Betty Comden

Comden studied dramatics at New York University (B.S., 1938). Green attended New York public schools and, during the Great Depression, found his first job as a Wall Street runner. Comden and Green met in 1938 while both were making the rounds of theatrical agents. The…

…Revuers, the troupe (which included Betty Comden and Adolph Green) began performing at cafés and cabarets in New York City and later in Los Angeles and on radio. As a result of the Revuers’ success, Holliday signed a contract with Twentieth Century Fox and played bit parts in three feature…

…and writers Adolph Green and Betty Comden, among others. Highly respected in the industry, Freed received the Irving G. Thalberg Award (a special Academy Award given for excellence in producing) in 1951 and France’s Legion of Honour in 1967.