Music Lyricist. Along with her husband Alan Bergman, they formed a highly-successful songwriting partnership who were responsible for numerous popular hits recorded by Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand and others. They received Academy Awards for the scores "Windmills of Your Mind" (1969, in collaboration with Michel Legrand) from the film "The Thomas Crown Affair," "The Way We Were" (1973, in collaboration with Marvin Hamlisch) from the film of the same title and "Papa, Can You Hear Me?" (1983 in collaboration with Michel Legrand) from the film "Yentl." During the course of their careers, they received numerous additional Oscar nominations, as well as Emmy Award and Grammy Award wins and nominations. Born Marilyn Katz into a Jewish family, Marilyn was educated at New York's High School of Music & Art where she majored in Music. She went on to study Psychology and English and New York University. In 1958, she married Alan Bergman and remained with him until her death. Their union produced their daughter Julie Bergman Sender who became an accomplished film producer. Among the earliest successful results from their pairing was the hit "Nice 'n' Easy" from the 1960 Frank Sinatra album of the same title. They collaborated with Quincy Jones on the title song for the film "In the Heat of the Night" (1967) sung by Ray Charles. The pair was induced into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1980.
Music Lyricist. Along with her husband Alan Bergman, they formed a highly-successful songwriting partnership who were responsible for numerous popular hits recorded by Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand and others. They received Academy Awards for the scores "Windmills of Your Mind" (1969, in collaboration with Michel Legrand) from the film "The Thomas Crown Affair," "The Way We Were" (1973, in collaboration with Marvin Hamlisch) from the film of the same title and "Papa, Can You Hear Me?" (1983 in collaboration with Michel Legrand) from the film "Yentl." During the course of their careers, they received numerous additional Oscar nominations, as well as Emmy Award and Grammy Award wins and nominations. Born Marilyn Katz into a Jewish family, Marilyn was educated at New York's High School of Music & Art where she majored in Music. She went on to study Psychology and English and New York University. In 1958, she married Alan Bergman and remained with him until her death. Their union produced their daughter Julie Bergman Sender who became an accomplished film producer. Among the earliest successful results from their pairing was the hit "Nice 'n' Easy" from the 1960 Frank Sinatra album of the same title. They collaborated with Quincy Jones on the title song for the film "In the Heat of the Night" (1967) sung by Ray Charles. The pair was induced into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1980.
Bio by: C.S.
Advertisement
