Biography
Adolph Green was an American writer, lyricist and performer. With his longtime collaborator Betty Comden he wrote the screenplay and story for the MGM musical Singin' in the Rain (1952), directed by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen.
Green and Comden began working together in the late 1930s as part of the cabaret act The Revuers. Their film credits include the screenplays for On the Town (1949), The Band Wagon (1953), It's Always Fair Weather (1955), Auntie Mame (1958) and Bells Are Ringing (1960). On Broadway they wrote books and lyrics for several musicals, including On the Town, Wonderful Town and Bells Are Ringing.
Green was born in the Bronx, New York, on 2 December 1914 and died in Manhattan on 23 October 2002.
