Overview
Mini Biography:
Sondheim's work as a composer-lyricist over the past four decades has... more
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His two favorites among his own songs are Someone in a Tree (Pacific Overtures)... more
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Awards:
Won Oscar.
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1 win
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Archive Footage - "The Paul O'Grady Show" (1 episode, 2009)
... aka The New Paul O'Grady Show (UK: new title)
- Episode dated 30 October 2009 (2009) TV episode (writer: "Everything's Coming Up Roses") - "Sit Down Shut Up" (1 episode, 2009)
- Helen and Sue's High School Reunion (2009) TV episode (lyrics: "Together Wherever We Go" (uncredited)) - "50 años de" (1 episode, 2009)
- Eurovisión (2009) TV episode (lyrics: "America") - "Glee" (1 episode, 2009)
- Preggers (2009) TV episode (lyrics: "Tonight" (uncredited)) - "So You Think You Can Dance" (1 episode, 2009)
- Top 12 Perform (2009) TV episode (lyrics: "The Dance At the Gym") - The 63rd Annual Tony Awards (2009) (TV) (lyrics: "Tonight Finale", "The Rumble (Tonight)", "Tonight")
- "Dancing with the Stars" (1 episode, 2009)
- Round Five: Results (2009) TV episode (lyrics: "America" (uncredited)) - 10 veus, 10 anys de L'Auditori (2009) (TV) (writer: "Dones que piquen")
- Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008) (writer: "Prologue")
... aka Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa - The IMAX Experience (USA: IMAX version) - Los grandes éxitos... y mucho más (2008) (V) (lyrics: "Tonight")
- "As the World Turns" (1 episode, 2008)
- Episode #1.13331 (2008) TV episode (lyrics: "Together Wherever We Go") - "Banda sonora" (1 episode, 2008)
- Episode #2.9 (2008) TV episode (writer: "Send In the Clowns") - Boscos endins - Making of (2007) (TV) (writer: "Send In the Clowns")
- Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007) (music: "The Ballad of Sweeney Todd" (Instrumental), "No Place Like London", "The Worst Pies In London", "Poor Thing", "My Friends", "Green Finch And Linnet Bird", "Alms Alms", "Johanna (Parts 1 & 2)", "Pirelli's Miracle Elixir", "Pirelli's Entrance", "The Contest", "Wait", "Ladies In Their Sensitivities", "Pretty Women", "Epiphany", "A Little Priest", "Johanna (Act II)", "God, That's Good!", "By The Sea", "Not While I'm Around", "Toby's Finger (Searching, Part 1)", "Searching (Part 2)", "The Judge's Return", "Final Scene (Part 1)", "Final Scene (Part 2)") (lyrics: "No Place Like London", "The Worst Pies In London", "Poor Thing", "My Friends", "Green Finch And Linnet Bird", "Alms Alms", "Johanna (Parts 1 & 2)", "Pirelli's Miracle Elixir", "Pirelli's Entrance", "The Contest", "Wait", "Ladies In Their Sensitivities", "Pretty Women", "Epiphany", "A Little Priest", "Johanna (Act II)", "God, That's Good!", "By The Sea", "Not While I'm Around", "Toby's Finger (Searching, Part 1)", "Searching (Part 2)", "The Judge's Return", "Final Scene (Part 1)", "Final Scene (Part 2)")
... aka Sweeney Todd (USA: short title) - Company: A Musical Comedy (2007) (TV) (music: "Company", "The Little Things You Do Together", "Sorry-Grateful", "You Could Drive a Person Crazy", "Have I Got a Girl for You?", "Someone Is Waiting", "Another Hundred People", "Getting Married Today", "Marry Me a Little", "Side by Side by Side", "What Would We Do Without You?", "Poor Baby", "Barcelona", "The Ladies Who Lunch", "Being Alive") (lyrics: "Company", "The Little Things You Do Together", "Sorry-Grateful", "You Could Drive a Person Crazy", "Have I Got a Girl for You?", "Someone Is Waiting", "Another Hundred People", "Getting Married Today", "Marry Me a Little", "Side by Side by Side", "What Would We Do Without You?", "Poor Baby", "Barcelona", "The Ladies Who Lunch", "Being Alive")
