Born Elizabeth Cohen in Brooklyn, NY. With partner Adolph Green wrote memorable songs and musicals for stage and screen, including GOOD NEWS (1947), TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALL GAME (songs only), ON THE TOWN and THE BARKLEYS OF BROADWAY (all 1949), AUNTIE MAME (1958) and BELLS ARE RINGING (1960). Their fast-paced scenarios and impeccable lyrics gave birth to hit after hit, including what many consider the greatest movie musical of all time, SINGIN' IN THE RAIN (1952). Some of her popular-song compositions include "New York, New York", "Lonely Town", "The Party's Over", "Just in Time", "I Get Carried Away", "I Can Cook, Too", "Some Other Time", "Lucky to Be Me", "Bad Timing", "Ohio", "A Little Bit in Love", "It's Love", "A Quiet Girl", "The French Lesson", "If You Hadn't But You Did", "Give a Little, Get a Little", "There Never Was a Baby Like My Baby", "Long Before I Knew You", "Never-Never Land", "Something's Always Happening on the River", "Dance Only With Me", "Adventure", "Make Someone Happy", "Fireworks", "Ride Through the Night", "Comes Once in a Lifetime", "I'm Just Taking My Time", "Now", "Fade Out - Fade In", and "Get Acquainted".    Nominated for Writing (Story and Screenplay) 1953: THE BAND WAGON (w. Adolph Green)    Nominated for Writing (Story and Screenplay) 1955: IT'S ALWAYS FAIR WEATHER (w. Adolph Green) 2 nominations