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Jerry Seelen, whose real name is Jerome Seelen, was an American screenwriter and lyricist born March 11, 1912 in New York City (New York) and died September 12, 1981 in San Diego (California).
Biography
Jerry Seelen wrote lyrics for songs and screenplays for television between 1940 and 1970.
During his lyricist career, he wrote many songs for Milton Berle and Danny Thomas.
In 1950, he wrote the English lyrics to the French song C'est si bon that is recorded by Louis Armstrong with Sy Oliver and his Orchestra June 26, 1950 in New York City. Upon its release, the disc became a worldwide hit.
Personal life
Jerry Seelen married April 24, 1949 in Los Angeles the model Betty Hall (1923-2001). The couple had two children. They divorced in 1957. Alexander Beck, the founder of A.S. Beck shoe store, was Seelen's maternal grandfather.
Filmography
Screenplays
- 1952 :
- The Colgate Comedy Hour
- Four Star Revue
- The Buick Circus Hour
- 1953 :
- The Buick Circus Hour
- Texaco Star Theatre
- 1954 :
- Texaco Star Theatre
- The Saturday Night Revue
- 1958 : The Pat Boone Chevy Showroom
- 1960 : The Revlon Revue
- 1963 :
- Man or Amoeba in My Favorite Martian (season 1, episode 5)
- The Pros and Cons in Glynis (season 1, episode 7)
- 1964 :
- The Art Game, Kate the Stockholder and Local Girl Makes Good in Petticoat Junction (season 1, episodes 22, 29 and 35)
- Scandal in Washington in The Farmer's Daughter (season 2, episode 5)
- Lurch Learns to Dance in The Addams Family (season 1, episode 13)
- 1965 : The Moving Finger in I Dream of Jeannie (season 1, episode 9)
Songs
- 1936 : The Monkeys have no Tails in Zamboanga in Night Waitress
- 1943 :
- Lament of a Laundry Girl in Crazy House
- I'm a Heavy Tipper and Poor Polly in The Woman of the Town
- 1944 :
- Nothing Can Replace a Man, Same Old World... Look what you did to Me, Love is This, Ooh Ah Oh and How did it Happen ? in You Can't Ration Love
- Take it Big, I'm a Big Success with You, Lucky Boy and Love and Learn in Take It Big
- I'm a Woman of the World in Louisiana Hayride
- Barn Dance Polka in National Barn Dance
- 1948 :
- Yippee-o, Yippie-ai in Big City
- When you're Playing with Fire in Julia Misbehaves
- 1951 :
- Lament to the Pots and Pans and Military Life in Call Me Mister
- You're Dependable and We'd Like to Go on a Trip in Lullaby of Broadway
- 1952 : Living the Life I Love, I Hear the Music Now, What are New Yorkers Made Of and Lu Lulla Lu (Hush-a-Bye) in The Jazz Singer
Revues
- 1942 : New Priorities of 1943 at the Richard Rodgers Theatre.
- 1942-1943 : Star and Garter at the Music Box Theatre.
- 1943-1944 : Ziegfeld Follies of 1943 at the Winter Garden Theatre and at the Imperial Theatre.