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DuBose Heyward (1885–1940)

Lyricist ("Summertime") and author, educated in public schools and in the College of Charleston and the University of South Carolina. He was awarded an honorary degree from the University of Norh Carolina. He was the author of several poems, novels and more, and joined ASCAP in 1936; his chief musical collaborators were George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin... See full bio »

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Filmography

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2007 Melba Moore: Live in Concert (video) (writer: "Summertime")
 
2007 The Band's Visit (lyrics: "Summertime")
 
1999-2007 The Sopranos (TV series)
Stage 5 (2007) (writer: "Summertime")
The Legend of Tennessee Moltisanti (1999) (writer: "Summertime")
 
2007 For the Bible Tells Me So (documentary) (writer: "It Ain't Necessarily So")
 
2006 7th Heaven (TV series)
The Magic of Gershwin (2006) (lyrics: "Summertime")
 
2004 Body Confusion (lyrics: "Summertime")
 
2004 Today (TV series)
Episode dated 31 May 2004 (2004) (lyrics: "Summertime" - uncredited)
 
2004 Still Standing (TV series)
Still Seceding (2004) (lyrics: "Summertime")
 
2003 Stuck on You (lyrics: "Summertime")
 
2003 I'll Be There (writer: "Summertime" / as Dubose)
 
2002 Live from Lincoln Center (TV series)
New Year's Eve All-Gershwin Concert (2002) (lyrics: "Selections from 'Porgy and Bess'")
 
2002 Spartacus and Kalashnikov (writer: "Summertime")
 
2002 Hart's War (writer: "Summertime")
 
2000 Chocolat (writer: "Summertime")
 
1999 Great Railway Journeys (TV series documentary)
Singapore to Bangkok (1999) (lyrics: "Summertime")
 
1999 A Walk on the Moon (writer: "Summertime" 1935)
 
1998 Zingo (music: "SUMMER TIME" / lyrics: "SUMMER TIME")
 
1998 There's Something About Mary (writer: "Summertime")
 
1998 My Giant (writer: "I Got Plenty O'Nuttin")
 
1998 Composition for Victory Day (lyrics: "Summertime" - uncredited)
 
1994 The War (writer: "Summertime" / as Dubose)
 
1993 American Playhouse (TV series)
Porgy and Bess (1993) (lyrics: "Summertime", "A Woman Is a Sometime Thing", "Here Come de Honey Man", "They Pass By Singin'", "The Crap Game", "Gone, Gone, Gone", "Overflow, Overflow", "My Man's Gone Now", "Oh, the Train is at the Station", "I Ain't Got No Shame", "It Ain't Necessarily So", "What You Want With Bess?", "O Doctor Jesus", "Street Vendors' Cries", "Clara, Clara", "Finale: O Lawd, I'm On My Way")
 
1993 Cracker (TV series)
The Mad Woman in the Attic: Part 2 (1993) (writer: "Summertime")
The Mad Woman in the Attic: Part 1 (1993) (writer: "Summertime")
 
1993 Mystery Science Theater 3000 (TV series)
Bride of the Monster (1993) (lyrics: "Bess, You Is My Woman Now" - uncredited)
 
1991 The Indian Runner (writer: "SUMMERTIME")
 
1991 Breakfast with the Arts (TV series)
American Night with Simon Rattle and the Berlin Philharmonic (lyrics: "Selections from 'Porgy and Bess'")
 
1986 Women in Rock (video documentary) (lyrics: "Summertime" - uncredited)
 
1984 Once Upon a Time in America (lyrics: "'Summertime' from 'Porgy and Bess'" / as Dubose Hayward)
 
1981 American Pop (lyrics: "Summertime" / as Du Bose Heyward)
 
1979 Saturday Night Live (TV series)
Cicely Tyson/Talking Heads (1979) (lyrics: "I Loves You Porgy" - uncredited)
 
1977 Jimmy Carter's Inaugural Gala (TV movie) (lyrics: "Bess You Is My Woman Now")
 
1967 Young People's Concerts: Alumni Reunion (TV movie) (lyrics: "My Man's Gone Now")
 
1963 The Jerry Lewis Show (TV series)
Episode #1.11 (1963) (lyrics: "I Love You, Porgy")
 
1961 Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (TV series)
Episode dated 7 June 1961 (1961) (lyrics: "Summertime" - uncredited)
 
1959 Porgy and Bess (lyrics: "Summertime", "A Woman Is a Sometime Thing", "Here Come de Honey Man", "They Pass By Singin'", "The Crap Game", "Gone, Gone, Gone", "My Man's Gone Now", "I Ain't Got No Shame", "What You Want With Bess?", "O Doctor Jesus", "Street Vendors' Cries", "God and Me", "Clara, Clara", "Morning Sounds", "Finale: O Lawd, I'm On My Way")
 
1957 The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (TV series)
Episode #2.30 (1957) (lyrics: "Summertime" - uncredited)
 
1945 Rhapsody in Blue (lyrics: "Summertime" - uncredited)
 
Show ShowWriter (6 titles)
2002 Live from Lincoln Center (TV series)
Porgy and Bess (2002) (libretto / play "Porgy")
 
1993 American Playhouse (TV series)
Porgy and Bess (1993) (based on the play by / libretto)
 
1984 Tales of the Unknown South (TV movie) (story "The Half-Pint Flask")
 
1959 Porgy and Bess (libretto / play "Porgy")
 
1950 Lights Out (TV series)
The Half-Pint Flask (1950) (story)
 
1933 The Emperor Jones (additional scenes - uncredited / screenplay / as Du-Bose Heyward)
 
Show ShowMusic Department (1 title)
1993 American Playhouse (TV series) (lyrics by - 1 episode)
Porgy and Bess (1993) (lyrics by)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (1 title)
1937 The Good Earth (screenplay constructor - uncredited)
 
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Personal Details

Other Works:

Novel: "Star Spangled Virgin" See more »

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1 Print Biography  | See more »

Alternate Names:

Du-Bose Heyward
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Star Sign:

Virgo