- The 61st Annual Tony Awards (2007) (TV) (writer: "Being Alive")
- "Ugly Betty" (1 episode, 2007)
- East Side Story (2007) TV episode (lyrics: "Something's Coming") - "Austin City Limits" (1 episode, 2006)
- New Orleans Social Club (2006) TV episode (writer: "Somewhere") - Pet Shop Boys: A Life in Pop (2006) (TV) (writer: "Losing my mind")
- Last Holiday (2006) (lyrics: "I Feel Pretty")
- Where the Truth Lies (2005) (lyrics: "Together Wherever We Go" (1959))
- "Great Performances" (5 episodes, 1985-2005)
- Candide (2005) TV episode (lyrics: "Life Is Happiness Indeed", "Auto da-fé", "This World" (Candide's Lament), "Sheep's Song")
- Broadway's Lost Treasures (2003) TV episode ("Worst Pies in London", "Send in the Clowns")
- My Favorite Broadway: The Love Songs (2001) TV episode (music: "Not a Day Goes By") (lyrics: "Not a Day Goes By")
- Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall (1993) TV episode (writer: "Overture", "Johanna/Pretty Women", "Sweeney Todd Suite", "Loveland", "Getting Married Today", "Back in Business", "Good Thing Going", "Losing My Mind" from Follies/"You Could Drive a Person Crazy", "Our Time" from Merrily We Roll Along/"Children Will Listen", "Being Alive", "Sooner or Later", "The Ballad of Booth", "Broadway Baby", "Not a Day Goes By", "Green Finch and Linnet Bird", "A Weekend in the Country", "Send In the Clowns", "Old Friends", "Sunday", "Water Under the Bridge")
- The Best of Broadway (1985) TV episode (writer: "Everything's Coming Up Roses", "You Could Drive A Person Crazy", "Could I Leave You?", "Pretty Women", "Send In The Clowns") - "Biography" (1 episode, 2004)
- Bette Midler (2004) TV episode (lyrics: "Everything's Coming Up Roses") - The 58th Annual Tony Awards (2004) (TV) (music: "Everybody's Got the Right") (lyrics: "Everybody's Got the Right")
... aka The 2004 Tony Awards (USA: alternative title) - Connie and Carla (2004) (writer: "Let Me Entertain You")
- Ella Enchanted (2004) (writer: "Let Me Entertain You")
- Jersey Girl (2004) (writer: "Johanna" and "God That's Good")
- Starsky & Hutch (2004) (writer: "Send In The Clowns")
- "Arrested Development" (1 episode, 2004)
- Marta Complex (2004) TV episode (writer: "Rose's Turn") - Dean Martin: Encore (2004) (V) (lyrics: "You'll Never Get Away from Me" (uncredited))
- Eloise at Christmastime (2003) (TV) (writer: "Together Wherever We Go")
- Showgirls: Glitz & Angst (2003) (TV) ("Beautiful Girls")
- "Six Feet Under" (1 episode, 2003)
- The Trap (2003) TV episode ("Good Thing Going" (from "Merrily We Roll Along")) - Camp (2003) (writer: "Losing My Mind", "I'm Still Here", "The Ladies Who Lunch")
- Capturing the Friedmans (2003) (lyrics: "Let Me Entertain You")
- Analyze That (2002) (lyrics: "Jet Song" (1957), "Tonight" (1957), "I Feel Pretty" (1957), "Maria" (1957), "America" (1957), "Somewhere" (1957))
- American Soundtrack: This Land Is Your Land (2002) (TV) (writer: "Send In The Clowns")
- V premios Max de las artes escénicas (2002) (TV) (writer: "Aquí está", "Sooner or Later")
- "Late Show with David Letterman" (1 episode, 2002)
... aka Late Show Backstage (USA: title for episodes with guest hosts)
