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Kurt Weill (1900–1950)
Kurt Weill was born on March 2, 1900 in Dessau, Germany as Kurt Julian Weill. He was married to Lotte Lenya. He died on April 3, 1950 in New York City, New York, USA.
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Born:in Dessau, GermanyDied:(age 50) in New York City, New York, USA |
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2017
Máme rádi Cesko
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Episode dated 6 May 2017
(2017)
... (music: "Mackie Messer (Mack the Knife)")
2015
The Man in the High Castle
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Three Monkeys
(2015)
... (writer: "Mack the Knife" - uncredited)
2015
Marianne Mendt: That's Entertainmendt
(TV Movie) (writer: "Mack the Knife/Die Moritat von Mackie Messer")
2014
Strictly Come Dancing
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Week 9
(2014)
... (writer: "Mack the Knife" - uncredited)
2014
American Horror Story
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Bullseye
(2014)
... (music: "September Song" - uncredited)
2014
Britain's Most Dangerous Songs: Listen to the Banned
(TV Movie documentary) (writer: "Mack the Knife")
2011
Pan Am
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Pilot
(2011)
... (writer: "Mack the Knife" - uncredited)
2011
So You Think You Can Dance
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Two of 8 Voted Off
(2011)
... (writer: "Mack the Knife")
2011
Treme
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- On Your Way Down
(2011)
... (writer: "Mack The Knife" - uncredited)
2011
Gent de paraula
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.20
(2011)
... (music: "Mack The Knife")
2010
No me la puc treure del cap
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- L'àguila negra
(2010)
... (music: "Mack the Knife")
2010
Dexter
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Teenage Wasteland
(2010)
... (writer: "Moritat" ("Mack the Knife") from "Die Dreigroschenoper" ("The Three Penny Opera") - uncredited)
2010
True Blood
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- I Got a Right to Sing the Blues
(2010)
... (writer: "Youkali Tango from Marie Galante" - uncredited)
2010
Memòries de la tele
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #4.17
(2010)
... (writer: "Moon of Alabama")
2009
Dancing with the Stars
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #9.3
(2009)
... (writer: "Mack the Knife" - uncredited)
2007-2008
The X Factor
(TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes)
- Episode #5.15
(2008)
... (writer: "Mack the Knife" - uncredited)
- Auditions 4
(2007)
... (writer: "Mack the Knife")
2008
It Takes Two
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #3.8
(2008)
... (writer: "Mack The Knife")
2008
Dancing with the Stars
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Round 1: Part 3
(2008)
... (music: "Mack the Knife" - uncredited)
2007
Canadian Idol
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Top 4 Performance
(2007)
... (writer: "Mack the Knife")
2006
Torvill & Dean's Dancing on Ice
(TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes)
- Grand Finale
(2006)
... (writer: "Mack The Knife")
- Las Vegas Special
(2006)
... (writer: "Mack the Knife")
2005
Charlie Jade
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Dirty Laundry
(2005)
... (writer: "Mack the Knife")
1989-2005
American Masters
(TV Series documentary) (music - 2 episodes)
- James Dean: Sense Memories
(2005)
... (music: "I"m a Sranger Here Myself")
- Satchmo: The Life of Louis Armstrong
(1989)
... (music: "Mack the Knife")
2004
Singapore Idol
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Piano Show 1
(2004)
... (writer: "Mack the Knife")
2004
Cesko hledá SuperStar
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Páté finále: Swing
(2004)
... (writer: "Mack the Knife")
2003
Idols
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Top 7 Results Show
(2003)
... (writer: "Mack the Knife")
2003
American Idol: The Search for a Superstar
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Trifecta!
