Born on this day – Charles Strouse:

Charles Strouse

Composer

Lyricist

Actor

June 7, 1928 – May 15, 2025

Credits:
 
Musicals:

A Broadway Musical (1978); A Pound in Your Pocket (1959); Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (1998); All American (1962); An American Tragedy (1995 / 2010); Annie (1977); Annie 2: Miss Hannigan's Revenge (1989); Annie Warbucks (1993); Applause (1970); Bojangles (1993); Bring Back Birdie (1981); Bye Bye Birdie (1960); Charlie and Algernon (1979); Charlotte's Web (1989); Dance a Little Closer (1983); Golden Boy (1964); I and Albert (1972); It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman (1966); Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile (1988); Martin: A New American Musical (2011); Marty (2002); Mayor (1985); Minsky's (2009); Nick & Nora (1991); Nightingale (1982); Rags (1986); Real Men (2005); Six (1971); Studio (2006); The Future of the American Musical Theater (2004).

Movies and television:

13 Conversations About One Thing (2001); 29th Street (1991); 30 Rock (2006–2008); 61* (2001); 7 in a Barn (1971); 90 Minutes Live (1978); A Broadway Lullaby (2012); A Child's Garden of Verses (1992); A Special Sesame Street Christmas (1978); Addams Family Values (1993); Aladdin and the Forty Thieves (1984); Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (1990); Alice in Wonderland or What's a Nice Kid Like You Doing in a Place Like This? (1966); All by Myself: The Eartha Kitt Story (1982); All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989); All in the Family (1971–1979); AMV Hell 3: The Motion Picture (2005); Angels in New York (2010); Annie (1982 / 1999 / 2014); Annie Live! (2021); Annie: A Royal Adventure! (1995); Applause (1973); Archie Bunker's Place (1979–1983); Are You Being Served? (1979); Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002); Backstage (2015); Bandstand (1961–1965); Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar (2021); BBC Show of the Week (1967); Beyond the Sea (2004); Blue Bloods (2012); Bonnie and Clyde (1967); Boy Meets World (1996); Broadway Beat (2009); Broadway Idiot (2013); Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy (2013); Broadway Plays Washington on Kennedy Center Tonight (1982); Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age (2021); Bye Bye Birdie (1963 / 1995 / 2012); Call Me Fitz (2010); Call the Midwife (2013); Camp Nowhere (1994); Canada After Dark (1978); Cathouse: The Musical (2008); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (2025); Charlie Bartlett (2007); Cheers (1990–1992); Children of the Wind (2015); Clone High (2024); Conan (2016); Concentration (1958–1973); Crumbs (2006); Cybill (1997); Dancing with the Stars (2014); Daria (2000); Dave (1993); De Mike Burstyn show (1980); Deadpool 2 (2018); Demi Lovato: Stay Strong (2012); Diminishing Returns (2019); Diminishing Returns Diminisodes (2021); Dorbees: Making Decisions (1998); Dorothy (1979); Drunk Parents (2019); Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man (1994); Edtv (1999); Ein Abend für zwei Komödianten (1982); Emu's All Live Pink Windmill Show (1985); Emu's Wide World (1988); Esta noche (1981); Evil (2019); Family Guy (2009–2011); Family Ties (1982–1989); Fathers' Day (1997); Fred Claus (2007); Gizmo! (1977); Glee (2012–2014); Golic and Wingo (2018); Good Morning Britain (2017); Great Performances (1985–2003); Growing Pains (1991); Ha-Hofesh Ha'Acharon (1989); Hanging Up (2000); Happy Together (1989); Happy! (2019); HBO Storybook Musicals (1987); Here's Lucy (1969); Hetty Wainthropp Investigates (1996); Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show' (1992); Holiday in Metropolis (2006); Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The Early Years (1955-1970) (2000); How to Build a Girl (2019); Hugh Hefner's After Dark: Speaking Out in America (2018); Idina Menzel Live: Barefoot at the Symphony (2012); Igor (2008); In Living Color (1993–1994); Inside TV Land (2002); Ishtar (1987); It's a Bird... It's a Plane... It's Superman! (1975); It's a Living (1987); It's Tough to Be a Bug (1998); Jay-Z: Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem);  (1998); Jazz Scene at the Ronnie Scott Club (1970); Jungle Fever (1991); Just Like Heaven (2005); Just Tell Me What You Want (1980); Justice for All (1968); Keeping Up Appearances (1993); Kissing Jessica Stein (2001); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (2004); Late Night with Seth Meyers (2016); Lea Salonga Live (2003); Liberty Weekend (1986); Life After Tomorrow (2006); Life with Mikey (1993); Lights, Camera, Annie! (1982); Like