... aka Letterman (Australia)
... aka The Late Show (USA: informal short title)
- Episode dated 13 May 2002 (2002) TV episode (writer: "Some People") - Death to Smoochy (2002) (writer: "I Feel Pretty")
... aka Tötet Smoochy (Germany) - Stars and the Moon: Betty Buckley Live at the Donmar (2002) (V) (writer: "Not A Day Goes By", "Old Friend", "Send in the Clowns")
- Salvador Escamilla: 40 anys d'ofici (2002) (TV) (lyrics: "Escamilla (Maria)")
- "Friends" (1 episode, 2001)
- The One with Chandler's Dad (2001) TV episode (lyrics: "I Feel Pretty") - Accidental Hero: Room 408 (2001) (writer: "Into the Woods")
- "Top Ten" (1 episode, 2001)
- Prog Rock (2001) TV episode (writer: "America") - Putting It Together (2000) (TV) (writer: "Invocation and Instructions to the Audience", "Putting It Together", "Rich and Happy", "Do I Hear a Waltz?", "Merrily We Roll Along", "Lovely", "Hello Little Girl", "My Husband the Pig", "Every Day a Little Death", "Everybody Ought to Have a Maid", "Have I Got a Girl for You", "Pretty Women", "Sooner or Later", "Bang!", "Country House", "Unworthy of Your Love", "Could I Leave You?", "Back in Business", "It's Hot Up Here", "The Ladies Who Lunch", "The Road You Didn't Take", "Live Alone and Like It", "More", "There's Always a Woman", "Marry Me a Little", "Not Getting Married Today", "Buddy's Blues", "Good Thing Going", "Being Alive", "Like It Was", "Finale/Old Friends")
- My Favorite Broadway: The Leading Ladies (1999) (TV) (music: "The Ladies Who Lunch") (lyrics: "The Ladies Who Lunch", "Some People")
- Superstar (1999) ("Everything's Coming Up Roses")
- Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999) (writer: Everything's Coming Up Roses")
... aka Gnadenlos schön (Germany) - "Rock Family Trees" (1 episode, 1998)
- The Prog Rock Years (1998) TV episode (writer: "America") - "That '70s Show" (1 episode, 1998)
- Battle of the Sexists (1998) TV episode (lyrics: "Everything's Coming Up Roses") - "The Simpsons" (2 episodes, 1993-1998)
- The Trouble with Trillions (1998) TV episode (lyrics: "Everything's Coming Up Roses")
- Krusty Gets Kancelled (1993) TV episode (writer: "Send in the Clowns" (uncredited)) - Bernadette Peters in Concert (1998) (TV) (writer: "Broadway Baby" (uncredited), "No One Is Alone" (uncredited), "Sooner or Later" (uncredited), "Johanna" (uncredited), "Happiness" (uncredited), "Hello, Little Girl" (uncredited), "Any Moment" (uncredited), "Later" (uncredited), "You Could Drive a Person Crazy" (uncredited), "Not a Day Goes By" (uncredited), "Being Alive" (uncredited), "With So Little to Be Sure Of" (uncredited), "Children Will Listen" (uncredited), "Move On" (uncredited)) (lyrics: "Some People" (uncredited))
- You Can Thank Me Later (1998) (writer: "Side By Side")
- In & Out (1997) (writer: "Everything's Coming Up Roses")
- Afterglow (1997) (writer: "Somewhere")
- Passion (1996) (TV) (music: "Happiness", "First Letter", "Second Letter", "Third Letter", "Fourth Letter", "I Read", "Transition" (first), "Garden Sequence", "Soldiers' Gossip", "Trio", "Transition" (second and third), "I Wish I Could Forget You", "Soldiers' Gossip" (reprise), "Flashback", "Sunrise Letter", "Is This What You Call Love", "Transition" (fourth), "Forty Days", "Loving You", "Transition" (fifth), "My Husband Goes to Rome", "Farewell Letter", "No One Has Ever Loved Me", "Finale")
- The Birdcage (1996) (writer: "LITTLE DREAM", "LOVE IS IN THE AIR", "CAN THAT BOY FOX TROT")
