Herbert Fields

American songwriter, librettist and screenwriter. Born July 26, 1897 New York City, New York Died March 24, 1958 (aged 60) New York City, New York. Brother of Joseph Fields and Dorothy Fields. He won two Tony Awards in 1959 for "Redhead": as, with three collaborators, Best Authors (Musical) and as one of the book writers for the Best Musical winner. He was a dance director/choreographer on Broadway as well as a songwriter, dramatist, librettist, actor, stage director and screenwriter. Prior to collaborating with his sister, Herbert Fields wrote the books for musical comedies featuring scores by some of the greatest talents of his day. He wrote seven musicals with Rodgers & Hart, including Dearest Enemy, Peggy-Ann and A Connecticut Yankee, and seven with Cole Porter, including Fifty Million Frenchmen, Du Barry Was A Lady, and Panama Hattie, as well as the three cited above. Among his other collaborators were Vincent Youmans (Hit the Deck), George and Ira Gershwin, Sigmund Romberg and Arthur Schwartz.