Morrie Ryskind

Born to Russian-Jewish immigrants in Brooklyn, he entered Columbia University but was expelled shortly before graduation after mocking the university president in a humor magazine. From the late 1920s through the mid-1940s he supplied scripts, lyrics and direction for Broadway and Hollywood, frequently teaming with George S. Kaufman; their collaboration earned a Pulitzer Prize for the musical Of T… Read more

Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources