Mary Cohan
Composer, Deceased Person
1909 – 1983
Who was Mary Cohan?
Mary Cohan, aka Mary Cohan Ronkin, was a Broadway composer and lyricist, and the middle daughter of vaudeville and Broadway legend George M. Cohan. George's mother's middle name was Mary, and it is believed that his daughter was named after her.
Following a brief career as a cabaret singer, Mary Cohan established herself as a Broadway talent in 1930, when she composed a score for her father's non-musical play The Tavern.
Working with writers John Pascal, Francine Pascal, and Michael Stewart, Mary Cohan supervised the musical and lyrical revisions of her father's songs for the hit 1968 Broadway musical, George M!.
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- Born
- 1909
- Also known as
- Mary Cohan Ronkin
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Neil Litt
(1927/09 - )
- Neil Litt
- Profession
- Died
- 1983
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on July 23, 2013
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