Steve Lawrence

At a glance

Born 1935-07-08; died 2024-03-07.

Known as: actor, singer, television actor, stage actor, and recording artist. Citizenship: United States.

Listed as: human.

Who they were

Personal life and death Lawrence and Gormé with sons David (left) and Michael (right). Gene Kelly is also pictured with his son, Tim (right) and daughter, Bridget (left). Kelly was a guest on the couple's 1975 television special, Our Love Is Here to Stay . Lawrence and Gormé were married on December 29, 1957, at the El Rancho Vegas [ 1 ] in Las Vegas, Nevada. [ 2 ] They had two sons: David Nessim Lawrence (b. 1960) is an ASCAP Award -winning composer, who wrote the score for High School Musical ,

Steve Lawrence was an American singer, comedian, and actor. He was best known as a member of the pop duo Steve and Eydie, with his wife Eydie Gormé. Lawrence also played the featured role of Maury Sline, the manager and friend of the main characters in the 1980 blockbuster film The Blues Brothers and its sequel. Lawrence and Gormé first appeared together as regulars on Tonight Starring Steve Allen in 1954 and continued performing as a duo until Gormé's retirement in 2009.

Early life

Educated at: Thomas Jefferson High School.

Early life Lawrence was born on July 8, 1935, as Sidney Liebowitz [ 1 ] to Jewish parents in the borough of Brooklyn in New York City. His father, Max, was a cantor at the Brooklyn synagogue Beth Sholom Tomchei Harav, and his mother, Helen, was a homemaker. [ 2 ] He attended Thomas Jefferson High School . [ 3 ] During high school, Lawrence skipped school to spend time at the Brill Building in the hopes of being employed as a singer. [ 4 ]

Path and career

Awards / honours: star on Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Career In 1952 at the age of 16, Lawrence signed a contract with King Records after winning a talent contest on Arthur Godfrey’s CBS TV show. [ 1 ] The next year, talk show host Steve Allen hired Lawrence to be one of the singers on Allen's local New York City late night show on WNBC-TV , with vocalists Eydie Gormé and Andy Williams . The show was chosen by NBC to be seen on the national network, becoming The Tonight Show , and Lawrence, Gormé, and Williams stayed until the program's end in 1957. [

Why this date

Steve Lawrence appears on our March 7 calendar for 2024 as a death entry.