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name: "Charles Strouse"
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roles: ["Composer"]
born: "7 June 1928"
died: "15 May 2025"
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updated: "2026-09-20T04:53:53.246453+00:00"
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# Charles Strouse

Composer. Born 7 June 1928 in New York City, New York. Died 15 May 2025.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 7 June 1928, New York City, New York
- **Died:** 15 May 2025
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Strouse, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2960275, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0835190/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6459

## Biography

Charles Strouse was an American composer and lyricist. He was born in New York City on 7 June 1928 and died there on 15 May 2025.

Strouse studied at the Eastman School of Music, at Tanglewood with Aaron Copland, and with Nadia Boulanger in Paris. He collaborated for many years with lyricist Lee Adams. Their Broadway musicals include *Bye Bye Birdie* (1960) and *Applause* (1970). Strouse composed the score for the film *Bonnie and Clyde* (1967) and wrote the music for *Annie* (1977), with lyrics by Martin Charnin. He also composed the theme song “Those Were the Days” for the television series *All in the Family* (1971–79).

Strouse received three Tony Awards. He was married to choreographer Barbara Siman from 1962 until her death in 2023; they had four children.

*Sources: nytimes.com, en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Bonnie and Clyde* (1967), Fi1m 88, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/bonnie-and-clyde.md)

## Complete filmography (21)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Annie Live!* (2021), as Songs · Theatre Play, Original Music Composer
- *Snapshots: A Musical Scrapbook* (2021), Lyricist, Additional Music
- *Chita: A Legendary Celebration* (2020), as Songs
- *Annie* (2014), Original Music Composer, Songs, Theatre Play
- *Annie* (1999), Music, Original Music Composer, Songs, Theatre Play
- *Bye Bye Birdie* (1995), Music, Songs
- *Annie: A Royal Adventure* (1995), as Songs
- *Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day* (1990), as Songs · Original Music Composer
- *All Dogs Go to Heaven* (1989), as Songs
- *Lyle, Lyle Crocodile: The Musical - The House on East 88th Street* (1987), as Mr. Primm/Mover #1 (voice), Songs
- *The Worst Witch* (1986), as Songs · Original Music Composer
- *Annie* (1982), Original Music Composer, Songs, Theatre Play
- *Just Tell Me What You Want* (1980), Original Music Composer
- *It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman!* (1975), Music, Original Music Composer, Songs
- *Applause* (1973), Music, Songs, Original Music Composer
- *There Was a Crooked Man...* (1970), as Songs · Original Music Composer, Music
- *Replay* (1970), Music
- *The Night They Raided Minsky's* (1968), as Songs · Original Music Composer
- *Bonnie and Clyde* (1967), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/bonnie-and-clyde.md)
- *Alice in Wonderland or What's a Nice Kid Like You Doing in a Place Like This?* (1966), Music, Songs, Original Music Composer
- *Bye Bye Birdie* (1963), Music, Songs, Original Music Composer

## Awards

### Other awards — 3 won, 3 nominated

- Emperor Has No Clothes Award 2011: Emperor Has No Clothes Award (won)
- Tony Award for Best Original Score 1992: Tony Award for Best Original Score (nominated), for *Nick & Nora*
- Tony Award for Best Original Score 1987: Tony Award for Best Original Score (nominated), for *Rags*
- Tony Award for Best Original Score 1981: Tony Award for Best Original Score (nominated), for *Charlie and Algernon*
- Tony Award for Best Original Score 1977: Tony Award for Best Original Score (won), for *Annie*
- Tony Award for Best Musical 1961: Tony Award for Best Musical (won), for *Bye Bye Birdie*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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