Profile of Marvin Hamlisch on Famous Like Me

Marvin Hamlisch (born June 2, 1944) is one of the most successful composers of the twentieth century. He is perhaps best known for his adaptation of Scott Joplin's ragtime music for the motion picture The Sting, including its theme song, The Entertainer.

Hamlisch was born in New York City.

He is one of only a few people people to win all four major performing awards, Emmy Award, Grammy Award, the Oscar and Tony Award, see List of people who have won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony Award.

Broadway

• Imaginary Friends (2002)
• Sweet Smell of Success (2002)
• The Goodbye Girl (1993)
• Smile (1986)
• Jean (1983)
• They're Playing Our Song (1978)
• A Chorus Line (Pulitzer Prize) (1975)
• Seesaw (1973)
• Minnie's Boys (1970)

Film

Films scored

• The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996)
• Open Season (1996)
• Seasons of the Heart (1994)
• Frankie and Johnny (1991)
• Missing Pieces (1991)
• Switched at Birth (1991)
• Women and Men: Stories of Seduction (1990)
• The Experts (1989)
• Shirley Valentine (1989)
• January Man (1989)
• David (1988)
• Little Nikita (1988)
• Sam Found Out: A Triple Play (1988)
• The Return of the Six-Million-Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman (1987)
• Three Men and a Baby (1987)
• The Two Mrs. Grenvilles (1987)
• When the Time Comes (1987)
• A Chorus Line (1985)
• DARYL (1985)
• A Streetcar Named Desire (1984)
• Romantic Comedy (1983)
• I Ought To Be In Pictures (1982)
• Sophie's Choice (1982)
• Gilda Live (1980)
• Ordinary People (1980)
• Seems Like Old Times (1980)
• Chapter Two (1979)
• Starting Over (1979)
• Ice Castles (1978)
• The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1978)
• Same Time, Next Year (1978)
• The Absent-Minded Waiter (1977)
• The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
• The Entertainer (1976)
• Funny Lady (1975)
• The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1975)
• The Sting (1974)
• The Way We Were (1974)
• Save the Tiger (1973)
• The World's Greatest Athlete (1973)
• Fat City (1972)
• The War Between Men and Women (1972)
• Bananas (1971)
• Kotch (1971)
• Something Big (1971)
• Flap (1970)
• Move (1970)
• The April Fools (1969)
• Take the Money and Run (1969)
• Ski Patrol (1968)
• The Swimmer (1968).

Academy Awards

• 1997 Nominee, Best Original Song - "I've Finally Found Someone" from The Mirror Has Two Faces
• 1990 Nominee, Best Original Song - "The Girl Who Used To Be Me" from Shirley Valentine
• 1986 Nominee, Best Original Song - "Surprise Surprise" from A Chorus Line
• 1983 Nominee, Best Original Score - Sophie's Choice
• 1980 Nominee, Best Original Song - "Through The Eyes of Love" from Ice Castles
• 1979 Nominee, Best Original Song - "The Last Time I Felt Like This" from Same Time Next Year
• 1978 Nominee, Best Original Score - The Spy Who Loved Me
• 1978 Nominee, Best Original Song - "Nobody Does It Better" from The Spy Who Loved Me
• 1974 Winner, Best Original Dramatic Score - The Way We Were
• 1974 Winner, Best Original Song - "The Way We Were" from The Way We Were
• 1974 Winner, Best Original Song Score and/or Adaptation - The Sting
• 1972 Nominee, Best Original Song - "Life Is What You Make It" from Kotch

Film trivia

In 1973, he became the first person to win three Academy Awards in the same evening.

In 1977, he wrote the score for the James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me, as John Barry was unable to work in the United Kingdom due to tax reasons.

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