Biography Irving Berlin: An American Song
TV-14
TV Episode | Documentary, Biography, History

Biography

Irving Berlin: An American Song

TV-14

TV Episode | Documentary, Biography, History

The life and times of one of America's greatest composers Irving Berlin.

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Updated Dec 25, 2001

Release date

Dec 25, 2001 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Won 2 Primetime Emmy Awards. Another 22 wins & 43 nominations

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30 cast members

Name	Known for
Alan Anderson Self Self See fewer	This Is the Army (1943)
Fred Astaire Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Towering Inferno (1974)
Mary Ellin Barnett Self (as Mary Ellen Barrett) Self (as Mary Ellen Barrett) See fewer	Broadway: The American Musical (2004)
Irving Berlin Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938)
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Ross Elliott Self Self See fewer	Tarantula (1955)
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Douglas Fairbanks Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Thief of Bagdad (1924)
Philip Furia Self Self See fewer	Broadway: The American Musical (2004)
Al Jolson Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Jazz Singer (1927)
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Ethel Merman Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)
George Murphy Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	This Is the Army (1943)
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