Portrait of Alan and Marilyn Bergman

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Alan and Marilyn Bergman

Marilyn Bergman, American composer and songwriter (died 2022)

Born
November 10, 1929
Age in 2026
97
Zodiac sign
Scorpio
Birth year
1929

About Alan and Marilyn Bergman

Alan Bergman (September 11, 1925 – July 17, 2025) and Marilyn Keith Bergman (née Katz; November 10, 1928 – January 8, 2022) were an American songwriting duo. Married from 1958 until Marilyn's death, together they wrote music and lyrics for numerous celebrated television, film, and stage productions. The Bergmans enjoyed a successful career, honored with four Emmys, three Oscars, and two Grammys (including Song of the Year). They are in the Songwriters Hall of Fame. == Personal life == Alan Bergman was born on September 11, 1925, in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. He was the son of Ruth (Margulies), a homemaker and community volunteer, and Samuel Bergman, who worked in children's clothing sales. Bergman studied at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and earned his master's degree in music at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Marilyn Bergman was born on November 10, 1928, also in Crown Heights – coincidentally, at the same hospital (Brooklyn Jewish Hospital and Medical Center) where Alan was born three years earlier. She was the daughter of Edith (Arkin) and Albert A. Katz. Marilyn studied music at The High School of Music & Art in New York, before studying psychology and English at New York University.

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Career and life highlights

Alan and Marilyn Bergman timeline

  1. Married from 1958 until Marilyn's death, together they wrote music and lyrics for numerous celebrated television, film, and stage productions.
  2. In 1961, the Bergmans wrote their first title song for a motion picture, for The Right Approach, composed by Spence.
  3. In 1964, the Bergmans wrote lyrics to their first Broadway musical, Something More! to music by Sammy Fain.
  4. Hamlisch and the Bergmans won the Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 46th Academy Awards, the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song in 1974, and the Grammy Award for Song of the Year in 1975.

The world when Alan and Marilyn Bergman was born

Alan and Marilyn Bergman was born in 1929. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1929

  • #1 song"Singin' in the Rain"
  • Top movieThe Broadway Melody (first Best Picture winner)
  • Best-selling bookA Farewell to Arms – Ernest Hemingway

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentFirst baseball All-Star Game proposed
  • Top headlineStock market crashes on Black Tuesday
  • Technology milestoneFirst Academy Awards ceremony held
  • Defining fadYo-yos
  • Notable inventionCar radio
  • World population2.10 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderHerbert Hoover
  • Sports championPhiladelphia Athletics (World Series)
  • U.S. population121.8M

1929 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Alan and Marilyn Bergman's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19292026
Gas$0.21$3.45/gal
Average home$6,300$435,000
Average income$3,850$67,500
Movie ticket$0.25$11.95
Postage stamp$0.02$0.73
Population121.8M341 million

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