Hamilton, Nancy
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born on | 27 July 1908 at 21:15 (= 9:15 PM ) | ||||
Place | Sewickley, Pennsylvania, 40n32, 80w11 | ||||
Timezone | EST h5w (is standard time) | ||||
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Biography
American actress, playwright, lyricist, director and producer, perhaps best known for penning the lyrics for the popular song, "How High the Moon." In 1955, Hamilton won an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for the film Helen Keller in Her Story (1954), becoming the first woman to win that award.
Hamilton's initial venture into New York theatre was as the understudy to Katharine Hepburn in The Warrior's Husband. She worked in the New York theatre from 1932 to 1954. She wrote sketches and lyrics for the revues New Faces of 1934 (1934), One for the Money (1939), Two for the Show (1940) and Three to Make Ready (1946).
Hamilton was the lifelong partner of legendary actress Katharine Cornell. She died on 18 February 1985, aged 76.
Relationships
- spousal equivalent relationship with Cornell, Katharine (born 16 February 1893)
Events
- Work : Prize 1955 (Oscar for Best Documentary Feature)
Source Notes
Sy Scholfield provided birth certificate.
Categories
- Family : Relationship : Mate - Noted (Katharine Cornell)
- Family : Relationship : Mate - Same sex
- Passions : Sexuality : Lesbian
- Vocation : Entertainment : Actor/ Actress
- Vocation : Entertain/Music : Song writer (Lyricist)
- Vocation : Entertain/Business : Director
- Vocation : Entertain/Business : Entertain Producer
- Vocation : Writers : Playwright/ script
- Notable : Awards : Oscar (Best Documentary Feature)
- 1908 births
- Birthday 27 July
- Birthplace Sewickley, PA (US)
- Sun 4 Leo
- Moon 2 Leo
- Asc 11 Pisces
- 1985 deaths
- Family : Relationship : Mate - Noted
- Family : Relationship : Mate - Same sex
- Passions : Sexuality : Lesbian
- Vocation : Entertainment : Actor/ Actress
- Vocation : Entertain/Music : Song writer
- Vocation : Entertain/Business : Director
- Vocation : Entertain/Business : Entertain Producer
- Vocation : Writers : Playwright/ script
- Notable : Awards : Oscar