Rowland Leigh (1902 – 1963) was an
aristocratic
Anglo-American
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lyricist
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Royalties
A lyricist's incom ...
,
screenwriter, and
librettist
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, who worked with many famous actors and musicians during his career on
Broadway
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and in
Hollywood.
Family
His mother, Hon Mrs Leigh, was the youngest daughter of
General William Washington Gordon and he was
in remainder to the
peerage title of
Baron Leigh, through his father the
Hon Rowland Leigh (1859–1943).
Leigh married 17 November 1937 Catherine de Bernard de La Fosse, daughter of
Vicomte
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Pierre de Bernard de La Fosse, of
Château de Beaumont,
Loir-et-Cher,
France
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, but they had no children and divorced in 1943.
Généalogie de Bernard de La Fosse
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Works
Filmography
Stage works
See also
* Baron Leigh
References
External links
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1902 births
1963 deaths
American lyricists
American male screenwriters
American librettists
Musicians from New York City
Songwriters from New York (state)
Screenwriters from New York (state)
20th-century American male writers
20th-century American screenwriters
British emigrants to the United States