Creator Record
Metadata
Name |
Berlin, Irving |
Dates & places of birth and death |
May 11, 1888 - September 22, 1989 |
Other names |
Israel Isidore Beilin (Baline) |
Relationships |
married Dorothy Goetz, the sister of the songwriter E. Ray Goetz. who died six months later of typhoid fever, which she contracted during their honeymoon in Havana In the early 1920s, he fell in love with a young heiress, Ellin Mackay, the daughter of Clarence Mackay, whom eloped and married in a simple civil ceremony at the Municipal Building away from media attention. At the time, Berlin was Jewish and MacKay was Catholic, which MacKay's father disapproved. They stayed married until she died in July 1988 at the age of 85. They had four children during their 63 years of marriage: Irving, who died in infancy on Christmas Day 1928; Mary Ellin Barrett and Elizabeth Irving Peters of New York, and Linda Louise Emmet, who lived in Paris. |
Role |
Composer |
Occupation |
Songwriter |
Titles & Honors |
Received the Army's Medal of Merit on October 2, 1945 from General George C. Marshall, at the direction of President Harry S. Truman, in appreciation for writing the music and lyrics to "This Is the Army." Won a Tony Award in 1951 for Best Score for the musical, Call Me Madam. Received a special Congressional Gold Medal in 1954 from President Dwight D. Eisenhower for contributing the song, "God Bless America." Berlin had also written three songs for his candidacy, including "I Like Ike." Won a Special Tony Award (New York City) in 1963 for his contributions to the American musical. Awarded a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1968. Was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970. Was presented with the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1977 by President Gerald Ford Won a Lawrence Langner Tony Award (New York City) in 1978 for his distinguished life in the American theater. Awarded (in absentia,) a Medal of Liberty during centennial celebrations for the Statue of Liberty in 1986. His 100th-birthday celebration concert for the benefit of Carnegie Hall and ASCAP on May 11, 1988. Inducted into the Jewish-American Hall of Fame in 1988. Awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on February 1, 1994. Received induction into the American Theater Hall of Fame. |
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