Biography

American composer, librettist, actor, dancer, author, director, and producer on the stage. Started his career in his family vaudeville shows, came to Broadway at the beginning of the 20th century. Was the composer of the American battle hymn of World War 1, 'Over There' Received the Congressional Gold Medal for his lifetime achievement 1936.
- IMDb mini biography by: Stephan Eichenberg <eichenbe@fak-cbg.tu-muenchen.de>

Composer, librettist, actor, dancer, dramatist, author, director, and producer born in Providence, Rhode Island. He began in vaudeville as a child in his family's act, the Four Cohans, and was writing for the act by the age of 15. As an actor he is remembered in such roles as the father in O'Neill's Ah, Wilderness!, and as a writer of such songs as "Yankee Doodle Dandy', which featured in his musical Little Johnny Jones (1904), and which gave the title of the film made of his life.
- IMDb mini biography by: Lester A Dinerstein<lester1@earthlink.net>

At nine he joined his parents' vaudeville act, which included his sister Josephine, and the act thereafter was known as The Four Cohans. He wrote songs and sketches for his own act and those of others. He began producing and managing in partnership with Sam Harris from 1904 to 1920. He acted in and wrote the Broadway stage scores and librettos for "The Governor's Son" and "Forty-Five Minutes from Broadway" (and also directed the latter). He appeared in, directed and co-produced "Little Johnny Jones", "George Washington, Jr.", "The Honeymooners", "The Yankee Prince", "The Little Millionaire", and "Hello, Broadway". He co-produced and directed "The Talk of New York", "Fifty Miles from Boston", "The American Idea", "The Man Who Owns Broadway", "The Cohan Revue" (1916, 1918) and "The Royal Vagabond". He acted, produced and directed "The Merry Malones", and produced and directed "Little Nelly Kelly", and "The Rise of Rosie O'Reilly". He was the playwright, co-producer and director for "Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford", "Seven Keys to Baldpate", "The Miracle Man", and "Hit-the-Trail Haliday". He acted in "Broadway Jones", "A Prince There Was", "The Song-And-Dance Man", "American Born", "Gambling", "Dear Old Darling", and "The Return of the Vagabond". He produced and directed "The Tavern" and "Elmer the Great". He produced "The O'Brien Girl". His other Broadway appearances included "Ah, Wilderness" and "I'd Rather Be Right". Ward Morehouse authored a biography: "George M. Cohan - Prince of the American Theatre". Joining ASCAP in 1914 as a charter member, his popular-song compositions include "The Yankee Doodle Boy", "Give My Regards to Broadway", "Mary's a Grand Old Name", "Forty-Five Minutes from Broadway", "Harrigan", "Molly Malone", "Venus, My Shining Love", "My Musical Comedy Maid", "Revolutionary Rag", "I Guess I'll Have to Telegraph My Baby", "You Remind Me of My Mother", "Life's a Funny Proposition After All", "So Long, Mary", "I Was Born in Virginia", "Over There", "You're a Grand Old Flag", "In a Kingdom of Our Own", "Nellie Kelly, I Love You", "When June Comes Along With a Song", and "Where Were You, Where Was I?"
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