... aka Birds of a Feather - Company (1996) (TV) (music: "Company, A Musical Comedy") (lyrics: "Company, A Musical Comedy")
- Grumpier Old Men (1995) (writer: "'Maria' From 'West Side Story'")
... aka Grumpy Old Men 2 - Golden Anniversary (1995) (TV) (music: "Old Friends") (lyrics: "Old Friends")
... aka Rosemary Clooney's Demi-Centennial (USA: complete title)
... aka Rosemary Clooney's Golden Anniversary (USA: alternative title) - "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" (1 episode, 1995)
... aka Jay Leno (Australia)
- Episode dated 6 June 1995 (1995) TV episode (writer: "Some People") - Stuart Saves His Family (1995) (writer: "Everything's Coming Up Roses")
... aka Stuart Stupid - Eine Familie zum Kotzen (Germany) - The 66th Annual Academy Awards (1994) (TV) (writer: "Putting It Together")
- Gypsy (1993) (TV) (lyrics: "May We Entertain You", "Some People", "Small World", "Baby June and Her Newsboys", "Mr. Goldstone", "Little Lamb", "You'll Never Get Away from Me", "Dainty June and Her Farmboys", "If Momma Was Married", "All I Need Is the Girl", "Everything's Coming Up Roses", "Together, Wherever We Go", "You Gotta Get a Gimmick", "Let Me Entertain You", "Rose's Turn")
- Memory (1993) (TV) (writer: "Que entrin els clowns")
- Life with Mikey (1993) (lyrics: "EVERYTHING'S COMING UP ROSES")
... aka Give Me a Break - "Un tomb per la vida" (1993) TV series (unknown episodes)
- "Quantum Leap" (1 episode, 1992)
- It's a Wonderful Leap - May 10, 1958 (1992) TV episode (writer: "Somewhere") - The Fisher King (1991) (writer: "Rose's Turn", "Some People")
- The 63rd Annual Academy Awards (1991) (TV) (writer: "Sooner or Later (I Always Get My Man)")
- Defending Your Life (1991) (lyrics: "Something's Coming")
- Into the Woods (1991) (TV) (music: "Prologue: Into the Woods", "Cinderella at the Grave", "Hello, Little Girl", "I Guess This Is Goodbye", "Maybe They're Magic", "A Very Nice Prince", "First Midnight", "Giants in the Sky", "Agony", "It Takes Two", "Stay with Me", "On the Steps of the Palace", "Ever After", "Act II Prologue: So Happy", "Agony II", "Lament", "Any Moment", "Moments in the Woods", "Your Fault", "Last Midnight", "No More", "No One Is Alone", "Children Will Listen / Finale") (lyrics: "Prologue: Into the Woods", "Cinderella at the Grave", "Hello, Little Girl", "I Guess This Is Goodbye", "Maybe They're Magic", "A Very Nice Prince", "First Midnight", "Giants in the Sky", "Agony", "It Takes Two", "Stay with Me", "On the Steps of the Palace", "Ever After", "Act II Prologue: So Happy", "Agony II", "Lament", "Any Moment", "Moments in the Woods", "Your Fault", "Last Midnight", "No More", "No One Is Alone", "Children Will Listen / Finale")
- Sleeping with the Enemy (1991) (lyrics: "THE JET SONG")
- Postcards from the Edge (1990) (writer: "I'm Still Here")
- Dick Tracy (1990) (writer: "Sooner Or Later (I Always Get My Man)", "More", "What Can You Lose", "Live Alone And Like It", "Back In Business")
- Grammy Living Legends (1989) (TV) (writer: "Losing My Mind")
- "Top of the Pops" (1 episode, 1989)
... aka All New Top of the Pops (UK: alternative title)
... aka TOTP
- Episode dated 10 August 1989 (1989) TV episode (writer: "Losing My Mind") - "Wogan" (1 episode, 1989)
... aka The Wogan Years (UK: repeat compilations title)
- Episode dated 31 July 1989 (1989) TV episode (writer: "Losing My Mind") - One Voice (1986) (TV) (writer: "Send in the Clowns") (lyrics: "Somewhere", "Something's Coming")
