Known For
Sound
Born
Jun 09, 1891
Died
Oct 15, 1964
Place of Birth
Peru, Indiana, USA
Credits
54 titles
Cole Porter
Biography
Cole Albert Porter (June 9, 1891 – October 15, 1964) was an American composer and songwriter. Many of his songs became standards noted for their witty, urbane lyrics, and many of his scores found success on Broadway and in Hollywood films. Born to a wealthy family in Indiana, Porter defied his grandfather's wishes for him to practice law and took up music as a profession. Classically trained, he was drawn to musical theatre. After a slow start, he began to achieve success in the 1920s, and by the 1930s, was one of the major songwriters for the Broadway stage. Unlike many successful Broadway composers, Porter wrote both music and lyrics. After a serious horseback riding accident in 1937, Porter was left disabled and in constant pain, but he continued to work. His shows of the early 1940s did not contain the lasting hits of his best work of the 1920s and 1930s, but in 1948 he made a triumphant comeback with his most successful musical, Kiss Me, Kate. It won the first Tony Award for Best Musical. Porter's other musicals include Fifty Million Frenchmen, DuBarry Was a Lady, Anything Goes, Can-Can and Silk Stockings. Hit songs include "Night and Day", "Begin the Beguine", "I Get a Kick Out of You", "Well, Did You Evah!", "I've Got You Under My Skin", "Let's Do It, Let's Fall in Love", "My Heart Belongs to Daddy", and "You're the Top". He also composed scores for films from the 1930s through the 1950s, including Born to Dance (1936), which features "You'd Be So Easy to Love"; Rosalie (1937), which features "In the Still of the Night"; High Society (1956), which features "True Love"; and Les Girls (1957), which features "Ça, C'est L'amour".
Known For
Filmography
Kiss Me, Kate
Songs
Anything Goes
Musical
Love, Linda: The Life of Mrs. Cole Porter
Songs
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
Kiss Me Kate: BBC Proms
Sound
Kiss Me, Kate
Music
Public Speaking
Self (archive footage)
20th Century Greats
Self (archive footage)
De-Lovely
Musical Performer - "You're The Top"
Cole Porter in Hollywood: Satin and Silk
Self (archive footage)
Cole Porter in Hollywood: Ça c'est l'amour
Self (archive footage)
Kiss Me, Kate
Lyricist
Cole Porter in Hollywood: Begin the Beguine
My Heart Belongs to Daddy
Music
Can-Can / Nightless Castle in Manhattan
Original Music Composer
Manhattan Murder Mystery
Music
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
Self (archive footage)
Evil Under the Sun
Music
That's Entertainment, Part II
Thanks
At Long Last Love
Songs
Kiss Me, Kate
Original Music Composer
Let's Make Love
Songs
Can-Can
Music
Kiss Me, Kate
Songs
Aladdin
Songs
Les Girls
Songs
DuPont Show of the Month
Original Music Composer
Silk Stockings
Lyricist
High Society
Original Music Composer
Anything Goes
Lyricist
Paris in the Springtime
Songs
Anything Goes
Songs
Kiss Me Kate
Songs
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
The Pirate
Lyricist
Night and Day
Lyricist
Hollywood Canteen
Lyricist
Something for the Boys
Songs
Du Barry Was a Lady
Songs
Let's Face It
Songs
All Star Melody Masters
Lyricist
Something to Shout About
Songs
Panama Hattie
Lyricist
You'll Never Get Rich
Lyricist
Broadway Melody of 1940
Songs
Rosalie
Original Music Composer
Born to Dance
Songs
¡Joropo!
Music
Anything Goes
Lyricist
The Gay Divorcee
Lyricist