Marilyn Bergman(1928-2022)

Music Department
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Composer

Prolific songwriter ("Nice 'n' Easy", "Yellow Bird"), composer and author Marilyn Bergman wrote several theme songs for television and songs for revues, night clubs, and films. Joining ASCAP in 1953, her chief musical collaborators included her husband Alan Bergman, Lew Spence, Norman Luboff, Paul Weston, Sammy Fain, and Alex North. Her other song compositions included "Cheatin' Billy", "Don't Know Where I'm Goin'", "I've Never Left Your Arms", "Never Be Afraid", "Outta My Mind", "The Right Approach" (for film), "Marriage-Go-Round" (for film), "Sentimental Baby", "Sleep Warm", "Sogni D'Oro", "That Face", "Baby, the Ball is Over", "Ol' MacDonald", "If I Were in Love" (for film) and "That's Him Over There."

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Won 3 Oscars
- 19 wins & 46 nominations total

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Known for

Tootsie

7.4

Soundtrack("Tootsie", "It Might Be You")

1982

In the Heat of the Night

7.9

Music Department

1967

Sabrina

6.3

Soundtrack("Moonlight", "How Can I Remember?")

1995

The Way We Were

7.0

Soundtrack("The Way We Were")

1973

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Good Times
4.1
TV Series
- composer: original 'Good Times' theme
- 2024
Neda Malunaviciute ir Povilas Jaraminas: What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life
Music Video
- lyricist
- 2020
If You're Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast
7.5
- lyrics: "Just Getting Started"
- 2017
In the Heat of the Night
7.6
TV Series
- lyrics: theme music
- 1988–1995
Brooklyn Bridge
8.6
TV Series
- lyricist: theme music
- theme song: "Just Over the Brooklyn Bridge"
- 1991–1993
The Powers That Be
8.2
TV Series
- theme music: lyrics by
- 1992–1993
Alice
6.8
TV Series
- lyricist: theme music
- theme: lyric by
- 1976–1985
Lani Hall: Never Say Never Again
7.4
Music Video
- lyricist
- 1983
Yentl
6.6
- lyricist
- 1983
Good Times
7.4
TV Series
- composer: theme music
- theme music composer
- composer: theme "Good Times"
- 1974–1979
Co-ed Fever
4.5
TV Series
- composer: theme music
- 1979
Maude
7.3
TV Series
- composer: theme music
- theme music composer
- composer: theme song "And Then There's Maude"
- 1972–1978
Sybil
7.9
TV Mini Series
- lyricist
- 1976
The Nancy Walker Show
6.7
TV Series
- composer: theme music
- 1976
Harry and Walter Go to New York
5.4
- lyrics by
- 1976

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Official sites
- Discogs
- Theater_org
Alternative names
- Marilyn Keith Bergman
Height
- 5′ 2″ (1.57 m)
Born
- November 10, 1928
- Brooklyn, New York, USA
Died
- January 8, 2022
- Los Angeles, California, USA(respiratory failure)
Spouse
- Alan BergmanFebruary 9, 1958 - January 8, 2022 (her death, 1 child)
Other works
She wrote TV specials for Fred Astaire and Marge and Gower Champion, and stage scores for "That's Life" LA), "Ice Capades of 1957", and "Something More!" (Broadway). Her albums include "Never Be Afraid", and "Aesop's Fables".