Mike (2002); Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's 'All in the Family' and 'The Jeffersons' (2019); Lorraine (2017); Lulu's Back in Town (1968); Mad Men (2009); Married... with Children (1994); Masked Singer Sverige (2022); Matzav Ha'Uma (2013); Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back (2019); Meet Sammy Davis Jr. 1 (1963); Memory (1993); MGM Sing-Alongs: Being Happy (1997); MGM Sing-Alongs: Friends (1997); MGM Sing-Alongs: Having Fun (1997); Mike & Mike (2013); Monsanto Night Presents Tony Bennett in Waikiki (1973); Morgen is er zon (2016); Morning Joe (2023); MsMojo (2021); Murphy Brown (1990); Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1992–2018); Night Dicks: Miami (2021); Night of 100 Stars (1982); Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You (2016); Nurse Jackie (2010); Off Beat (1986); On Parade (1964); Only Murders in the Building (2021); Over the Top (1997); P.O.V. (2014); Pan Am (2011–2012); Parade of Stars (1983); Perfect Strangers (1988); Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1966); Petticoat Junction (1970); Playboy After Dark (1970); PM East (1961); Police Squad! (1982); Popular (2001); Portrait of a Showgirl (1982); Pushing Tin (1999); Replay (1970); Sammy Davis and the Wonderful World of Children (1965); Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me (2017); Saturday Night Live (1981–2009); Saved by the Bell: The College Years (1993); School of Rock (2003); Scrubs (2006); Search Party (2022); Secondhand Lions (2003); Serial (1980); Serial Mom (1994); Shindig! (1965–1966); Shrek 2 (2004); Shrek Forever After (2010); Sia: You're Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile (2014); Since I Don't Have You (2013); Spirit Young Performers Company: It's the Hard Knock Life (2014); Spirit Young Performers Company: You're Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile (2014); Spotlight on Broadway (2013); Stars in Their Eyes Kids (2002); Summer Sounds (1966); Tall Girl 2 (2022); That'll Be the Day (1973); The 25th Annual Tony Awards (1971); The 31st Annual Tony Awards (1977); The 35th Annual Tony Awards (1981); The 40th Annual Tony Awards (1986); The 41st Annual Tony Awards (1987); The 45th Annual Tony Awards (1991); The 51st Annual Tony Awards (1997); The 67th Annual Tony Awards (2013); The Afterlife of Grandpa (1989); The Annie Christmas Show (1977); The Anniversary Party (2001); The Avengers (1963); The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit (1991); The Big Bang Theory (2015); The Brady Bunch Variety Hour (1977); The Broadway.com Show (2013); The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy (2000); The Ed Sullivan Show (1960–1967); The Facts of Life (1987); The Fantastic Funnies (1980); The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1996); The Golden Girls (1991); The Graham Kennedy Show (1975); The Hollywood Palace (1965); The Interviews: An Oral History of Television (2005); The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1998); The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2010); The Legacy Project (2011); The Lego Ninjago Movie (2017); The Mating Game (1959); The Mike Douglas Show (1977 / 1980); The Morecambe & Wise Show (1968); The Muppet Show (1978–1980); The Nanny (1993); The Night They Raided Minsky's (1968); The Nostradamus Kid (1993); The Office (2013); The Paul Lynde Halloween Special (1976); The Porter Wagoner Show (1970); The Post (2017); The Price Is Right (1956–1965); The Simpsons (1991–2018); The Songwriters (1982); The Songwriter's Hall of Fame 20th Anniversary... The Magic of Music (1989); The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show (1960); The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2015–2017); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1982); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (2011–2012); The Two Ronnies (1983); The Voice Kids (2014); The West Wing (2000); The Women's Football Show (2016); The World According to Jeff Goldblum (2019); The Worst Witch (1986); The X-Files (1998); Theater Camp (2023); There Was a Crooked Man... (1970); Tony Bennett at the Talk of the Town (1972); Tony Bennett: Duets - The Making of an American Classic (2006); Tu cara me suena - Argentina (2014); Viki ja Köpi Show (2023); Webster (1984–1987); What's Up Doc? (1992); When Things Were Rotten (1975); Words and Music by Jerry Herman (2007); Working in the Theatre (1984–1996); Xena: Warrior Princess (2000); Year of the Comet (1992); You've Got Mail (1998); Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist (2021).