- The 58th Annual Academy Awards (1986) (TV) (writer: "Putting It Together")
- Sunday in the Park with George (1986) (TV) (writer: "Sunday in the Park with George", "No Life", "Color and Light", "Gossip", "The Day Off", "The Boatman and George", "Everybody Loves Louis", "Finishing the Hat", "We Do Not Belong Together", "Beautiful", "Sunday", "It's Hot Up Here", "Putting It Together", "Children and Art", "Lesson #8", "Move On", "Sunday" (reprise))
- Leonard Bernstein Conducts West Side Story (1985) (TV) (lyrics: "West Side Story")
... aka The Making of 'West Side Story' (USA: new title) - That's Dancing! (1985) (lyrics: "Cool")
- Bassey: You Ain't Heard Nothing Yet (1985) (V) (writer: "Send In The Clowns")
- Trici-traca (1984) (TV) (writer: "Send In the Clowns")
- Terms of Endearment (1983) (lyrics: "Gee, Officer Krupke")
- "The Late Late Lien Show" (1 episode, 1980)
- Episode #2.1 (1980) TV episode (lyrics: "I Feel Pretty") - Airplane! (1980) ("Everthing's Coming Up Roses")
... aka Flying High! (New Zealand: English title) (Philippines: English title)
... aka Flying High (Australia)
- "The Muppet Show" (3 episodes, 1976-1979)
- Episode #4.14 (1979) TV episode (writer: "Everything's Coming Up Roses")
- Episode #1.9 (1976) TV episode (lyrics: "Maria/Tonight/I Feel Pretty (Medley)")
- Episode #1.3 (1976) TV episode (writer: "A Comedy Tonight") - The 33rd Annual Tony Awards (1979) (TV) (writer: "The Worst Pies in London")
- "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" (1 episode, 1978)
... aka The Best of Carson (USA: rerun title)
- Episode dated 3 August 1978 (1978) TV episode (writer: "Send in the Clowns") - A Little Night Music (1977) (writer: "Love Takes Time", "Now/Soon/Later", "The Glamorous Life", "You Must Meet My Wife", "Every Day A Little Death", "A Weekend in the Country", "It Would Have Been Wonderful", "Send in the Clowns", "Finale", "Night Waltz")
... aka Das Lächeln einer Sommernacht (West Germany) - The 31st Annual Tony Awards (1977) (TV) (writer: "I'm Still Here")
- "The Brady Bunch Hour" (1 episode, 1977)
- Episode #1.1 (1977) TV episode (writer: "Send in the Clowns") - The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976) (writer: "The Madame's Song")
- The Ritz (1976) (writer: "Everything's Coming Up Roses")
- Really Raquel (1974) (TV) (lyrics: "Let Me Entertain You")
- Magnavox Presents Frank Sinatra (1973) (TV) (writer: "Send in the Clowns")
... aka Frank Sinatra: Ol' Blue Eyes Is Back (USA: alternative title) - John Lennon and Yoko Ono Present the One-to-One Concert (1972) (TV) (writer: "Somewhere")
- Evening Primrose (1966) (TV) (music: "I Remember") (lyrics: "I Remember")
- "The Perry Como Show" (3 episodes, 1960-1966)
... aka Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (USA: new title)
... aka The Chesterfield Supper Club
- Episode dated 28 March 1966 (1966) TV episode (writer: "All I Need is the Boy")
- Episode dated 7 June 1961 (1961) TV episode (lyrics: "Together" (uncredited))
- Episode dated 7 December 1960 (1960) TV episode (lyrics: "Tonight" (uncredited)) - "Hullabaloo" (1 episode, 1965)
- Episode #1.2 (1965) TV episode (writer: "Together") - "That Girl" (1965) TV series (unknown episodes)
- Gypsy (1962) (lyrics: "Let Me Entertain You", "Some People", "Small World", "If Momma Was Married", "Everything's Coming Up Roses", "You Gotta Have A Gimmick", "Rose's Turn", "All I Need Is The Girl", "Mr. Goldstone, I Love You", "Together, Wherever We Go", "Broadway", "Little Lamb")
