    • 2014
  • Donna Mills, Robert Burr, and Shawn Campbell in Love Is a Many Splendored Thing (1967)
    Love Is a Many Splendored Thing
    7.7
    TV Series
    • title music
    • 1967–1968
  • If These Walls Could Speak
    TV Series
    • theme by
    • 1966
  • Calamity Jane (1963)
    Calamity Jane
    7.8
    TV Movie
    • songs: music by
    • 1963
  • Island of Love (1963)
    Island of Love
    5.1
    • composer: songs
    • 1963
  • John McIntire in Wagon Train (1957)
    Wagon Train
    7.6
    TV Series
    • composer: "Wagon Train" theme
    • composer: theme music
    • 1958–1959
  • Barbara Jo Allen, Eleanor Audley, Mary Costa, Verna Felton, Taylor Holmes, Barbara Luddy, Bill Shirley, and Bill Thompson in Sleeping Beauty (1959)
    Sleeping Beauty
    7.2
    • songs
    • 1959
  • Pat Boone and Shirley Jones in April Love (1957)
    April Love
    6.2
    • songs by
    • 1957
  • Eddie Bracken, Alice Ghostley, Dennis Olivieri, and Tirrell Barbery in General Motors 50th Anniversary Show (1957)
    General Motors 50th Anniversary Show
    TV Special
    • composer: theme music
    • 1957
  • Three Sailors and a Girl (1953)
    Three Sailors and a Girl
    6.0
    • songwriter: music
    • 1953
  • Doris Day and Howard Keel in Calamity Jane (1953)
    Calamity Jane
    7.2
    • original songs: music by
    • 1953
  • June Foray, Kathryn Beaumont, Tony Butala, Candy Candido, Paul Collins, Hans Conried, Bobby Driscoll, Robert Ellis, Connie Hilton, Margaret Kerry, Tommy Luske, John Wilder, Corinne Orr, Jeffrey Silver, and Stuffy Singer in Peter Pan (1953)
    Peter Pan
    7.2
    • songs
    • 1953
  • Joseph Dubin, Bill Berg, Ruth Clifford, Pinto Colvig, Dessie Flynn, Jack Hannah, James MacDonald, Clarence Nash, Milt Schaffer, and Norma Swank in Pluto's Christmas Tree (1952)
    Pluto's Christmas Tree
    7.5
    Short
    • composer: additional music (uncredited)
    • 1952

Composer

  • Disney's Alice in Wonderland jr. Choreography
    Video
    • Composer
    • 2006
  • Disney's Halloween Treat (1984)
    Disney's Halloween Treat
    8.4
    Video
    • Composer
    • 1984
  • Walt Disney in The Magical World of Disney (1954)
    The Magical World of Disney
    8.3
    TV Series
    • Composer
    • 1982
  • Half a House (1975)
    Half a House
    4.1
    • Composer
    • 1975
  • If These Walls Could Speak
    TV Series
    • Composer
    • 1965–1966
  • Girl Trouble
    Short
    • Composer
    • 1933
  • Melody Makers No. 1: Sammy Fain (1932)
    Melody Makers No. 1: Sammy Fain
    8.0
    Short
    • Composer
    • 1932

Actor

  • A Special Valentine with the Family Circus (1978)
    A Special Valentine with the Family Circus
    7.1
    TV Movie
    • Bus Driver (singing voice)
    • 1978
  • Dames (1934)
    Dames
    7.0
    • Buttercup Balmer - Songwriter (uncredited)
    • 1934
  • Hal Le Roy in Harold Teen (1934)
    Harold Teen
    6.2
    • Pianist & Singer (uncredited)
    • 1934
  • Ann Dvorak, Dick Powell, and Lyle Talbot in College Coach (1933)
    College Coach
    5.9
    • Piano Player (uncredited)
    • 1933
  • Melody Makers No. 1: Sammy Fain (1932)
    Melody Makers No. 1: Sammy Fain
    8.0
    Short
    • Songwriter Sammy Fain
    • 1932

Personal details

  • Alternative names
    • Fain
  • Born
    • June 17, 1902
    • New York City, New York, USA
  • Died
    • December 6, 1989
    • Los Angeles, California, USA(heart attack)
  • Spouses
      Jane FischerSeptember 11, 1954 - May 22, 1957 (divorced)
  • Other works
    Active on Broadway in the following productions:
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Biographical Movie
    • 5 Articles

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  • Trivia
    The son of a cantor.

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