Biography
Jerrold Lewis Bock (November 23, 1928 – November 3, 2010) was an American musical theater composer. He received the Tony Award for Best Musical and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama with Sheldon Harnick for their 1959 musical Fiorello! and the Tony Award for Best Composer and Lyricist for the 1964 musical Fiddler on the Roof with Sheldon Harnick. Born into a Jewish family in New Haven, Connecticut, and raised in Flushing, Queens, New York, Bock studied the piano as a child. While a student at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, he wrote the musical Big As Life, which toured the state and enjoyed a run in Chicago. After graduation, he spent three summers at the Tamiment Playhouse in the Poconos and wrote for early television revues with lyricist Larry Holofcener. One of their songs, the three-part "The Story of Alice," was performed by the Chad Mitchell Trio on their Blowin' in the Wind album of 1962.
Filmography
all 12
Movies 12
self 4
Writer 1
Becoming Benanti: The Role of a Lifetime (2022)
Fiddler on the Roof (2020)
Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles (2019)
She Loves Me (2016)
Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy (2013)
Songs of 'Fiddler on the Roof' (2007)
Love Will Tear Us Apart (2007)
A Stranger Among Us (1992)
Fiddler on the Roof (1983)
She Loves Me (1978)
Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
Fiddler on the Roof
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Known ForSound
GenderMale
Birthday1928-11-23
Deathday2010-11-03 (81 years old)
Birth NameJerrold Lewis Bock
Birth PlaceNew Haven, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
AwardsJohnny Mercer Award, Pulitzer Prize for Drama
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