- Julie and Carol at Carnegie Hall (1962) (TV) (writer: "History of Musical Comedy)
- West Side Story (1961) (lyrics: "Jet Song", "Something's Coming", "Maria", "America", "Tonight", "Gee, Officer Krupke!", "I Feel Pretty", "One Hand, One Heart", "Quintet", "Somewhere", "Cool", "A Boy Like That/I Have a Love", "Somewhere" (reprise))
- "Sunday Showcase" (1 episode, 1959)
... aka Breck Sunday Showcase (USA: promotional title)
... aka NBC Sunday Showcase (USA: complete title)
- Give My Regards to Broadway (1959) TV episode (writer: "Together, Wherever We Go" (uncredited)) - "The Lux Show" (1 episode, 1957)
... aka The Lux Show Starring Rosemary Clooney (USA: complete title)
- Episode #1.8 (1957) TV episode (lyrics: "Tonight")
- Beat the Devil (1953) (clapper boy) (uncredited)
... aka Il tesoro dell'Africa (Italy)
- "American Masters" .... Himself (1 episode, 2009)
- Jerome Robbins: Something to Dance About (2009) TV episode .... Himself - Streisand: Live in Concert (2009) (TV) (uncredited) .... Himself - Audience
- Mr. Prince (2009) (TV) .... Himself
- "Broadway Beat" .... Himself (1 episode, 2008)
- The Homecoming Opening/Sweeney Todd from Stage to Screen (2008) TV episode .... Himself - "HBO First Look" .... Himself (1 episode, 2008)
- Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2008) TV episode .... Himself - "The Simpsons" .... Himself (1 episode, 2007)
- Yokel Chords (2007) TV episode (voice) .... Himself - "Character Studies" .... Himself (1 episode, 2005)
- Rose (2005) TV episode .... Himself - "Broadway: The American Musical" .... Himself (6 episodes, 2004)
- Putting It Together: 1980-Present (2004) TV episode .... Himself
- Tradition: 1957-1979 (2004) TV episode .... Himself
- I Got Plenty o' Nuttin': 1929-1942 (2004) TV episode .... Himself
- Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin': 1943-1960 (2004) TV episode .... Himself
- Give My Regards to Broadway: 1893-1927 (2004) TV episode .... Himself
(1 more) - "Walk on By: The Story of Popular Song" .... Himself (2 episodes, 2001)
... aka Popular Song: Soundtrack of the Century (USA: rerun title)
... aka The Story of Pop (UK: short title)
- Soundtrack (2001) TV episode .... Himself
- From Russia with Love (2001) TV episode .... Himself
- Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh (1998) (TV) .... Himself
... aka Great Performances: Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh (USA: series title)
... aka Hey, Mr. Producer! (USA: short title) - Company (1996) (TV) .... Himself
- Some Enchanted Evening: Celebrating Oscar Hammerstein II (1995) (TV) .... Himself
... aka Celebrating Oscar Hammerstein II (USA: short title) - "Inside the Actors Studio" .... Himself (1 episode, 1994)
... aka Inside the Actors Studio: The Craft of Theatre and Film (USA: first season title)
- Stephen Sondheim (1994) TV episode .... Himself - The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1993) (TV) .... Himself (Honoree)
- "Great Performances" .... Himself (1 episode, 1993)
- Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall (1993) TV episode .... Himself
- Follies in Concert (1986) (TV) .... Himself - interviewee
- "The Lively Arts" .... Himself (1 episode, 1977)
- A Little Night Music (1977) TV episode .... Himself - Anatomy of a Song (1976) (TV) .... Himself
- "The David Frost Show" .... Himself (1 episode, 1971)
- Episode #3.187 (1971) TV episode .... Himself
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