(2003)
... (writer: "Mack the Knife")
2003
Idool 2003
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Liveshow 6 - Big Band
(2003)
... (writer: "Mack the Knife")
2003
Skeppsholmen
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #2.2
(2003)
... (writer: "The Ballad of Mack the Knife")
2003
Deutschland sucht den Superstar
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Mottoshow #6 - Big Band
(2003)
... (writer: "Mack the Knife")
2003
Mwah! The Best of the Dinah Shore Show
(TV Movie documentary) (music: "The Ballad of Mack the Knife" (originally "Moritat vom Mackie Messer")) / (writer: "The Ballad of Mack the Knife" (originally "Moritat vom Mackie Messer"))
2002
Pop Idol
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Live Show 6: Big Band
(2002)
... (writer: "Mack the Knife")
2000
VH1 Storytellers
(TV Series documentary) (writer - 1 episode)
- The Doors: A Celebration
(2000)
... (writer: "Whiskey Bar")
1995-1999
Stars in Their Eyes
(TV Series) (writer - 4 episodes)
- Champion of Champions Live Grand Final
(1999)
... (writer: "Mack the Knife")
- Live Grand Final 1996
(1996)
... (writer: "Mack the Knife")
- Live Grand Final 1995
(1995)
... (writer: "Mack the Knife")
- Episode #6.9
(1995)
... (writer: "Mack the Knife")
1999
Lo + plus
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode dated 19 October 1999
(1999)
... (writer: "La luna de Alabama")
1997
Great Performances
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Ira Gershwin at 100: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall
(1997)
... (music: "My Ship", "The Saga of Jenny")
1996
Muppets Tonight
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Sandra Bullock
(1996)
... (music: "Mack the Knife")
1995
Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Married Alive
(1995)
... (music: "Mack the Knife" - uncredited)
1993
Querida Concha
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Episode dated 9 May 1993
(1993)
... (music: "Mack the Knife")
1993
Homicide: Life on the Street
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- A Shot in the Dark
(1993)
... (music: "Mack the Knife" (1954) - uncredited)
1992
Mystery Science Theater 3000
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- The Human Duplicators
(1992)
... (writer: "Mack the Knife")
1991
Shadows and Fog
("The Cannon Song from Little Threepenny Music" (1928), "Alabama Song" (1930), "Moritat from the Three Penny Opera" (1928)) / (music: "Prologue from the Seven Deadly Sins" (1934))
1991
Growing Pains
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Jason Sings the Blues
(1991)
... (writer: "Mack the Knife" - uncredited)
1990
Get a Life
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- The Sitting
(1990)
... (writer: "Mack the Knife")
1990
Derrick
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Der Einzelgänger
(1990)
... (writer: "The ballad of Mack the knife")
1989-1990
Wish Me Luck
(TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes)
- Episode #3.1
(1990)
... (writer: "I am Waiting for a Ship")
- Episode #2.7
(1989)
... (writer: "I am Waiting for a Ship")
1989
Ute Lemper: A Concert from the 1989 Bath International Festival
(TV Movie) (writer: "Mack The Knife", "Surabaya Johnny", "Youkali Tango", "My Ship")
1989
Mack the Knife
(writer: "The Ballad of Mack the Knife", "Peachum's Morning Chorale (Morning Anthem)", "I Prefer Duet", "Wedding Song", "The Cannon Song", "Love Song", "Perpendicular Song (Barbara Song)", "Ballad of Sexual Dependency", "Uncertainity of Human Condition", "Polly's Song", "Pirate Jenny")
1989
Frank, Liza & Sammy: The Ultimate Event
(TV Special documentary) (music: "Mack the Knife" - uncredited)
1989
Designing Women
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- The Last Humorously-Dressed Bellboy in America
(1989)
... (music: "Mack The Knife")
1988
Moonlighting
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Between a Yuk and a Hard Place
(1988)
... (music: "Mack the Knife" - uncredited)
1988
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
(Documentary) (music: "September Song" From the musical play "Knickerbocker Holiday")
1987
The Bretts
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Forbidden Fruit
(1987)
... (music: "Die Moritat von Mackie Messer (Mack the Knife)")
1986
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Episode dated 21 October 1986
(1986)
... (music: "My Ship")
Saturday Night Live
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode, 1984) (music - 1 episode, 1979)
- Robin Williams/Adam Ant
(1984)
... (writer: "Alabama Song (Whiskey Bar)")
- Milton Berle/Ornette Coleman
(1979)
... (music: "September Song" - uncredited)
1984
Prisoner
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.429
(1984)
... (writer: "Mack the Knife")
1980
Happy Days
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- A Potsie Is Born
(1980)
... (writer: "Mack The Knife" - uncredited)
1980
Top of the Pops
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode dated 28 February 1980
(1980)
... (writer: "The Alabama Song")
1980
Jauche und Levkojen
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- 1948 - Der Mann mit den Heringen
(1980)
... (music: "Mackie Messer" - uncredited)
1979
WKRP in Cincinnati
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Fish Story
(1979)
... (writer: "Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)")
1978-1979
De Mike Burstyn show
(TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes)
- Episode #1.5
(1979)
... (writer: "Mack the Knife")
- Episode #1.2
(1978)
... (writer: "Mack the Knife")
1979
The Muppet Show
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Lesley Ann Warren
(1979)
... (music: "Mack the Knife" - uncredited)
1975
Columbo
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Forgotten Lady
(1975)
... (music: "Speak Low" - uncredited)
1974
