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 Marilyn Bergman was the first woman to be elected to the ASCAP Board of Directors and was named President and Chairman of the Board in 1994.
Her many awards include three Academy Awards, four Emmy Awards and two Grammy Awards. In collaboration with her husband, Alan, Marilyn won Oscars in 1968, 1973 and 1984 for the songs "The Windmills of Your Mind," "The Way We Were," (which also received Golden Globe awards and "The Way We Were" earned two Grammys), and for the score for Yentl. They have received 16 Oscar nominations for such songs as "It Might Be You" from Tootsie, "How Do You Keep The Music Playing?" from Best Friends, "Papa Can You Hear Me" and "The Way He Makes Me Feel" from Yentl and "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?" from The Happy Ending. In 1996 they were nominated for a Golden Globe and an Academy Award for their song "Moonlight" from the film, Sabrina. The four Emmys are for "Sybil," "Queen of the Stardust Ballroom," "Ordinary Miracles," and "A Ticket to Dream." Other notable television themes are Maude, Good Times, Alice, Brooklyn Bridge and In the Heat of the Night. Principal collaborators include Michel Legrand, Marvin Hamlisch, Dave Grusin, Cy Coleman, Henry Mancini, Johnny Mandel, John Williams, Quincy Jones and James Newton Howard.
Ms. Bergman majored in music at New York's High School of Music and Art, and studied Psychology and English at NYU. She has received Honorary Doctorate Degrees from Berklee College of Music, Trinity College and UMass.
Marilyn was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1980, and received the Crystal Award from Women in Film in 1986. In 1995 she received the National Academy of Songwriters Lifetime achievement Award. In 1996 Marilyn received the first Fiorello Lifetime Achievement Award from New York's LaGuardia High School of Music and Art and Performing Arts. In 1997 the Songwriters Hall of Fame honored the Bergmans with their Johnny Mercer Award. In 2000 they received the NMPA Lifetime Achievement Award. 2002 brought the NARAS Governors Award and in 2004 they received the World Soundtrack Award at the Flanders Film Festival. 2008 brought a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Savannah Film Festival.
Marilyn is a member of the Executive Committee of the Music Branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the National Academy of Songwriters and the Nashville Songwriters Association. She served two terms (1994-1998) as President of CISAC, the International Confederation of Performing Right Societies. In 1996 she received France's highest cultural honor, Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters medal. In 1998 she received a cultural Medal of Honor from SGAE, the Spanish performing rights organization and in 2002, was appointed the first Chairman of the National Recorded Sound Preservation Board in conjunction with the Library of Congress.
The Bergmans have just completed work on Steven Soderbergh's film, The Informant, with composer Marvin Hamlisch, and are currently working on two musical theatre projects, one with Marvin and one with Michel Legrand. They are also at work on Visions of America: A Photo Symphony Celebrating the Sites and Songs of Democracy with renowned photographer Joseph Sohm and composer Roger Kellaway. This was premiered at the Kimmel Center-Verizon Hall on January 25, 2009 in Philadelphia with Peter Nero and the Philly Pops.
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