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Ann Ronell(1905-1993)

  • Music Department
  • Composer
  • Writer
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ANN RONELL was one of the few early song writers who wrote both the words and the music, beginning in 1930 with BABY'S BIRTHDAY PARTY. That led to many "kiddie" -style tunes, such as MICKEY MOUSE AND MINNIE'S IN TOWN and IN A SILLY SYMPHONY. A graduate of prestigious Radcliffe College, she taught music, coached singers, and played rehearsal piano for Broadway shows. She later scored music for films, composed ballet music, and created librettos for operas. WILLOW WEEP FOR ME became a jazz piano standard.
BornDecember 25, 1905
DiedDecember 25, 1993(88)
BornDecember 25, 1905
DiedDecember 25, 1993(88)
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  • Nominated for 2 Oscars
    • 2 nominations total

Known for

Clint Eastwood in In the Line of Fire (1993)
In the Line of Fire
7.2
  • Soundtrack
  • 1993
Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
8.0
  • Soundtrack
  • 1966
Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara in Carol (2015)
Carol
7.3
  • Soundtrack
  • 2015
Robert Mitchum, William 'Billy' Benedict, Wally Cassell, Dorothy Coonan Wellman, Yolanda Lacca, Jimmy Lloyd, Burgess Meredith, William Murphy, John R. Reilly, and Freddie Steele in Story of G.I. Joe (1945)
Story of G.I. Joe
7.2
  • Composer
  • 1945

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  • Simply Mad About the Mouse (1991)
    Simply Mad About the Mouse
    6.9
    Short
    • additional lyrics by (as "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf")
    • 1991
  • Tallulah Bankhead, Ethel Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore, Shirley Booth, Mary Martin, Tommy Morton, and Mary Murphy in Main Street to Broadway (1953)
    Main Street to Broadway
    6.3
    • musical director
    • 1953
  • Ava Gardner in One Touch of Venus (1948)
    One Touch of Venus
    6.6
    • new lyrics
    • 1948
  • Tomorrow, the World! (1944)
    Tomorrow, the World!
    6.6
    • musical director
    • 1944
  • Charles Boyer and Hedy Lamarr in Algiers (1938)
    Algiers
    6.6
    • lyrics by
    • 1938
  • Henry Fonda, Leo Carrillo, and Madeleine Carroll in Blockade (1938)
    Blockade
    5.6
    • lyricist
    • 1938
  • Fred MacMurray and Gladys Swarthout in Champagne Waltz (1937)
    Champagne Waltz
    6.1
    • original song by
    • 1937
  • Three Little Pigs (1933)
    Three Little Pigs
    7.5
    Short
    • lyricist (uncredited)
    • 1933

Composer



  • Tallulah Bankhead, Ethel Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore, Shirley Booth, Mary Martin, Tommy Morton, and Mary Murphy in Main Street to Broadway (1953)
    Main Street to Broadway
    6.3
    • Composer
    • 1953
  • Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, Ilona Massey, and Vera-Ellen in Love Happy (1949)
    Love Happy
    5.8
    • musical score
    • 1949
  • Ava Gardner in One Touch of Venus (1948)
    One Touch of Venus
    6.6
    • Composer (uncredited)
    • 1948
  • Robert Mitchum, William 'Billy' Benedict, Wally Cassell, Dorothy Coonan Wellman, Yolanda Lacca, Jimmy Lloyd, Burgess Meredith, William Murphy, John R. Reilly, and Freddie Steele in Story of G.I. Joe (1945)
    Story of G.I. Joe
    7.2
    • musical score
    • 1945

Writer



  • Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, Ilona Massey, and Vera-Ellen in Love Happy (1949)
    Love Happy
    5.8
    • Writer (uncredited)
    • 1949
  • Susanna Foster, Allan Jones, and Margaret Lindsay in There's Magic in Music (1941)
    There's Magic in Music
    7.0
    • based on an idea by
    • 1941

Personal details

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  • Alternative name
    • "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf"
  • Born
    • December 25, 1905
    • Omaha, Nebraska, USA
  • Died
    • December 25, 1993
    • New York City, New York, USA
  • Spouse
    • Lester CowanOctober 7, 1935 - October 21, 1990 (his death)
  • Other works
    Count Me In (1942). Musical revue. Music by Ann Ronell. Based on material by Walter Kerr and Leo Brady. Lyrics by Ann Ronell. Music orchestration by Russell Bennett. Special orchestral arrangements by [error] and Don Walker. Vocal arrangements by Buck Warnick. Choreographed music by Will Irwin. Directed by Robert Ross. Ethel Barrymore Theatre: 8 Oct 1942- 21 Nov 1942 (61 performances). Cast: Charles Butterworth (as "Papa"), Luella Gear (as "Mama"), Leonard Adriance, Jean Arthur (as "Jean" and "Dancing Girl"), Carolyn Ayers, Jim Barron, Robert Bay, Mary Alice Bigham, Whit Bissell (as First Draftee"), Richard Brasno, Vincent Carbone, Gower Champion (as "Teddy Roosevelt Brandywine"), Willis Claire, Julie Colt, Kay Coulter, Danny Daniels, Jean Darling, Alice Dudley, Lew Eckles (as "F.B.I. Man"), Luella Gear, Johanna Gillman, Dorothy Griffin, Victor Griffin, Mary Healy, Stanley Jessup (as "F.B.I. Man"), Charles Julian, Agnes Kane, Cornelia Kilbourn, June Kim, Cookey Kley, Jack Lambert, Alfred Latell, Hal Le Roy (as "Alvin York Brandywine" and "Dancer"), Kay Lewis, Claire Loring, Bubbles Mandl, Joe E. Marks, Melissa Mason, John McCauley, Dolores Milan, Janie New, Olga Novosel, William O'Shay, Jeanette Owens, Gibbs Penrose, 'June Preisser' (as "Tommy" and "Dancer"), Don Richards, Jack Riley, Harry Rogue, Betsy Ross, Dixie Ross, Vicki Ross, Elizabeth Ryan, Margaret Ryan, William Sharon, Robert Shaw, Nina Starkey, Marian Sumetz, Alice Tyrell, Joe Viggiano, Milton Watson, Pat Weakley, Don Weissmuller, Marie Wilson, Willard Woolsey. Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert, Ole Olsen, Chic Johnson, Richard W. Krakauer and W. Horace Schmidlapp. Production supervised by Harry Kaufman.
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    Biography in: "American National Biography". Supplement 1, pp. 525-526. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002.

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