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Lerner<br><b>Mother:</b> Edith A. Lloyd<br><b>Wife:</b> Ruth Boyd (m. 1940, div. 1947, one daughter)<br><b>Wife:</b> Marion Bell (singer, m. 1947, div. 1949)<br><b>Wife:</b> <a href="/people/816/000102510/">Nancy Olson</a> (actress, m. 10-Mar-1950, div. 1957, two daughters)<br><b>Daughter:</b> Liza<br><b>Daughter:</b> Jennifer<br><b>Wife:</b> Micheline Muselli Pozzo di Borgo (m. 1957, div. 1965, one son)<br><b>Wife:</b> Karen Gunderson (m. 1966, div. 1974)<br><b>Wife:</b> Sandra Payne (actress, m. 1974, div. 1976)<br><b>Wife:</b> Nina Bushkin (m. 1977, div.)<br><b>Wife:</b> Liz Robertson (m. 1981, until his death)<br><p> High School: Bedales School, Hampshire, England<br> High School: <a href="/edu/623/000079386/">Choate School (1936)</a><br> University: <a href="/edu/473/000068269/">BS, Harvard University (1940)</a><br><p> <a href="/org/861/000117510/">Dramatists Guild of America</a> <br> <a href="/honors/953/000048809/">Oscar for Best Screenplay</a> 1952 for <i>An American in Paris</i><br> <a href="/honors/824/000056656/">Oscar for Best Music Original Song</a> 1959 for <i>Gigi</i> (shared)<br> <a href="/honors/636/000044504/">Golden Globe</a> 1968 for <i>Camelot</i> (shared)<br> <a href="/honors/636/000044504/">Golden Globe</a> 1975 for <i>The Little Prince</i> (shared)<br> <a href="/honors/859/000044727/">Tony</a> 1957 for <i>My Fair Lady</i> (two awards)<br> <a href="/honors/859/000044727/">Tony</a> 1974 for <i>Gigi</i> (best score)<br> <a href="/honors/929/000102623/">Songwriters Hall of Fame</a> 1971<br> <a href="/honors/109/000048962/">Kennedy Center Honor</a> 1985<br> Risk Factors: <a href="/lists/778/000064586/">Smoking</a>, <a href="/lists/388/000113049/">Amphetamines</a><br> <p> <b>Author of books:</b><br> <i>The Street Where I Live</i> (<tt>1981</tt>)<br><p> <br> <p> <table> <tr> <td align=right valign=middle style="padding-right: 5px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 22px; font-style: italic; color: #ff3333;">New!</span><br> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/" class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">NNDB MAPPER</a></td> <td valign=middle align=right style="border-left: 1px solid #bbb; padding-left: 5px;">Create a map starting with</td> <td valign=middle align=right><a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=135261"><img src="/man.gif" border=0 style="padding: 2px;"></a></td> <td align=left valign=middle> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=135261">Alan Jay Lerner</a></td> </tr> </table> <font face="Trebuchet MS, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="-2">Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript.</font> <br><br><p> <font size=-1>Do you know something we don't?</font><br> <font size=-1><a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=135261" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a></font><br> <p> <br><br><p><font size=-1>Copyright ©2019 Soylent Communications</font><p> </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 8px 25px;"></td></tr> </table> </center> </body> </html>