--- name: "Cole Porter" canonical: "https://film.one/person/cole-porter" roles: ["Composer"] born: "9 June 1891" died: "15 October 1964" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_over: 0 updated: "2026-09-19T22:34:15.186745+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Cole Porter Composer. Born 9 June 1891 in Peru, Indiana, USA. Died 15 October 1964. ## Details - **Work:** Composer - **Born:** 9 June 1891, Peru, Indiana, USA - **Died:** 15 October 1964 - **Academy Awards:** 4 Oscar nominations - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cole_Porter, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q215120, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006234/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/69394 ## Biography Cole Porter was an American composer and lyricist. He was born in Peru, Indiana, on 9 June 1891 and studied at Yale University and Harvard University. Porter wrote the music and lyrics for the Broadway musical *Gay Divorce* (1932). The song "Night and Day" from the show appeared in the 1934 film adaptation *The Gay Divorcee*. His other stage works include *Anything Goes* (1934) and *Kiss Me, Kate* (1948); he also contributed songs to films such as *High Society* (1956) and *Silk Stockings* (1957). Porter died in Santa Monica, California, on 15 October 1964. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, britannica.com, masterworksbroadway.com.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *The Gay Divorcee* (1934), Fi1m 79, Music, Lyricist — [page](https://film.one/film/the-gay-divorcee.md) ## Complete filmography (47) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Kiss Me, Kate* (2024), as Songs · Original Music Composer - *Anything Goes* (2021), Musical, Songs, Lyricist, Original Music Composer - *Love, Linda: The Life of Mrs. Cole Porter* (2021), as Songs · Music, Lyricist - *Kiss Me Kate: BBC Proms* (2014), Sound - *Kiss Me, Kate* (2011), Music - *De-Lovely* (2004), Musical Performer - "You're The Top", Lyricist, Songs - *Kiss Me, Kate* (2003), Lyricist, Original Music Composer - *Cole Porter in Hollywood: Begin the Beguine* (2003), Actor - *My Heart Belongs to Daddy* (1999), Music - *Can-Can / Nightless Castle in Manhattan* (1996), Original Music Composer - *Manhattan Murder Mystery* (1993), Music - *Evil Under the Sun* (1982), Music - *That's Entertainment, Part II* (1976), Thanks - *At Long Last Love* (1975), as Songs · Lyricist - *Kiss Me, Kate* (1964), Original Music Composer - *Let's Make Love* (1960), as Songs - *Can-Can* (1960), Music, Lyricist, Songs, Original Music Composer - *Kiss Me, Kate* (1958), as Songs · Lyricist, Music - *Aladdin* (1958), as Songs · Lyricist, Music Director - *Les Girls* (1957), as Songs · Lyricist, Original Music Composer - *DuPont Show of the Month* (1957), series, Original Music Composer - *Silk Stockings* (1957), Lyricist, Original Music Composer - *High Society* (1956), Original Music Composer, Lyricist - *Anything Goes* (1956), Lyricist, Songs, Original Music Composer - *Paris in the Springtime* (1956), as Songs · Lyricist - *Anything Goes* (1954), as Songs · Lyricist - *Kiss Me Kate* (1953), as Songs · Lyricist, Music, Original Music Composer - *The Pirate* (1948), Lyricist, Songs, Original Music Composer - *Night and Day* (1946), Lyricist, Songs, Original Music Composer - *Hollywood Canteen* (1944), Lyricist, Songs - *Something for the Boys* (1944), as Songs · Lyricist, Original Music Composer - *Du Barry Was a Lady* (1943), as Songs · Lyricist, Original Music Composer - *Let's Face It* (1943), as Songs · Lyricist - *All Star Melody Masters* (1943), Lyricist, Songs - *Something to Shout About* (1943), as Songs · Lyricist - *Panama Hattie* (1942), Lyricist, Songs - *You'll Never Get Rich* (1941), Lyricist, Songs, Music, Original Music Composer - *Broadway Melody of 1940* (1940), as Songs · Lyricist - *Rosalie* (1937), Original Music Composer, Songs, Lyricist - *Born to Dance* (1936), as Songs · Lyricist, Music, Original Music Composer - *¡Joropo!* (1936), Music - *Anything Goes* (1936), Lyricist, Songs, Original Music Composer - *The Gay Divorcee* (1934), Lyricist, Music — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/the-gay-divorcee.md) - *Paree, Paree* (1934), Lyricist, Songs, Music - *50 Million Frenchmen* (1931), Musical, Music - *The Battle of Paris* (1929), as Songs · Lyricist - *Paris* (1929), Theatre Play ## Gallery - ![Cole Porter](https://film.one/media/person/1227108/gallery-d144aaaaa8b6.jpg) Cole Porter — unattributed, see link, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Coleporter.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Photo of Ed Sullivan and Cole Porter from Sullivan's first television program Toast of the Town. (1952)](https://film.one/media/person/1227108/gallery-2e3339ba3f10.jpg) Photo of Ed Sullivan and Cole Porter from Sullivan's first television program Toast of the Town. (1952) — CBS Television, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/81/Ed_Sullivan_Cole_Porter_Toast_of_the_Town_1952.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) ## Awards ### Academy Awards — 0 won, 4 nominated - 1957: Best Original Song (nominated), for *True Love* - 1944: Best Original Song (nominated), for *You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To* - 1942: Best Original Song (nominated), for *Since I Kissed My Baby Goodbye* - 1937: Best Original Song (nominated), for *I've Got You Under My Skin* ### Other awards — 3 won - Grammy Trustees Award 1989: Grammy Trustees Award (won) - Tony Award for Best Musical 1949: Tony Award for Best Musical (won), for *Kiss Me, Kate* - Tony Award for Best Original Score 1949: Tony Award for Best Original Score (won), for *Kiss Me, Kate* *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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