Novela
(TV Series) (writer - 15 episodes)
- Entre visillos XV
(1974)
... (writer: "September Song")
- Entre visillos XIV
(1974)
... (writer: "September Song")
- Entre visillos XIII
(1974)
... (writer: "September Song")
- Entre visillos XII
(1974)
... (writer: "September Song")
- Entre visillos XI
(1974)
... (writer: "September Song")
1973
The Bobby Darin Show
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.1
(1973)
... (writer: "Mack the Knife" - uncredited)
1970
The Mike Douglas Show
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #9.104
(1970)
... (writer: "September Song")
1967
BBC Show of the Week
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Bobby Darin in London
(1967)
... (writer: "Mack the Knife")
1967
Music City USA
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.6
(1967)
... (music: "Mack the Knife")
1966
The Danny Kaye Show
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #4.9
(1966)
... (writer: "Mack the Knife")
1966
The Dean Martin Show
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Episode #2.2
(1966)
... (music: "Mack the Knife" - uncredited)
1965
Bandstand
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode dated 16 October 1965
(1965)
... (writer: "Mack the Knife")
1963
Toast of the Town
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Episode #17.1
(1963)
... (music: "September Song" - uncredited)
1963
Age tendre et tête de bois
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Episode dated 13 April 1963
(1963)
... (music: "Mack the Knife")
1963
Die Dreigroschenoper
(music: "Mack the Knife" (uncredited), "Die Moritat von Mackie Messer" (uncredited), "Der Morgenchoral des Peachum" (uncredited), "Siehst du den Mond über Soho?" (uncredited), "Der Kanonensong" (uncredited), "Hochzeitslied (Bill Lawgwn und Mary Syer)" (uncredited), "Siehst du den Mond über Soho?" (reprise) (uncredited), "Barbara-Song" (uncredited), "Von der Unsicherheit der menschlichen Verhältnisse" (uncredited), "To Be a Good Man" (uncredited), "Seeräuber-Jenny", "Zuhälter-Ballade" (uncredited), "Die Ballade von der sexuellen Hörigkeit" (uncredited), "Eifersuchts-Duett" (uncredited), "Ballade vom angenehmen Leben" (uncredited), "Salomon-Song" (uncredited), "Denn wovon lebt der Mensch" (uncredited), "Lied von der Unzulänglichkeit menschlichen Strebens" (uncredited), "Verfolgt das Unrecht nicht zu sehr" (uncredited), "Mack the Knife" (reprise) (uncredited), "Die Moritat von Mackie Messer" (reprise) (uncredited))
1961
Glenn Miller Time
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.2
... (lyrics: "The Bilbao Song")
1961
The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Andy Devine
(1961)
... (writer: "September Song")
1961
Route 66
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Fly Away Home: Part I
(1961)
... (music: "September Song" - uncredited)
1960
The Perry Como Show
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Episode #13.8
(1960)
... (music: "Mack the Knife" - uncredited)
1959
Art Carney Special
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Very Important People
(1959)
... (writer: "Girl of the Moment")
1959
La joie de vivre
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Jean Raymond
(1959)
... (music: "L'Opéra de Quat'sous")
1956-1958
Make Room for Daddy
(TV Series) (music - 2 episodes)
- Uncle Tonoose's Fling
(1958)
... (music: "September Song" - uncredited)
- Who Can Figure Kids?
(1956)
... (music: "September Song" - uncredited)
1957
The Nat King Cole Show
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.13
(1957)
... (music: "September Song")
1955
Texaco Star Theatre Starring Milton Berle
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Episode #8.4
(1955)
... (music: "September Song" - uncredited)
1955
The Jimmy Durante Show
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.16
(1955)
... (music: "September Song" - uncredited)
1955
You Bet Your Life
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Episode #5.35
(1955)
... (music: "September Song")
1954
Lady in the Dark
(TV Movie) (writer: "Oh Fabulous One in Your Ivory Tower", "One Life to Live", "Girl of the Moment", "It Looks Like Liza", "My Ship", "This is New", "The Greatest Show on Earth", "The Best Years of His Life", "Tschaikowsky", "The Saga of Jenny")
1954
The Jack Benny Program
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Liberace Show
(1954)
... (writer: "September Song")
1952
För min heta ungdoms skull
(music: "Die Seeräuber-Jenny. Ur Die Dreigroschenoper") / (writer: "Die Seeräuber-Jenny. Ur Die Dreigroschenoper")
1951
Tales of Tomorrow
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Blunder
(1951)
... (music: "September Song" - uncredited)
1949
The Swift Show
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Episode dated 31 March 1949
(1949)
... (music: "September Song", "Here I'll Stay" - uncredited)
1948
One Touch of Venus
(music: "Speak Low", "Don't Look Now But My Heart is Showing", "That's Him" - uncredited)
1945
Where Do We Go from Here?
(music: "The Nina, the Pinta, the Santa Maria", "If Love Remains", "All at Once", "Morale", "Song of the Rhineland")
1944
Knickerbocker Holiday
(music: "September Song", "There's Nowhere to Go But Up", "It Never Was You", "The One Indispensable Man", "Jail Song (Oh Woe!)" - uncredited)
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Other Works:
He wrote the music for the staged reading, "Love Life," at the Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn, New Jersey. Alan Jay Lerner wrote the book and lyrics. Graciela Daniele was director and choreographer. See more »Official Sites:
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Weill was one of the few Broadway composers to orchestrate and do the vocal arrangements for his own musicals. See more »Star Sign:
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